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A federal appeals court has given the go-ahead to a class action lawsuit that claims Facebook face recognition for photos is illegal in Illinois… Facebook applies face recognition to uploaded photos in order to suggest friends to tag. When you tag someone in one or more photos, Facebook will attempt to recognize that face in other photos to offer tag suggestions. A group of Facebook users from Illinois claimed as long ago as 2015 that this was illegal in the state, violating the Biometric Information Privacy Act....

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iUvuaChDEg] TechUnwrapped is reporting that famous jailbreaker George Hotz, known as Geohot, is now working at Facebook. You may know Geohot for getting in a lawsuit by Sony for his Playstation hack and his jailbreaking tools like purplera1n, blackra1n, and limera1n. In recent months Geohot has been off the map after the Sony ordeal, but it appears now he is back (unfortunately not as a rapper). Techmeme’s Gabe Rivera did some digging on Geohot’s Facebook to confirm TechUnwrapped’s story....

Users and experts on Slashdot and reddit strongly disagree with Genachowski’s stance, stating that it is only a ploy to increase telecom profits. It was also said internet service providers lack the necessary competition to be kept from gauging customers. Among other arguments were that such usage-based billing would change how the web operates as a whole. Cloud-storage companies like Dropbox wouldn’t be sensible under a metered bandwidth plan. Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services would also be severely affected....

I’m a big fan of Apple Store workshops. A couple of Final Cut Pro X workshops were really helpful, one of them so much so I did it twice. But reserving a space on one isn’t always easy … There’s a Catch-22 with video editing. There’s a huge amount to learn when you’re new to it, meaning that everything takes an age. The solution is to practice: the more videos you edit, the faster you become....

The new Firefox 4 Beta stands miles apart from the last official release, Firefox 3.6. Recently they just acquired the Jägermonkey team’s JavaScript engine and it has given them a serious speed boost, not to mention some of the other improvements that they’ve incorporated. Last week Mozilla posted the latest benchmarks for Firefox 4 Beta, and they are smoking fast. When compared to the old 3.6 version of Firefox we’re looking at speeds up to 5 times faster....

Just a few days following the release of the evasi0n iOS 6.1 jailbreak, Apple released the first beta of iOS 6.1.1 to iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch developers. Alongside significant enhancements to the Maps application for Japan, many industry watchers speculated that the iOS 6.1.1 update was also designed to plug the exploit in the operating system that makes the latest jailbreak possible. However, iOS security researcher Pod2G has discovered that this new iOS 6....

Apple’s latest Retina MacBook Air has drawn some criticism over its processor choice. Now, the first MacBook Air Geekbench scores are starting to hit the web and give more detail on that processor. This comes after we saw the first iPad Pro 2018 Geekbench results this morning, which proved Apple’s claims about besting most PCs – including its own – true. On Geekbench, the new Retina MacBook Air with a 1....

Back 4 Blood is an upcoming first-person co-operative zombie shooter video game that has been developed by Turtle Rock Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. This is one kind of Left 4 Dead category game that will be available for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X, Microsoft Windows platforms. Meanwhile, the Alpha version is ongoing for a few days and interested people can register for it. Now, some of the players are experiencing Back 4 Blood Crashing, Won’t Launch, or Lags with FPS drops....

It seems that most of the Battlefield 2042 players feel let down after the full release of the mentioned title by DICE and EA in November 2021. Even after waiting for a while and going through the beta phase, there are plenty of bugs or issues appearing to the PC players which is unexpected. It has already received thousands of negative reviews on Steam. Now, several players are reporting about the Battlefield 2042 Flickering Screen issue on their PCs....

DICE and Electronic Arts did come up with a first-person shooter action multiplayer video game called ‘Battlefield 2042‘, which is all set in the iconic warfare scenario that offers fully chaotic and tactical war with huge maps and weapons. Plenty of errors or bugs are troubling the players on Playstation, Xbox, or PC. Meanwhile, several players are experiencing the Invalid Game State error when selecting game modes in the lobby. In this article, we will fix the concerning issue....

