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A Zelensky Deepfake Was Quickly Defeated. The Next One Might Not Be
Other conflicts and political leaders may be less fortunate, and could be more vulnerable to disruption by deepfakes, says Sam…
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Ukraine’s Digital Ministry Is a Formidable War Machine
Valeriya Ionan, a deputy minister at Ukraine’s Ministry for Digital Transformation, was breastfeeding her two-month-old son Mars when the first…
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Coal Threatens a Comeback as the EU Pulls Away From Russian Oil
But experts believe the short term will be more complicated and could spark a resurgence of fossil fuels. In the…
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It’s a Perfect Time for EVs. It’s a Terrible Time for EVs
Gas price graphs look like sheer cliffs. Employers are finally summoning white-collar workers back to their offices and their commutes.…
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Russian Missiles and Space Debris Could Threaten Satellites
Five hundred miles above Earth, there’s a growing layer of trash. Space debris made up of used rocket bodies and…
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It’s Like GPT-3 but for Code—Fun, Fast, and Full of Flaws
Code pours from Feross Aboukhadijeh’s fingers. As a devotee of the open source software movement, he has written immensely popular…
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China’s Gig Workers Are Challenging Their Algorithmic Bosses
“Even minor disruption in the form of these very small-scale collective actions can bring the station-level managers to the bargaining…
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Palmer Luckey Says Working With Weapons Isn’t as Fun as VR
It’s still continuing. We have towers deployed all along the southern border and the northern border. It’s part of Congress’s…
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DeepMind’s New AI Helps Restore Damaged Ancient Texts
Google DeepMind has collaborated with classical scholars to create a new AI tool that uses deep neural networks to help…
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How People Actually Make Money From Cryptocurrencies
You saw the many cryptocurrency-related Super Bowl ads, and maybe you found them weird, or deeply dystopian, or just disturbingly…
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