Facebook settles lawsuit over its use facial recognition for $550 million

After years of wrangling in courts, Facebook has settled a lawsuit over its use of facial recognition. Last year it agreed to stop turning on the tech to scan photos by default, which built a… Original post: Facebook settles lawsuit over its use facial recognition for $550 million

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Apple’s latest iPhone lineup was a hit during the holidays

Other markets making up for ChinaAs mentioned, China was Apple’s biggest sore spot last year, but the sales situation there seemed to stabilize over time. It’s still not quite what it used to be,… Read more from the original source: Apple’s latest iPhone lineup was a hit during the holidays

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Google helps publish the largest high-res map of brain connectivity

Anyone can see and download the data, and there are papers both available and on the way detailing the work. The brain map won’t accomplish much by itself. However, it could prove to be a treasure… Continued here: Google helps publish the largest high-res map of brain connectivity

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Google helps publish the largest high-res map of brain connectivity

Anyone can see and download the data, and there are papers both available and on the way detailing the work. The brain map won’t accomplish much by itself. However, it could prove to be a treasure… Read the original here: Google helps publish the largest high-res map of brain connectivity

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Microsoft plans to be ‘carbon negative’ by 2030

In addition to its plans to be carbon negative by 2030, Microsoft also says it’ll remove from the environment all of the carbon the company has either emitted directly or produced through… Read this article: Microsoft plans to be ‘carbon negative’ by 2030

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