This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss the mainstreaming of Flock, media appearances, and Spotify’s AI move. EMANUEL: The news that Spotify will start tagging artists on its platform ...
Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner PartyMeta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party
Meta has filed a patent for its AI smartglasses that uses facial recognition to automatically detect who is in the frame, creates a video clip whenever one of those people does something — like picking an item up or walking around — and then generates a highlight reel of what ...
Man Arrested in Texas For Cussing at a County MeetingMan Arrested in Texas For Cussing at a County Meeting
Police arrested a man in Texas early Wednesday morning for saying “bullshit” at a public city meeting a week earlier. Police in Fort Worth, Texas pulled over local radio host and political activist EJ Carrion just outside of his home and arrested him for “tumultuous behavior” related to a Commissioner’s ...
Instagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to crossInstagram accounts fuelling Ceuta crisis with paid advice for help to cross
BBC’s Top Comment podcast has found a network of Instagram profiles glamourising the swim around the Morocco-Ceuta border fence. ...
Activists try to deliver aid to Palestinians in homes besieged by Israeli settlersActivists try to deliver aid to Palestinians in homes besieged by Israeli settlers
Two families have been trapped in their homes in the occupied West Bank for several days. ...
Temporary ban on sale of disposable BBQs over wildfire riskTemporary ban on sale of disposable BBQs over wildfire risk
Single-use grills pose a “significant risk to the public” in current drought and heatwave conditions, the government warns. ...
Leadership changes signal Iran expects a long warLeadership changes signal Iran expects a long war
Iran’s recent reshuffle, as well as its shifting battlefield tactics, suggest it is adapting for a lengthening conflict with the US. Tehran has reordered its leadership in part because of repeated assassinations of its top brass by American and Israeli strikes. But recent moves point to how Iran is “preparing ...
US to intensify economic and military pressure on IranUS to intensify economic and military pressure on Iran
Washington signaled it will ramp up economic and military pressure on Tehran, dashing hopes of any imminent respite to the conflict. The US Treasury secretary said he would soon unveil restrictions “that have never been seen,” while the country’s defense chief insisted a naval blockade could be maintained “indefinitely.” Yet ...
US accuses allies of helping China to skirt tariffsUS accuses allies of helping China to skirt tariffs
The US heightened its trade pressure on allies and lashed out at China, raising tensions ahead of a summit of the superpowers’ leaders next month. Washington said Beijing was running a “Great Transshipment Scam,” accusing some of its closest partners of enabling China’s efforts to ferry goods via third countries ...
Ebola outbreak spreads to new province in DR CongoEbola outbreak spreads to new province in DR Congo
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo spread to a sixth province as the overall death toll surpassed 2,100 and cases topped 4,500. Experts say the virus may have been transmitted undetected for months, while health workers have struggled to contain the outbreak with poor medical supplies and ...