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Lawmakers Warn Of New AI Threat: ‘Deepfake’ Videos That Blur Fact And Fiction
A bipartisan group of lawmakers are worried that so-called “deepfake” videos will be the next frontier for bad actors who…
Read More »United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches NROL-71 in Support of National Security
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., (Jan. 19, 2019) – A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying a critical payload…
Read More »Genetics extends the long arm of the law
By Erika Check Hayden, Knowable Magazine The young woman’s body was found in a ditch in Ohio in 1981. Detectives…
Read More »Experts Continue To Debunk WaPo’s Claim About The Shutdown And Weather Forecasts
There’s no evidence the government shutdown is making weather forecasts less accurate, according to experts. The Washington Post reported the…
Read More »Generation Z Dominates YouTube While Other Generations Prefer Facebook
The websites people use most varies among generations, a new survey finds. The data shows that Amazon’s user experience ranks…
Read More »Here’s The New Twist Facebook Says Russia Is Putting On A Revamped Misinformation Campaign
Facebook removed several hundreds of pages and accounts originating in Russian that pretended to be pages from Eastern European countries.…
Read More »Almost Three-Quarters Of Facebook Users Don’t Understand The Site Posts Ads Based On Their Interests
Seventy-four percent of Facebook users have no idea the website keeps a list of their interests, preferences and traits according…
Read More »The battle between iOS and Android development – who won?
Mobile development seems to be gaining more and more popularity, as people started to prefer browsing the Internet on their…
Read More »Sounding out the brain
By Bob Holmes, Knowable Magazine Most parents’ first glimpse of their children comes in ultrasound images taken months before birth.…
Read More »YouTube Bans Dangerous Challenges As Viral Trend Causes People To Blindfold Themselves While Driving
YouTube announced a ban Tuesday on videos that endorse dangerous pranks and challenges, which pose risks of injury or death.…
Read More »Facebook’s New Rules Ban Employees From Changing Colleagues Minds
Facebook is creating new rules limiting employee’s ability to change colleagues’ minds about politics and religion, Business Insider reported Tuesday,…
Read More »SpaceX to Launch Dragon Resupply Mission (CRS-16) Sunday
Packed with about two tons of cargo and science, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft departed the International Space Station on Sunday, January…
Read More »Why forgetting may make your mind more efficient
By Tom Siegfried, Knowable Magazine In the quest to fend off forgetfulness, some people build a palace of memory. It’s…
Read More »Watch: SpaceX Launches IRIDIUM-8 Mission
On Friday, January 11 at 7:31 a.m. PST, 15:31 UTC, SpaceX successfully launched the eighth and final set of satellites…
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