by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Nov 23, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Daniel Castro, vice president at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington think tank that receives funding from the tech industry, says face recognition rules would fit with the Biden campaign’s interest in privacy and racial justice. “There...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Nov 21, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
There’s a growing bipartisan consensus in the US to rein in the massive power accumulated by dominant tech firms. From state capitals to Congress, officials have launched multiple investigations of whether the big four of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google are now...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Nov 20, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Substack CEO Chris Best tells me that while he’s not out to kill what’s left of big media, the ad-free newsletter model has advantages over what traditional journalism has become—a chase for clicks where “most people’s media diets get determined by social media,” he...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Nov 20, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
Theresa Arevalo was in high school when she first tried finishing drywall at her brother’s construction company. “It’s a fine art,” she says of mudding—applying and smoothing drywall. “Like frosting a cake, you have to give the illusion that the wall is flat.”...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Nov 19, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
In one of the biggest changes to the App Store model ever, Apple announced Wednesday that the majority of third-party developers releasing apps and games in the company’s App Store will see a reduction in Apple’s cut of revenues from 30 percent to 15...
by Fix Society Technical Solutions | Nov 19, 2020 | [Tech News], Wired
All 20 lawmakers are smiling in their official photos. Google’s top suggested labels noted a smile for only one of the men, but for seven of the women. The company’s AI vision service labeled all 10 of the men as “businessperson,” often also with “official” or “white...
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