In the span of just 48 hours this week, two separate juries in two different US states delivered verdicts that could reshape the entire social media industry — not because of the dollar amounts involved, but because of what those verdicts legally establish for the first time. On Tuesday, March 24, a jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $375 million for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram. Less than 24 hours later, on Wednesday, March 25, a jury in Los Angeles found both Meta and Google (YouTube) liable for engineering addiction in young users — finding them negligent in the design of their platforms and awarding a further $6 million in damages. Two days. Two states. Two juries. Both pointing at the same conclusion: that Big Tech can no longer hide behind the legal shields it has relied on for nearly three decades. This is the story of what happened, why it matters far beyond the headline numbers, and what comes next for the s...
Let's cut out all the hoopla and jargon and go straight to the point. What is the new Kinect from Microsoft . Kinect is an Xbox 360 peripheral that plugs into the consoles USB port. How does it work . With the new Kinect you can now play games on the Xbox without the need of any controllers. Kinect comes with sensors that have a camera and microphone. That enable you to interact with the system using gestures, spoken commands and other objects. This was originally called "Project Natal" which has since been rechristened "Kinect". Kinect is much more smarter than an average webcam. it can track 48 points across your body for up to 2 players thanks to it's secret trick of spotlighting the entire room with infrared light. Equipped with a microphone you can talk to it, it also has face recognition so you can sign in by looking at it. So you can control the start button by reaching for it with you hand in the air off-course. If you are on Xbox live you can wa...