Tag Archives: Misinformation

Misinformation woes could multiply with ‘deepfake’ videos

February 11, 2019 C. Jennings

by MSN News

If you see a video of a politician speaking words he never would utter, or a Hollywood star improbably appearing in a cheap adult movie, don’t adjust your television set — you may just be witnessing the future of “fake news.”

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FAA threatens $25,000 fine for weaponizing drones

by Devin Coldewey, TechCrunch It’s perfectly natural for a red-blooded American to, once they have procured their first real drone, experiment with attaching a flame thrower to it. But it turns out that this harmless hobby is frowned upon by the biggest buzzkills in the world… the feds. Yes, … Continue reading FAA threatens $25,000 fine for weaponizing drones →

Here’s how to view, download, and delete your personal information online

by Stan Horaczek, Popular Science Set aside lots of time and extra hard-drive space. Social media networks know a lot about you. In fact, that’s their primary job. They want to collect information about you and use that to sell advertisements that you can’t resist. In return for your … Continue reading Here’s how to view, download, and delete your personal information online →

More Evidence that Planet 9 is Really Out There

by Evan Gough, Universe Today What’s going on in the distant reaches of our Solar System? Is there a Planet 9 out there? Out in the frigid expanse of our System, there are bodies on orbital paths that don’t make sense in terms of our eight-planet Solar System. There … Continue reading More Evidence that Planet 9 is Really Out There →

On-Device, Real-Time Hand Tracking with MediaPipe

by Valentin Bazarevsky and Fan Zhang, Research Engineers, Google Research The ability to perceive the shape and motion of hands can be a vital component in improving the user experience across a variety of technological domains and platforms. For example, it can form the basis for sign language understanding and hand … Continue reading On-Device, Real-Time Hand Tracking with MediaPipe →

Airport charging stations put you at risk of ‘juice jacking’: Security experts warn using public USB ports is like ‘finding a toothbrush on the side of the road’

by Annie Palmer, Dailymail.com You may want to think twice before using one of those handy USB charging stations that are so common in airports. Security experts are increasingly warning that using these public USB ports could put unsuspecting users at risk of ‘juice jacking,’ according to Forbes.

Scientists teleported quantum data into the flawed heart of a diamond

by Tristan Greene, The Next Web A team of scientists from Yokohama National University recently became the first researchers to teleport a photon into the vacuous space inside of a flaw within a diamond. In other words: physicists just invented quantum bling.

Playing god: Japan temple puts faith in robot priest

by Charly Triballeau, MSN News A 400-year-old temple in Japan is attempting to hot-wire interest in Buddhism with a robotic priest it believes will change the face of the religion — despite critics comparing the android to “Frankenstein’s monster.” The android Kannon, based on the Buddhist deity of mercy, … Continue reading Playing god: Japan temple puts faith in robot priest →

Nanoparticle injections give mice “night vision” superpower

by David Pescovitz, BoingBoing Chinese nanotechnologists injected tiny particles into the eyes of mice resulting in the rodents demonstrating “infrared ‘night vision'” that lasted for months. According to nanoscientist Tian Xue and colleagues the University of Science and Technology of China, the technology could eventually help those with certain … Continue reading Nanoparticle injections give mice “night vision” superpower →

Spider silk could be used as robotic muscle

by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Phys.org Spider silk, already known as one of the strongest materials for its weight, turns out to have another unusual property that might lead to new kinds of artificial muscles or robotic actuators, researchers have found. The resilient fibers, the team discovered, respond very … Continue reading Spider silk could be used as robotic muscle →

Space travel breakthrough: Spacecraft which could cover 3.6m miles per day passes test

by Luke Hawker, Express A SPACESHIP which is so fast it could travel 3.6 million miles per day has been successfully tested in Earth’s orbit. The Lightsail 2 craft is an experiment to prove the practical application of a controlled ‘solar sail’, which has the ability to far outstrip … Continue reading Space travel breakthrough: Spacecraft which could cover 3.6m miles per day passes test →

Scientists can now turn CO2 in the air into solid coal

by Stephen Johnson, Big Think The cost-effective method could revolutionize how we remove carbon from the atmosphere, particularly in regard to climate change. Scientists have created a method to convert carbon dioxide back into solid coal, a breakthrough that could change the ways carbon is removed from the atmosphere … Continue reading Scientists can now turn CO2 in the air into solid coal →

Hackers can summon Cortana to break into Windows 10 PCs

by Tom Warren, The Verge Cortana on the lock screen has some security exploits. Microsoft has issued a Windows 10 security update to prevent hackers from breaking into PCs using Cortana. Microsoft’s digital assistant is built into every version of Windows 10, McAfee security researchers discovered it could be summoned from … Continue reading Hackers can summon Cortana to break into Windows 10 PCs →

