People tend to overestimate their ability to spot digital fakes, researchers found. Tools powered by artificial intelligence can create lifelike images of people who do not exist. See if you can identify which of these images are real people and…
Bats are a perfect breeding ground for new viruses: they host infections without being affected by them. How do they manage this? A novel study offers answers. One of the many lessons from our —ongoing— battle with Covid-19 is that…
Why do we put our best efforts into the worst relationships? It is common for individuals to find themselves caught in a web of connections that they know, deep down, are not working. This phenomenon, where people force relationships despite…
I’m very intrigued by the Holo Tile demo that the Disney Parks YouTube account posted earlier this week. It’s a little like an omnidirectional VR treadmill that multiple people can use (just, you know, very slowly). The tech looks to…
Astronomers are still on the hunt for dormant stellar mass black holes. They appear to be few and far between in our own galaxy, but their detection impacts astrophysics. In astrophysics, sometimes the seemingly most esoteric research is truly important.…
I published the full list of Google’s 2024 company goals (OKRs) in the last issue of Command Line: That last line, plus CEO Sundar Pichai’s warning to expect more “specific resource allocation decisions” (translation: layoffs), has a lot of employees…
Microsoft announced Friday that it detected an attack on its systems by Midnight Blizzard, the same Russian hackers behind the 2020 SolarWinds attack. Tech Microsoft says Russian hackers attacked it to find information about themselves Lakshmi Varanasi 2024-01-20T21:20:11Z Share iconAn…
DPD, a package delivery company based in Europe, said it has used AI-powered customer chat “successfully for a number of years,” according to a BBC story yesterday. But this week a series of screenshots showed the chatbot swearing, insulting DPD,…
Patriot Front, a white supremacist group with members across the U.S., marched in New York on Saturday, according to several videos posted to social media. Patriot Front, a white supremacist group with members across the U.S., marched in New York…
No SpO2 sensor, no problem. Deals/Tech/Microsoft / The excellent 8BitDo Pro 2 controller has also fallen to an all-time low, along with Samsung’s 27-inch smart monitor. By Brandon Widder, a senior editor overseeing deals, gift guides, and commerce. He spent…
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