Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones

Meta has quietly embedded face-recognition technology for its smart glasses into an app downloaded to millions of phones, according to a WIRED analysis of the company’s software. Code discreetly added to Meta’s AI app over multiple updates this year shows that the feature, internally called “NameTag,” identifies people captured by the glasses’ camera and, when…

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Amazon Hit With Defamation Suit Over ‘Hollywood Hustler’ Documentary

A producer sued Amazon Studios, Vice Studios and director Rebecca Chaiklin on Thursday, alleging that he was falsely portrayed as an accomplice of convicted fraudster Zach Horwitz in the recent documentary series “Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam.” The producer, Julio Hallivis, contends that his reputation has been ruined by the false implication that he acted…

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Trump claims Pulte will investigate ‘rigged elections’ in temporary role | Trump administration

Donald Trump has suggested his controversial ally Bill Pulte will investigate “rigged elections” while serving as the country’s top intelligence official, as the US president continues to make unfounded allegations about voting. But Pulte, whom Trump appointed as acting director of national intelligence earlier this week, will only serve in the role temporarily, the president…

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‘That’s a bad combination’: why Australia may be in for a slushy snow season | Australia weather

There was optimism across Australian alpine resorts this week as their social media channels filled with footage of snow flurries that arrived just in time for the opening of the ski season this weekend. “We couldn’t be more excited,” said the Instagram account of Perisher, the southern hemisphere’s biggest ski resort, in Kosciuszko national park…

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Ahead of its IPO, Anthropic’s Daniela Amodei shrugs off doubts about AI’s returns

Private investors have been falling over themselves to get a piece of Anthropic, given the AI model maker is growing at a dizzying pace. Multiple investors told TechCrunch that the company’s $65 billion fundraise at a $965 billion valuation, announced last week, was greatly oversubscribed. Now, with that private demand still strong, Anthropic has revealed…

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