Facebook must face a class action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology, a California judge has ruled.
The lawsuit alleges that Facebook gathered biometric information without users' explicit consent.
It involves the "tag suggestions" technology, which spots users' friends in uploaded photos; the lawsuit says this breaches Illinois state law.
Castro set to step aside as Cuban president, his reforms incomplete
Octo Note: Reforms attempted, and largely failed.😕
Finger fossil puts people in Arabia at least 86,000 years ago
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/finger-fossil-puts-people-arabia-least-86000-years-ago
“Although long considered to be far from the main stage of human evolution, Arabia was a stepping stone from Africa into Asia,” https://counter.social/media/poJAmSIdutDdCqSHyeM
WaPo—The Washington Post wins 2 Pulitzer Prizes for reporting on Russian interference and the Senate race in Alabama.
From TW—-https://twitter.com/realmuckmaker/status/985964797215719424?s=21
#SeanHannity’s advertisers
Fox News has struck a Faustian bargain with the Trump White House, and the price is much greater than ten bucks for legal advice, writes @GrahamDavidA https://theatln.tc/2H6qHh1
Sometimes I imagine this planet in 1000 years. Humans have somehow managed to work together and we've stopped trying to segregate our species. We've replanted the rainforests and people live in orbiting pods that dock into Town "Ships". There are no wars because religions have evolved away from fear mongering into a loving embrace of humanity and resources are freely available to all. Money is gone.
Then I wake up, and Trump is on TV.
I can't believe this is my country.
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The Times --
Russian journalist Maxim Borodin dies after mysterious fall from balcony
tw The Atlantic "This president is not in command of himself. He’s obsessed with his own problems. He seethes with rage and resentment for all the world to view—and those emotions are visibly distorting his decision-making." @DavidFrum on a president unfit to command: https://theatln.tc/2H0tJXR https://counter.social/media/CaFGcDfxcEzeIdk2NpQ
TW by Muckmaker @RealMuckmaker
Daily Kos GOP lawmaker Marsha Blackburn is running for U.S. Senate—says 'Women don't want equal pay laws'
https://bit.ly/2J06QR7
My new shoes! They're pretty good. Men's Wave Rider 21. The sole is stiffer that most I've tried and returned over the last few months. I thought they were pricey but apparently I just haven't been purchasing outside of Amazon for a while. Since it was a small local vendor I succumbed. My arthritis thanks me. End of review.
Learning to identify as disabled. Life changes. It’s okay. Try harder, every day.