Wed. 11/03 – Meta And Zillow Shut It Down
Facebook shuts down its decade-old face scanning and photo tagging feature. Zillow shuts down its house flipping business entirely. Netflix’s foray into games officially launches widely. And Microsoft says hey Zuckerberg, if you think the Metaverse is going to be about work meetings with cartoonish avatars and virtual whiteboards? Hold our beer!
Facebook shuts down its decade-old face scanning and photo tagging feature. Zillow shuts down its house flipping business entirely. Netflix’s foray into games officially launches widely. And Microsoft says hey Zuckerberg, if you think the Metaverse is going to be about work meetings with cartoonish avatars and virtual whiteboards? Hold our beer!
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- Facebook, Citing Societal Concerns, Plans to Shut Down Facial Recognition System (NYTimes)
- Zillow to shutter home buying business and lay off 2,000 employees as its big real estate bet falters (GeekWire)
- CISA creates catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities, orders agencies to patch (The Record)
- Netflix games are coming to all members on Android, starting this week (TechCrunch)
- Microsoft Teams enters the metaverse race with 3D avatars and immersive meetings (The Verge)
- Loop app from Microsoft keeps projects in sync across Microsoft 365 (VentureBeat)
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