Online Class Notes (Tibo)

Summarizing method : https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/to-catch-teenage-gamers-chinese-company-deploys-facial-recognition/articleshow/84431945.cms

step 1 : Main Idea: Chinese companies rolled out new facial recognitions measures to stop minors from playing games at night

Step 2:

What? Tencent launched a new policy that requiring applying facial recognition tech to identify wether users are teenagers playing games at night  X
Who? Tencent, a Chinese internet giant X
Where? on the Chinese video game market X
When? this week X
Why? to prevent minors from playing user others’ phones at night  XX
How? by using facial recognition  X

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this week Tencent, Chinese internet giant launched a new policy that will apply facial recognition tech to identify wether users are teenagers playing games at night.this actin aims to stop Chinese teenagers from playing video games at night on others’ phones

Step 3: 

conclusion :Facial recognition is commonly used in China but was absent from video games until now.  Some people are against it for privacy reasons

Step 4 

Chinese companies rolled out new facial recognitions measures to stop minors from playing games at night

this week Tencent, Chinese internet giant launched a new policy that will apply facial recognition tech to identify wether users are teenagers playing games at night.this action aims to stop Chinese teenagers from playing video games at night on others’ phones

Facial recognition is commonly used in China but was absent from video games until now.  Some people are against it for privacy reasons

Tencent a Chinese internet giant rolled out new facial recognitions measures this week to stop minors from playing games at night This action caused some debates for privacy reasons. (Facial recognition is commonly used in China but was absent from video games until now.)

Vocabulary

Augmented reality (n) : showing more data on top of the real world
Pokemon go uses AR

facial recognition (n) technology to recognize the face
iPhones use facial recognition to unlock the phones

maneuver (n/v) (1)  move skillfully or carefully / (2) carefully manipulate a situation to achieve an end
We didn’t have much room to maneuver
A lot of political maneuvers led to the defeat in the race

curfew (n)regulation requiring people to stay indoor
The army imposed a curfew at 6pm

wily (adj) clever / good at deceiving
Tom is a wily kid

circumvent (v) avoid / bypass
We managed to circumvent the security by hacking the system

conglomerate (n) big group made of different entities
The automotive conglomerate unveiled a new restructuring plan

rollout (n/v) launch / implementation of new measures
The rollout of windows 9 was a disaster

loophole (n) 漏洞
They found a loophole to pay less in taxes

combat (v/n) fight
Soldiers are trained in combat

adolescent (n) teenager

adolescence (n) teenage years

minor (n) : someone who is not an adult (usually less than 18)
minors are not allowed to buy alcohol

breach (v/n ) gap in a wall / violation (illegal access to a system to steal data))
The company’s data was compromised by a security breach

avid (adj) showing interest / eager
Tom is an avid listener of the show

deprivation (n) lack of
I suffer from sleep deprivation because I work to much

rein (n/v) rope like thing used to lead a horse / keep under control

pajamas (n) sleeping clothes
I sleep in my pajamas