Industry Insight: Collaboration Tools Might Be The Next Great Security Risk

by Rob Watts, PC Mag If your business uses collaboration tools, then your company’s most valuable information may be at risk. We spoke with data protection expert Greg Arnette about common threats and the best practices you need to combat them. Collaboration tools have become hugely popular with all … Continue reading Industry Insight: Collaboration Tools Might Be The Next Great Security Risk →

How Fiction Becomes Fact on Social Media

by Benedict Carey, The New York Times Hours after the Las Vegas massacre, Travis McKinney’s Facebook feed was hit with a scattershot of conspiracy theories. The police were lying. There were multiple shooters in the hotel, not just one. The sheriff was covering for casino owners to preserve their … Continue reading How Fiction Becomes Fact on Social Media →

Meet the neuroscientist shattering the myth of the gendered brain

by Genevieve Fox, The Guardian Why asking whether your brain is male or female is the wrong question. You receive an invitation, emblazoned with a question: “A bouncing little ‘he’ or a pretty little ‘she’?” The question is your teaser for the “gender reveal party” to which you are … Continue reading Meet the neuroscientist shattering the myth of the gendered brain →

Simultaneous X-ray and infrared observations of the galactic center

by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Phys.org The supermassive black hole (SMBH) at the center of our Milky Way galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is by far the closest such object to us, only about 25 thousand light-years away. Although not nearly as active or luminous as other SMBHs, its relative proximity … Continue reading Simultaneous X-ray and infrared observations of the galactic center →

Memory Is (Partly) Organized Around Time

by Art Markman, Ph.D., Psychology Today As you remember things, when they happened becomes important. One of the most important functions of human memory is to give you information you need when you need it. If you’re programming a computer, you’d like to use any knowledge you have about … Continue reading Memory Is (Partly) Organized Around Time →

New NASA mission could find more than 1,000 planets

by Laura Arenschield, The Ohio State University, Phys.org A NASA telescope that will give humans the largest, deepest, clearest picture of the universe since the Hubble Space Telescope could find as many as 1,400 new planets outside Earth’s solar system, new research suggests.

New brain implants disguise as neurons, offering a potentially safer way to study and treat the brain

by Harvard University, Medical Xpress Like a well-guarded fortress, the human brain attacks intruders on sight. Foreign objects, including neural probes used to study and treat the brain, do not last long. But now, researchers have designed a probe that looks, acts, and feels so much like a real … Continue reading New brain implants disguise as neurons, offering a potentially safer way to study and treat the brain →

NASA is testing a new submarine that will hunt for undiscovered sea life — and scientists eventually want it to look for aliens on Europa

by Hilary Brueck, Business Insider Australia Diving to the bottom of the ocean is arguably harder than rocketing into space. Hundreds of astronauts have left Earth, but you can count the people who’ve visited the very bottom of the ocean on one hand: James Cameron, Jacques Piccard, and Don … Continue reading NASA is testing a new submarine that will hunt for undiscovered sea life — and scientists eventually want it to look for aliens on Europa →

The ‘Impossible’ Quantum Space Engine That Breaks Laws Of Physics

by Physics-Astronomy.com A couple of years ago, researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center proposed a thruster system which actually generates thrust, despite requiring absolutely no propellant. The implications of this discovery are far-reaching; applications for space flight and other technologies which require propulsion could one day become far cheaper, … Continue reading The ‘Impossible’ Quantum Space Engine That Breaks Laws Of Physics →

Alien Life To Be Discovered In 2021? James Webb Telescope ‘Will Change World Forever’

by Physics-Astronomy.com The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is planned to be launched in 2021 and astronomers consider that this telescope is their best hope of finding life beyond Earth. The JWST is the successor to the Hubble Telescope and is way much more powerful.

New study reveals when a superconductor truly becomes super

by University of Texas at Austin, Phys.org Unraveling the mystery of superconductivity at high temperatures, specifically in copper oxide materials, remains one of the most puzzling challenges in modern solid-state physics. But an international research team of engineers and scientists may have taken one step closer to understanding.

Iceberg twice the size of NYC about to break off of Antarctica

by Michael Burke, The Hill An iceberg twice the size of New York City is about to break off of Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf, according to NASA.

A nearby river of stars

by Staff Writers, Space Daily Astronomy and Astrophysics publishes the work of researchers from the University of Vienna, who have found a river of stars, a stellar stream in astronomical parlance, covering most of the southern sky. The stream is relatively nearby and contains at least 4000 stars that … Continue reading A nearby river of stars →

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