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Commodore’s New Flip Phone Focuses on ‘Digital Detox’ and Blocks Social Media Apps

Commodore’s New Flip Phone Focuses on ‘Digital Detox’ and Blocks Social Media Apps

[ad_1] The company responsible for the Commodore 64, the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, is back. And Commodore’s latest unveiling feels appropriately retro: a “digital detox” flip phone called The Commodore Callback 8020. Commodore’s Callback 8020 announcement blog attributes the phone’s simple throwback design to the “screen break” trend, writing that it’s for customers who want a …

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 …