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Meta plans to add facial recognition to its smart glasses as soon as this year, according to a new report from The New York Times. The feature, internally known as “Name Tag,” would allow smart glasses wearers to identify people and get information about them through Meta’s AI assistant. Meta’s plans could change, the report notes. The tech giant has been deliberating since early last year on how to release a feature that carries “safety and privacy risks.” According to an internal memo, the company had originally planned to release Name Tag to attendees of a conference for the visually…
Tech titans had a Thursday to forget this week.Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Jensen Huang, and Michael Dell saw a combined $26 billion wiped off their net worths in one day, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index shows.Their fortunes shrank because their respective stakes in Tesla, Meta, Amazon, Nvidia, and Dell slid in value. The stock prices of those first four companies fell by around 2% on Thursday, as investors grew increasingly concerned about the immense costs of building out AI infrastructure and whether they’d see a return on their spending.Dell shares tumbled 9% after rival Lenovo warned a memory-chip shortage…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is suing Harvard University, saying it has refused to provide admissions records that the Justice Department demanded to ensure the Ivy League school stopped using affirmative action in admissions.In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Massachusetts, the Justice Department said Harvard has “thwarted” efforts to investigate potential discrimination. It accused Harvard of refusing to comply with a federal investigation and asked a judge to order the university to turn over the records.Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the department’s Civil Rights Division, said Harvard’s refusal is a red flag. “If Harvard has stopped discriminating,…
BENGALURU, Feb 13 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Friday it had prequalified another novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), a step it said would speed efforts to eradicate the disease.Prequalification certifies that the vaccine meets international standards for quality and safety, allowing U.N. agencies such as UNICEF to buy and distribute it for immunization campaigns.The nOPV2 shot is designed to be more genetically stable than older oral polio vaccines, lowering the risk of triggering new outbreaks while helping to stop transmission, the WHO said.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe move follows a pledge by global leaders in December to provide $1.9…
BARCELONA, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Two African swine fever cases have been detected in Spain among wild boar for the first time outside an original outbreak area near Barcelona, prompting additional restrictions on the movement of people and livestock, regional authorities in Catalonia said on Friday.The new cases were found near the western towns of El Papiol and Molins de Rei in Barcelona’s metropolitan area, where there are no pork farms, officials said.African swine fever is not harmful to humans but spreads rapidly among pigs and wild boar. Outbreaks often prompt countries to restrict their pork imports from countries or…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco teachers have reached a tentative agreement with the school district to end their strike, the first such walkout in nearly 50 years.San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Maria Su said schools will reopen to staff Friday and to students Wednesday after two holidays. District officials planned a news conference later Friday to share details on the agreement. The strike by about 6,000 public schoolteachers started Monday. The district had closed all 120 of its schools and said it would offer independent study to some of its 50,000 students.Teachers joined picket lines after last-ditch negotiations…
Dell has kicked off its new financial year with a shakeup to how sales staff get paid.Under the new structure, Dell is increasing rewards for high performers but scaling back earnings for sellers who fall short of their full quota, according to an internal presentation viewed by Business Insider. The tech giant is also tightening the periods over which it measures sales progress to a quarterly basis, rather than twice a year.The presentation was shared with sales employees in a town hall meeting on February 3, led by Kyle Leciejewski, Dell’s senior vice president of North America sales.The changes affect…
The U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January, according to federal data released this week. But a closer look shows that the lion’s share of this growth came from one specific task: caring for older Americans.Grouped under the formal categories of “social assistance” and “healthcare,” at-home care services, hospitals and long-term care facilities added 124,000 positions.Much of this expansion was among the tens of thousands of aides and assistants who help elderly and disabled people bathe, dress, eat and manage their daily lives. Their work is essential — and booming — but it is also physically demanding and often modestly paid.The…
In one testimonial after another, teachers detailed all the ways President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has shaped their work and the lives of their students. In a court filing Thursday, educators around the country described rumors of immigration raids that scared away students, immigrant parents who stopped sending their children to school altogether, and stories of parents and students — including one middle schooler — being picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at school bus stops. The stories were shared as part of a a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy that opened up schools, houses of worship and…
OpenAI said that today — once and for all — it is retiring GPT-4o. For some, it’s like being dumped the day before Valentine’s Day.Many ChatGPT users have a strong attachment to 4o, which is known for its sometimes sycophantic conversation style. Users who relied on the model as an emotional crutch and creative partner have described it as a “vital accessibility aid.”OpenAI first tried to deprecate the model in August, only to reverse its decision 24 hours later after an enormous backlash.The company gave users another heads-up in January, but — as it turns out — time does not…