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Meta has turned off augmented reality filters for Facebook and Instagram in Texas and Illinois due to facial recognition and privacy laws in those states.   Although Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said its AR technology is “not facial recognition,” it’s temporarily shutting down its AR filters and avatars in both states …

Amazon recently fired workers and managers at a Staten Island warehouse that voted to unionize — dismissals that come as a labor regulator found merit in allegations the e-commerce giant’s anti-union tactics broke the law.  Tristan Dutchin was told he was fired for missing productivity targets, as reported earlier by Motherboard. Mat Cusick was told he was dismissed for “job …

Google Pay is a digital wallet that’s tied to your Google account. You can use it to send or request money with friends (kind of like Venmo), use it in apps to pay for things and use it at a store or restaurant with an Android phone or watch running Wear OS. But perhaps the real reason to use Google …

Duolingo, a 2021 CNET Editors’ Choice award winner, has already made learning a new language fun and relatively stress free. In the coming months, Duolingo will debut a fresh redesign that aims to make language acquisition even easier. I took the app’s new look for a spin ahead of launch.  And don’t worry, Duo the owl is still there. He …

Amazon sued a Hong Kong-based company it accuses of connecting third-party retailers to customers willing to write positive reviews for discounts, the company said Friday, part of its effort to crackdown on fraud that plagues the giant e-tailer. In two separate lawsuits, Amazon asks courts to close the operations of the company, called Extreme Rebate, the company said. It also …

Editor’s note, May 4, 2022: This commentary originally ran in March 2020. We’re rerunning it today in honor of World Password Day. If you still aren’t using a password manager, CNET recommends Bitwarden. Original story follows. I did something really stupid with some of the most important data in my life two years ago. And I don’t know how I did it. …

My love for 3D printing and my desire to maintain a 3D printer are immediately at odds with one another. If I spend more time diagnosing why a print failed or what I need to achieve optimal printer performance than I spend creating things to put in the printer, I’m not interested. So despite my having been a 3D printer …

What’s happening Today is World Password Day. The event was created by Intel in 2013 to encourage people to better secure their online accounts. Why it matters Weak passwords put personal information at risk. Even worse, people use the same bad passwords for multiple accounts, which means if one get compromised others could also fall. What’s next Check out CNET’s …

What’s happening Amazon workers voted not to join the Amazon Labor Union in an election tallied Monday. Why it matters It’s part of a larger organizing effort at Amazon, which saw another Staten Island warehouse vote to unionize earlier this year. What’s next The union says it will keep organizing at the warehouse and other Amazon facilities. Amazon workers voted …

Google is making improvements to its travel planning features. People will now be able to track the pricing of a flight for up to six months, according to a blog post released on Monday. Price tracking is activated by searching for flights on Google Flights between two cities. At the bottom of the filters, there is a “track price” section. …