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Cheap, Easy Deepfakes Are Getting Closer to the Real Thing
Using open source software and less than $100, a researcher was able to create plausible images and audio of actor ... -
Can Killing Cookies Save Journalism?
A Dutch public broadcaster got rid of targeted digital ads—and its revenues went way up. http://www.wired.com/ -
It’s Not Just TikTok. Chinese Firms Face More US Roadblocks
Chinese companies have been free to expand in the US while American firms were stymied by Beijing. Now, the climate ... -
One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack – August 2020
This month’s focus is on Austin Tice, an American photojournalist who has gone missing in Syria and is presumed to ... -
Trump May Soon Order TikTok’s Sale, as Microsoft Circles
The short-video app is wildly popular with teens, but officials fear it could be a conduit for data to China, ... -
Big Tech Does Not Agree With That Characterization
Plus: Microsoft’s monopolistic days, life without a Covid vaccine, and bogus hand sanitizer. http://www.wired.com/ -
Anthony Levandowski Asks a Judge Not to Send Him to Prison
The former Google engineer, who pleaded guilty to stealing the company’s self-driving car technology, says he’d be at heightened risk ... -
What’s This? A Bipartisan Plan for AI and National Security
Republican Will Hurd and Democrat Robin Kelly want more Pentagon spending, a Cold War-style “hotline,” and a curb on chip ... -
AI Is All the Rage. So Why Aren’t More Businesses Using It?
A big study by the US Census Bureau finds that only about 9 percent of firms employ tools like machine ... -
The Big Tech Hearing Proved Congress Isn't Messing Around
Partisan antics aside, lawmakers on the antitrust subcommittee dished out some serious, probing questions to the CEOs of Amazon, Google, ...
