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Android 11 beta / PS5 reveal / Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft ban facial recognition tech for police

Android 11 beta / PS5 reveal / Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft ban facial recognition tech for police

FromThe Vergecast


Android 11 beta / PS5 reveal / Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft ban facial recognition tech for police

FromThe Vergecast

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Length:
97 minutes
Released:
Jun 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Stories discussed this week:

Tinder CEO Elie Seidman on finding love during the pandemic

It’s hard to figure out how often people without symptoms spread COVID-19

Inside Nextdoor’s ‘Karen problem’

Nextdoor tells community leads to allow Black Lives Matter discussions after exposé

Contact tracing programs have to work with local communities to be successful

Apple launches $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative

Android 11 beta: all the announcements

Android 11: conversations, bubbles, and making sense of complexity

Five new features Android 11 borrows from the iPhone

Android 11 may be the best texting platform if you use multiple chat apps

Apple’s virtual WWDC keynote will take place on June 22nd at 1PM ET

Apple will announce move to ARM-based Macs later this month, says report

Apple pulls podcast apps in China after government pressure

The new Sonos app and S2 update are available now

IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology


Amazon bans police from using its facial recognition technology for the next year 

Microsoft won’t sell facial recognition to police until Congress passes new privacy law


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Released:
Jun 12, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Hello! This is The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of The Verge... and your life. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn make sense of the week's tech news with help from our wide-ranging staff. And on Tuesdays, Nilay hosts in-depth, one-on-one interviews with major technology leaders. Join us every week for a fun, deeply nerdy, often off-the-rails conversation about what's happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets.