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IBM stirs controversy by sharing photos for AI facial recognition

Some photographers who contributed photos to the Flickr photo-sharing site were surprised IBM used those same photos in a million-image collection to train AI face-recognition systems — but perhaps they shouldn’t have been. The Flickr photos had been shared under a Creative Commons license, a framework under which people can loosen restrictions on photos, text, video or other material that otherwise would …

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PayPal now lets you instantly transfer money to bank accounts

PayPal wants you to get your money faster.  The online payments company said Tuesday it will start rolling out Instant Transfer to bank accounts in the US in the coming week. The feature lets you quickly move money from your PayPal account to your bank account instead of using the standard transfer function, which usually takes one business day. The …

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Twitter’s Jack Dorsey appears on antivaccine fitness personality’s podcast

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey recorded a podcast with a fitness personality who last month repeated a claim that “vaccines do indeed cause autism.” Host Ben Greenfield also told his followers not to trust internet watchdog Snopes in his Feb. 11 tweet, as previously reported by NBC. On Tuesday, Greenfield wrote that he and the social media CEO chatted about “advanced …

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How to check if your HP laptop battery is recalled

In early 2018, HP issued a battery recall after it was discovered that some of its laptop batteries could overheat and catch fire. At the time, HP published the steps you needed to use to check your if your laptop’s battery was impacted by the recall. Recently, HP expanded the recall and has issued a call for users to recheck …

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Insta360 Evo is a foldable 3D camera

Shenzhen-based Insta360 makes pretty darn good and affordable 360-degree cameras. Its latest Insta360 Evo is no different, but with a clever twist. Instead of being a just a 360-degree camera, the Evo’s default mode places both cameras side by side to take 3D pictures. To convert it into a 3D camera, you just need to unlock the catch and fold …

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Facebook tests Watch Party live chats for videos Facebook doesn’t have

Facebook is testing a new format of its Watch Party social-video chat that’s meant for live TV unavailable to stream Facebook itself.  The company made the announcement Wednesday at a South by Southwest event in Austin, Texas. It also announced that its original series Red Table Talk, a talk program with Jada Pinkett Smith, would return with 20 new episodes starting in May.  …

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