June 24, 2020
Wed. 06/24 – Oculus Go and Olympus (and Force Touch?) Go Bye Bye
Brazil puts the breaks on payments via WhatsApp. Advertisers apply pressure on Facebook via a boycott. Oculus is putting an end to the Oculus Go. Olympus is existing the camera business after 80 years. And what might be the first case of a person wrongfully arrested thanks to facial recognition.
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- Brazilian Authorities Suspend WhatsApp Payments (Bloomberg)
- Ad Boycott of Facebook Keeps Growing (NYTimes)
- Facebook To Stop Selling Oculus Go, Vows No More 3DOF Headsets (UploadVR)
- Olympus to Exit Camera Business After 84 Years (WSJ)
- watchOS 7 drops Force Touch support, likely ahead of Apple Watch Series 6 hardware changes (9to5Mac)
- Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm (NYTimes)
- Over 1,000 AI Experts Condemn Racist Algorithms That Claim to Predict Crime (Motherboard)
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