AI fakery is quickly becoming one of the biggest problems confronting us online. Deceptive pictures, videos and audio are proliferating as a result of the rise and misuse of generative artificial intelligence tools. With AI deepfakes cropping up almost every day, depicting everyone from Taylor Swift to Donald Trump, it’s getting harder to tell what’s real from what’s not. Video …
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Have you ever stopped and thought, “Is my iPhone as secure as it could be?” Maybe your current passcode is a bit too easy to guess. The good news is that changing your iPhone’s passcode to something more robust is not only possible but pretty straightforward. Here are some easy steps to give your iPhone an extra layer of security. …
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Think of all your good habits. You brush your teeth twice a day (and maybe even floss, right). Maybe you make it a point to get in your steps every day or at least get some Vitamin D. What about a little bit of tech hygiene to keep your computer happy? When you’re done browsing a webpage, press Ctrl + …
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Note-taking is something we all do, whether it means writing down a grocery list on an envelope, a phone number on the back of a business card or a more detailed set of notes, like minutes for a meeting. No matter how you take notes, an app out there can handle it all. Whether you want to create notes with …
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In a world rapidly transformed by technology, our ways of connecting and interacting continue to evolve. At the forefront of this evolution, Deutsche Telekom has unveiled its latest innovation, “Concept T,” at the Mobile World Congress 2024, offering a glimpse into the future of communication. This design study explores how artificial intelligence (AI), holography and other cutting-edge technologies could redefine …
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IN TODAY’S NEWSLETTER: – Former Google employee: How a ‘code red’ meeting and ChatGPT led execs to take ‘shortcuts’ in Gemini AI launch- Apple, Google in talks for Gemini to power iPhone AI features: report- LSU star Angel Reese calls out ‘crazy and weird’ AI-generated photos of herself BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Google abandoned “fairness” and took major “shortcuts” to launch …
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England’s first convicted cyber-flasher was sentenced Tuesday to 5 1/2 years in prison. Nicholas Hawkes, 39, a convicted sex offender who sent unsolicited photos of his genitals to a girl and a woman, was the first person in England and Wales convicted of violating the Online Safety Act. Hawkes admitted at an earlier hearing that in February he sent a …
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Theo works weekdays, weekends and nights and never complains about a sore spine despite performing hour upon hour of what, for a regular farm hand, would be backbreaking labor checking Dutch tulip fields for sick flowers. The boxy robot — named after a retired employee at the WAM Pennings farm near the Dutch North Sea coast — is a new …
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Sometimes in life, you just can’t go back. I’m thinking of all the folks I’ve talked to who lost crazy amounts of money toscammers pretending to be in love. We can’t go back to our old devices, either — as much as I miss that hot pink Razr. On second thought, iPhone it is. The same goes for certain steps …
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It’s that time of year again, folks. Whether you have yet to file your taxes or you’re in the middle of it, it’s not too late to make sure you’re protected this tax season. With new tax fraud scams on the rise — many increasing due to the acceleration of AI — we want you to take extra security measures …
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