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April 20, 2025
AI manipulation is becoming a major issue in our online landscape. With the surge and misuse of generative AI tools, there has been a rise in misleading images, videos, and audio, causing concern. As AI-powered deepfakes continue to emerge frequently, featuring individuals ranging from Taylor Swift to Donald Trump, distinguishing between what is authentic and
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The United Nations’ General Assembly will vote on Thursday on a resolution regarding artificial intelligence. This will be the first resolution from the UN on the topic and its goal is to ensure that AI benefits all countries, protects human rights, and is reliable and secure. The resolution was proposed by the United States and
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According to recent reports from U.N. agencies, there is a growing global issue of electronic waste piling up, as recycling rates continue to decline and are expected to drop further. The organizations were discussing “e-waste,” which refers to any devices that are no longer in use and require a plug or battery, such as cell
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On Wednesday, President Joe Biden announced a deal to give Intel a maximum of $8.5 billion in direct financing and $11 billion in loans for computer chip factories across the nation. He praised the investment in Arizona, a key state in the political landscape, as a means to “revive the future of America.” The Biden
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Reddit, a popular social media platform, is set to become a publicly traded company with a market value of $6.4 billion. The initial public offering has priced its shares at $34 each. On Wednesday evening, Reddit’s investment bankers announced a price that was at the upper range of their target. During the last few weeks,
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The Biden administration will likely unveil revised vehicle emission regulations this week. These standards will initially provide a three-year grace period for automakers, but will eventually align with the Environmental Protection Agency’s stringent guidelines. The recent updates are a result of a decline in the sales of electric vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions, which are
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The request by Apple to dismiss a class-action lawsuit alleging that its AirTag devices are being used by stalkers to track their victims has been denied by a judge, who believes the tech company has not taken sufficient measures to prevent this from happening. Since debuting in 2021, the AirTags, which retail for $29, have
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The first person in England to be convicted of cyberflashing was given a 5 1/2 year prison sentence on Tuesday for sending unsolicited images of his genitals to a teenage girl and a woman. 39-year-old Nicholas Hawkes was the initial person in England and Wales to be found guilty of breaking the Online Safety Act,
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Theodore tirelessly toils during weekdays, weekends, and evenings without ever complaining about a painful back, even though he spends countless hours performing physically demanding tasks in the Dutch tulip fields, a job that would normally be considered grueling for a typical farm worker. The mechanized robot, called in honor of a former worker at the
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Don Lemon, a former CNN journalist, engaged in a conversation with Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, which was later shared on Musk’s social network, X, this Monday. The interview was meant to launch Lemon’s new talk show on X (previously called Twitter), but it was canceled by Musk shortly after being recorded. During the
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