[CNET] Microsoft on Tuesday showed off two new computer programs to combat deepfakes. The company said its new apps will be able to identify manipulated videos, which are often hard to detect, as well as tell people whether the media they’re looking at is likely authentic or not. Microsoft said its […]
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[Wired, Getty Images] Amazon has patched the flaw, but its discovery underscores the importance of locking down your voice assistant interactions. Attackers could also have installed a malicious skill to steal even more data. Smart-assistant devices have had their share of privacy missteps, but they’re generally considered safe enough for most […]
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[Business Insider] This week: The biggest threat to Facebook and Twitter It feels like ages ago, when the coronavirus lockdowns began in March, that skepticism about social media screentime and digital health were summarily cast aside. Who’s got time to worry about those kinds of things when you need a […]
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[FORBES, GETTY IMAGES] Apple had been hoping to move past its recent run of security warnings—but no such luck. After a dreadful April, here we are in May with yet another security blow for the hundreds of millions of iOS users around the world. And this time, it’s more than […]
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[Forbes, Getty Images] Now there’s something that I wasn’t expecting any time soon: a quantum-powered smartphone. Yet here we are, with an announcement from Samsung and Korean provider SK Telecom that the world’s first 5G smartphone complete with a quantum random number generator (QRNG) is due to launch next week. […]
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[Forbes, Microsoft] We’ve now seen the first showcase of next-gen gameplay—at least some of it—from Microsoft and the Xbox Series X, and “whelmed” seems to be the word of the day. It’s all over social media at the moment, and it illustrates the general reaction to Microsoft’s livestream. It was […]
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[Investors Place, Shutterstock] The 5G revolution is coming, and that means it’s time to look for the best 5G stocks to buy to play this revolution. First, let’s take a step back. What exactly is 5G? 5G is simply the 5th Generation (hence 5G) mobile network. It naturally follows 1G, 2G, 3G, […]
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[FORBES] Five years ago, the words “artificial intelligence” and “machine learning” were on everyone’s lips. Today, these technologies form a core part of how companies do business. Because technology is ever-evolving, there will always be new tech emerging on the horizon. However, the past has shown us that not every […]
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[BBC] Microsoft has revealed some of the first third-party games that will be optimised for its next-generation console, the Xbox Series X. The Xbox livestream featured previously unseen footage of the highly anticipated Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla. But many viewers complained too little gameplay was displayed. Both Microsoft and PlayStation-maker Sony […]
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[FORBES, GETTY IMAGES] With technology comes the elimination of the “old” practices in the construction industry. One of those is the plan room. Remember the plan room? If you were born after 1980, then probably not. In the days before computer-aided design (CAD), the plan room was the central repository for a […]
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