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Facebook warned over 'very small' indicator LED on smart glasses, as EU DPAs flag privacy concerns. Facebook announced what it couched as the “next step” on the road to making a pair of augmented reality “smart” glasses a full year ago — saying initial specs would not include any AR but announcing a multiyear partnership with luxury eyewear giant Luxottica, as it seemingly planned for a pipeline of increasingly feature-loaded “smart” eyewear. (Natasha Lomas via TechCrunch)
What are offices good for, anyway?. As the Age of Delta scrambles back-to-office timelines, I find myself wondering what offices are good for in the first place. I am pro-office. I miss a good eavesdropping, the promise of midday gossip, the “quick random question” that… (Derek Thompson via The Atlantic)
Google's former AI ethics chief has a plan to rethink Big Tech. Timnit Gebru is one of the leading voices working on ethics in artificial intelligence. Her research has explored ways to combat biases, such as racism and sexism, that creep into AI through flawed data and creators. (Dina Bass via Bloomberg)
Apple Is Working on iPhone Features to Help Detect Depression, Cognitive Decline. Apple Inc. is working on technology to help diagnose depression and cognitive decline, aiming for tools that could expand the scope of its burgeoning health portfolio, according to people familiar with the matter and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.(Rolfe Winkler via Wall Street Journal)
Snapchat's new lenses and stickers can teach you basic sign language. Snapchat is rolling out new augmented reality lenses and stickers that can give you cursory lessons on sign language. The company has developed the new features as part of its efforts for the Weak of the Deaf with guidance from its Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing team members. (Engadget)
Study finds half of Americans get news on social media, but percentage has dropped. A new report from Pew Research finds that around a third of U.S. adults continue to get their news regularly from Facebook, though the exact percentage has slipped from 36% in 2020 to 31% in 2021. (Sarah Perez via TechCrunch)
J&J says Covid booster shot is 94% effective in the U.S. when given two months after first dose. Johnson & Johnson's Covid-19 booster shot is 94% effective when administered two months after the first dose in the U.S., the company said. It also increases antibody levels four to six times higher than one shot alone, J&J said. (Berkeley Lovelace Jr. via CNBC)
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