Today's Technology News Summary
The dairy industry is trying to outlaw plant-based "milk" labels—again
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In an utterly firm effort to undercut plant-based rivals, big players in the dairy industry are again putting the squeeze on lawmakers to outlaw the use of the term "milk" for non-dairy beverages—or, in Food and Drug Administration lingo, beverages that are not the "lacteal secretion of cows." Earlier this year, the dairy industry's blood curdled when the regulatory agency released a draft guidance stating that plant-based milk alternatives can keep using the term... Read more
Meet the A.I. Jane Austen: Meta Weaves A.I. Throughout Its Apps
Meta introduced artificially intelligent characters based on Jane Austen, Snoop Dogg, and others into Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, as the race to lead the technology heats up. Read more
Beyerdynamic's first wireless gaming headset opts for simplicity over RGB
Beyerdynamic is making its first wireless gaming headset, offering a premium $249 set of cans that are compatible with PC, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch consoles via a USB receiver. But instead of opting for a gamer-y aesthetic with vivid colors or showy RGB lighting, the Beyerdynamic MMX 200 come in simple black or gray colors (with some small orange accents)... Read more
SoundThinking Acquires Parts of Geolitica, Building a Predictive Policing Tool
SoundThinking, the company that makes the sensor-based gunshot-detection system ShotSpotter, is acquiring parts of Geolitica, the company that built the predictive policing tool PredPol. This acquisition marks a new era of companies dictating how police operate. Read more
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