Deliberate?
A YouTube video suggesting that face recognition cameras installed in HP laptops cannot detect black faces has had over one million views.
The short movie, uploaded earlier this month, features “Black Desi” and his colleague “White Wanda”.
When Wanda, a white woman, is in front of the screen, the camera zooms to her face and moves as she moves.
But when Desi, a black man, does the same, the camera does not respond by tracking him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8429634.stm
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HP camera ‘can’t see’ black faces
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US agrees $6m pay cheques for Fannie and Freddie bosses
Disgusting to say the least.
The heads of US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may each receive pay packages of up to $6m (£3.7m) for 2009, depending on company performance.
The government has put $111bn of public money into the companies since taking them over and the awards go against moves to curb lavish pay packages.
But the regulator which decided the pay levels said the awards were 40% lower than before the government bailout.
The sums involved reflected the need to attract and retain talent, it argued.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8430383.stm
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