Android 11 beta / PS5 reveal / Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft ban facial recognition tech for police

The Vergecast

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News, Tech News, Technology

4.4 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Stories discussed this week: Tinder CEO Elie Seidman on finding love during the pandemic It’s hard to figure out how often people without symptoms spread COVID-19 Inside Nextdoor’s ‘Karen problem’ Nextdoor tells community leads to allow Black Lives Matter discussions after exposé Contact tracing programs have to work with local communities to be successful Apple launches $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative Android 11 beta: all the announcements Android 11: conversations, bubbles, and making sense of complexity Five new features Android 11 borrows from the iPhone Android 11 may be the best texting platform if you use multiple chat apps Apple’s virtual WWDC keynote will take place on June 22nd at 1PM ET Apple will announce move to ARM-based Macs later this month, says report Apple pulls podcast apps in China after government pressure The new Sonos app and S2 update are available now IBM will no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology Amazon bans police from using its facial recognition technology for the next year Microsoft won’t sell facial recognition to police until Congress passes new privacy law Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on the Vergecast, the PS5 is here, Andrew Webster and Megan Ferrockmanesh talk all about that.
0:05.1	Deeter and I talk about Andrew at 11, what's going on with WWC this year?
0:08.2	And then James Vincent joins us talk about IBM, Amazon, and Microsoft changing their facial recognition plans.
0:13.3	That's going on in the Vergecast now.
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1:31.6	Sweet tarts dare to combine.
1:38.7	Hello and welcome to the Verge Cast, the flagship podcast of the next generation of gaming.
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