Tech Round Up: From Apple’s $252 million investment for satellite-enabled iPhones to erroneous arrests due to a face recognition goof-up.

?? Elon Musk rockets back to the top, reclaiming his throne as the 'richest man in the world'. The Twitter owner’s net worth reportedly grew to $187 billion after a rally in Tesla stocks lifted him above Bernard Arnault, the CEO of French luxury brand LVMH: https://bit.ly/3ZcvfKt

?? Snap has shone a light on AR realism with its ray tracing technology for lenses. Snap’s Lens lets users try on Tiffany Lock bracelets using AR and purchase them directly within the app: https://bit.ly/41BzPUr

??Apple Grants Globalstar $252M to Boost Emergency Satellite Connectivity. With this investment, Apple continues to break new ground and proves that the sky is not the limit for its technological ambitions: https://bit.ly/3KQubb8

? Meta has backed a new system to prevent intimate images of minors from being spread online. Alongside the launch, Meta says it’s also rolling out new tools that will make it more difficult for “suspicious adults” to interact with teens on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3mhXzNh

??? It seems like AI is becoming the new "editor-in-chief". German Publisher Axel Springer claimed that AI has the potential to completely replace journalists.?Will robots become the new press corps? Only time will tell! https://bit.ly/41BAQvD

??If you don’t pay, ChatGPT will help take it away. The infamous chatbot made the headlines yet again this week by helping a CEO recover a sum of $109,500 from a client who ghosted him: https://bit.ly/3ZbS01t

?? Face recognition software has led to an innocent man being detained and accused of shoplifting and hitting an officer with a car. Let's face the facts (pun intended), this is now the third wrongful arrest and misidentification by the algorithm. Alarmingly, studies have shown that the technology is also far more likely to misidentify people of color: https://bit.ly/3ERsNB0

?? Amazon is under fire for selling products containing gelatin made from the skin of donkeys. The e-commerce giant faces a lawsuit due to the illegality of donkey meat for human consumption in California. Now that’s what you call a foal meat scandal!?https://bit.ly/3IIhcpg

?? Habytat announces AI-powered pets for its social metaverse. These animals will bond with their users as the AI responds to and learns from the user’s actions.?What a ‘Purr-fect’ addition to our virtual lives: https://bit.ly/3EP584i

?? Social media is quite literally on trial as families of American citizens killed in ISIS terrorist attacks are suing social media platforms seeking damages for their role in supporting the terrorist group:?https://bit.ly/3J5Q04Y

?? Dub Your Way to International Fame! YouTube has announced that it is rolling out support for multi-language audio tracks, which will allow creators to add dubbing to their new and existing videos, thus helping them reach an international audience: https://bit.ly/3ZB8BLV

?? Out of this World View: NASA astronaut Josh Cassada has captured a stunning photograph of supercharged auroras from the International Space Station: https://bit.ly/3ZwsQdp

?? In other news, Season 2 Episode 1 of my podcast HYPERSCALE with guest Sundar Raman is now streaming. Tune in to gain exclusive insights on what the future of tech will look like in 50 years. Sundar believes we need to figure out how to create a kinder world and he reveals the tools that we will need to get there: https://bit.ly/3YDMm7r

Here’s wishing all of you a great weekend.?

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