Facebook Finds Your Face
Today on the list: Facebook is poised to recognize faces, Wikileaks read aloud to you, and the “real” person who was Henry Kissinger. On a regular basis, Truthdig brings you the news items and odds and ends that found their way to Larry Gross, director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. A specialist in media and culture, art and communication, visual communication and media portrayals of minorities, Gross helped found the field of gay and lesbian studies. The links below open in a new window. Newer ones are on top. Facebook To Introduce Facial Recognition for Tags Facebook announced on Wednesday that it would launch facial-recognition technology that identifies people in uploaded photos and suggests tags. Bored? Try Listening to the Wikileaks Documents If your life is too on-the-run to read the endless supply of Wikileaked documents, try listening to them instead. Fox News Boss Ordered Staffers To Cast Doubt On Climate Change Science Unsurprising news that Fox has told its staffers to cast doubt on the science around, and supporting, the phenomenon of climate change. Recovered History: The Real Henry Kissinger Henry Kissinger is a foul entity, plain and simple. But he also was a complex human being. Related Entries December 16, 2010 Everything Is Negotiable, Except Nature December 15, 2010 Time Taps Zuckerberg as Person of the Year
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Facebook Finds Your Face
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