2019’s Death Stranding is one of the action-adventure video games, developed by Kojima Productions and published by 505 Games that has received pretty good reviews on available platforms. Recently, the developers have come up with a new DLC called ‘Death Stranding Director’s Cut’ which has added some new features and more. Somehow players are unable to launch or play the game properly because multiple reports are coming out that the Death Stranding Director’s Cut game is getting stuck on the loading screen on the PC which is frustrating a lot....

Dimps Corporation and Bandai Namco Entertainment have recently launched an online asymmetrical action multiplayer survival video game called ‘DRAGON BALL: THE BREAKERS‘. Though the game is quite optimized for Windows, some unfortunate Dragon Ball The Breakers players face the low FPS drops on the PC and want to increase the performance. Like other racing games, the Dragon Ball The Breakers title also goes through some common issues you may experience on the PC while trying to launch it or during the gameplay sessions....

Codemasters and Electronic Arts have recently released a multiplayer Formula One sports racing video game called ‘F1 22‘ for Windows, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S|X platforms. It seems that the initial impressions are quite positive for this game as per some reviews right now. As per the Reddit reports, some players cannot launch or play the game properly because multiple reports are coming out that the F1 22 game is getting stuck on the loading screen on your PC, which is frustrating....

Football Manager 2023 is a football-management simulation video game developed by Sports Interactive as part of its Football Manager series. The game is available for PC, PS5, and Xbox Consoles. After the release, multiple PC gamers face issues with Football Manager 2023 games apart from crashes, lags, stutters, frame drops, and more. Multiple players face it regardless of whether the PC is powerful regarding Football Manager 2023 not launching or not loading issues on the Windows PC....

Google has returned to the smartphone market with their Google Pixel 7 Series. The Google Pixel 7 Series comes with their all-new Google Tensor chipset which is powerful enough to handle a difficult task. There are a lot of features that the Google Pixel 7 Series comes with. And the users are happy to use them. However, there are some reports that users are facing some issues when they are trying to turn on their smartphones....

Lost Ark is a free-to-play game that pairs the best of ARPG combat and MMO depth to create a vast, vibrant world with thrilling fights. It is co-developed by Tripod Studio and Smilegate’s game development subsidiary Smilegate RPG. This game is now available to PC users for free via Steam. After the new update, many players reported a black screen issue while launching the Lost ARK. Most players report this issue, and if you’re also one of them, check this troubleshooting guide to fix it....

Both Facebook and Instagram are down for many users this morning. While neither social network has yet acknowledged the outage, a slew of user have taken to Twitter to complain while Down Dector also shows a massive spike in complaints as of this morning… Facebook’s status page shows that the platform is currently “healthy,” but that’s obviously not the case. When trying to access the social network, many users are either being told that their account is inaccessible or that there are no stories to view:...

Facebook.com is currently the 3rd most visited site on the web, but how many of us have read the policies or “contracts” we “signed” by using their service? In this fast pace rapidly changing world of Internet Technology, being an informed consumer is not the first thing that people usually consider. Legal jargon, contracts.. blah blah; it’s too much to read! But what it comes down to is how much control would you like to have – control of your private data, your blogs, your instant messaging, your status, your personal information, and your photos or videos?...

The Facts of Life cast will reunite for a Lifetime Christmas movie special. Starring Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, and Nancy McKeon, The Facts of Life was a groundbreaking spinoff of Diff’rent Strokes. Premiering in 1979, The Facts of Life became one of the longest-running series in the 1980s, airing in a golden age of television with sitcoms like Cheers, Happy Days, Family Ties, and The Golden Girls....

A fan has given The Mandalorian a Spaghetti Western trailer. Disney+’s new Star Wars series follows a wandering bounty hunter comparable to the gunslinger from Italian filmmaker Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy. That character, portrayed by Clint Eastwood, has, of course, no name. The Mandalorian’s Dyn Jarren (whose name hasn’t officially be released) has no face because Mandalorians are known for never removing their helmets. This only adds to the show’s mysterious atmosphere equatable to Leone’s famous films....