Tech firms fight to stem deepfake deluge
Tech firms are fighting the scourge of deepfakes, those deceptively realistic voices or videos used by scammers that are more available than ever thanks to artificial intelligence.
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Web search formulas offer a first step for protecting critical infrastructure
The technology behind web search engines is useful for more than tracking down your long-lost buddy or discovering a delicious new recipe. Technology based on search engine algorithms might also help keep the lights on, the ...
Mar 18, 2025
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Email signatures are harming the planet and could cost people their lives—it's time to stop using them
The use of information technology (IT) has significant environmental and social impacts, including human mortality from climate change. One striking example is the carbon emissions and impacts associated with digital communication.
Mar 17, 2025
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Cybersecurity officials warn against potentially costly Medusa ransomware attacks
The FBI and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning against a dangerous ransomware scheme.
Mar 16, 2025
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One Tech Tip: Wasting too much time on social media apps? Tips and tricks to curb smartphone use
If you've got a smartphone, you probably spend too much time on it—checking Instagram, watching silly TikTok videos, messaging on WhatsApp or doomscrolling on X.
Mar 13, 2025
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Meta tests 'Community Notes' to replace fact-checkers
Social media giant Meta on Thursday announced it would begin testing its new "Community Notes" feature across its platforms in the United States next week, as it shifts away from third-party fact-checking toward a crowd-sourced ...
Mar 13, 2025
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The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech, if it can avoid familiar pitfalls
You've probably noticed lately that a lot of people are trying out alternatives to the big social media networks X, Instagram and Facebook. For example, after Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and started allowing far more ...
Mar 12, 2025
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Countering a flaw in anti-censorship tools to improve global internet freedom
A newly identified time-based vulnerability exposes a widely used technique to evade internet censorship, University of Michigan researchers have found. The findings emphasize the need to develop more robust countermeasures ...
Mar 10, 2025
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Elon Musk claims X being targeted in 'massive cyberattack' as service goes down
Hours after a series of outages Monday that left X unavailable to thousands of users, Elon Musk claimed that the social media platform was being targeted in a "massive cyberattack."
Mar 10, 2025
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Can AI tell us if those Zoom calls are flowing smoothly? New study says yes
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, workers have spent countless hours in videoconferences—now a fixture of office life. As more people work and live remotely, videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom, MS Teams, FaceTime, ...
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