NLnet; 67 Open Technology Projects awarded NGI grants

NLnet; 67 Open Technology Projects awarded NGI grants

[ad_1] We are happy to announce that 67 new projects have been awarded grants today as part of the Next Generation Internet intiative, across three different funds: NGI Zero Commons Fund, NGI TALER and NGI Fediversity. We congratulate the developers and engineers involved with these projects, and thank them for their forthcoming contribution to an …

Meta’s Smart Glasses Are Testing Facial Recognition Software Used by Police and the Military

Meta’s Smart Glasses Are Testing Facial Recognition Software Used by Police and the Military

[ad_1] Meta Ray-Bans have been under increased public scrutiny following revelations about the facial recognition work Meta has been doing on its smart glasses. Consumers are rightly wary of products that could convert wearable tech into everyday surveillance devices.  In early June, an investigation by Wired exposed how Meta had quietly embedded code for dormant …

Qualcomm wants to be the chip inside whatever replaces your smartphone, and it just announced two products toward that end

Qualcomm wants to be the chip inside whatever replaces your smartphone, and it just announced two products toward that end

[ad_1] Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said Tuesday that the company is working on over 40 different AI wearable devices — including jewelry, earbuds with cameras, pins, and watches — a sign of how aggressively the chipmaker is betting that the next major computing platform won’t be a phone. To power that vision, Qualcomm is announcing …

US approval of Paramount/Warner Bros. deal surprised DOJ lawyers, report says

US approval of Paramount/Warner Bros. deal surprised DOJ lawyers, report says

[ad_1] Slater’s replacement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Omeed Assefi, insisted in an interview with Reuters in March that the Paramount/Warner deal will not be fast-tracked for approval because of political factors. “The idea that somehow enforcement has been politicized is ludicrous,” he said. DOJ says merger will boost competition The DOJ announcement of its approval …