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Analysis: Meta removed code for an unreleased face-recognition system in the Meta AI app for its smart glasses, following a report on the code's existence (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-removes-face-recognition-code-meta-ai-app-smart-gl…

Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back.

Interesting to compare the author Neal Stephenson's profiles on X/twitter vs. Bluesky.
He has 89,4 K followers on X, where he still posts, but just under 10 K on Bluesky, where he doesn't post at all.
He has many fans on the fediverse who discuss his books, but he is not here.

IKEA wirft die MALM Linie raus - und wir verkaufen unser 180x200 grosses MALM Doppelbett mit Aufbewahrung und Kopfteil - für CHF 250 (NP 599, Kopfteil 169)
Muss in Dachsen ZH, Schweiz abgeholt werden.
https://www.tutti.ch/de/vi/zuerich/haushal

"The report called for a public service social media platform, led by the BBC and European public service broadcasters,"
Can't help but think that the #Fediverse has much of the infrastructure to support that.
Reform UK voters least likely to see social media posts from family and friends, study finds

"The report called for a public service social media platform, led by the BBC and European public service broadcasters,"
Can't help but think that the #Fediverse has much of the infrastructure to support that.
Reform UK voters least likely to see social media posts from family and friends, study finds

Hardcore mode is..hard 😭 #DiabloII
(or rather, a fire-specialised druid is probably not the best to face Diablo)

#TGIQF: „Das Leben des Brian“ — Das Quiz rund zu Monty Pythons Filmklassiker
Die Komödie "Das Leben des Brian" sorgte 1979 für reichlich Gelächter und kirchliche Pikiertheit. Wir würdigen den Monty-Python-Klassiker mit einem Quiz.

#TGIQF: Das Quiz rund um „Das Leben des Brian“
Die Komödie "Das Leben des Brian" sorgte 1979 für reichlich Gelächter und kirchliche Pikiertheit. Wir würdigen den Monty-Python-Klassiker mit einem Quiz.

Reuters and Time started blocking all AI bots by default and created whitelists of approved bots, following the default disallow strategy of People and others (Sara Guaglione/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/reuters-and-time-adopt-bot-blocki…

Reuters and Time adopt bot-blocking whitelists to rein in AI crawlers
Reuters and Time adopt a ‘block-all’ AI bot strategy, part of a broader publisher move toward whitelist-only access.

A US judge cancels a Mississippi trial and disqualifies and fines lawyers on both sides after finding their filings were filled with hallucinated case citations (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/judge-learns-lawye

Judge Learns Lawyers on Both Sides of Case Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the Case
When two AIs argue against each other, the legal system loses.

Xbox chief strategy officer Matthew Ball said Game Pass lost "millions" of subscribers in the months following a 50% price hike announced in October 2025 (Eddie Makuch/GameSpot)
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/is-xbox-fixable/

Is Xbox Fixable?
At Summer Game Fest today, Xbox’s new chief strategy officer Matthew Ball spoke about some of the company’s big moves recently, including its strategy on exclusives and what’s next for the company in the hardware space with Project Helix. He made these comments at The Game Business Live. “Reliable pipeline” of exclusives On the subject...