Here’s the new edition of my “Fav 4”, edition 49. My favorite and most noteworthy tech & innovation news bites of the last week. 4 updates in an easy to consume video format. Enjoy!
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Isn't this macabre? The #tech capital of the world, #SanFrancisco could be first city in the US to ban utilization of facial recognition tech. Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the "Stop Secret Surveillance Ordinance – final vote: May 14. https://t.co/OvL4fMbkWF pic.twitter.com/L1YcS57fXr
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) May 8, 2019
#Microsoft will update Word w/ new feature called "Ideas". #AI will assist writers in keeping their text concise & readable while simultaneously checking grammar + suggesting rewrites when it encounters a complex phrase. Coming in June – pretty cool! #tech https://t.co/EyJkIgMu7r pic.twitter.com/beYJ9hMoV5
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) May 8, 2019
The advent of #payments within #WhatsApp for more markets is on the horizon for #Facebook. They are establishing a dedicated WhatsApp payments team of ca. 100 people in London – that's a whopping 25% increase of their relatively small staff of 400 today. https://t.co/7kcJdl3XKz pic.twitter.com/e15sMPJbGO
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) May 10, 2019
Many interesting updates at Google I/O 2019, but this here stuck with me. They've compressed the #GoogleLens feature in #GoogleGo so that it's just over 100KB and works on phones that cost as little as $35. Pretty rad achievement and way to go for many applications! #io19 https://t.co/RmDuJCidLz
— André Cramer 🇪🇺 (@TheAndreCramer) May 8, 2019
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