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Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining X’s Efforts to Curb Israel-Hamas War Disinformation
Since Musk took control of the platform just under a year ago, he has restructured it to encourage engagement over…
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A Doctored Biden Video Is a Test Case for Facebook’s Deepfake Policies
During the 2022 US midterm elections, a manipulated video of President Joe Biden circulated on Facebook. The original footage showed…
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Google’s AI Is Making Traffic Lights More Efficient and Less Annoying
Rothenberg says Google has prioritized supporting larger cities who employ traffic engineers and can remotely control traffic signals, while also…
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An Alleged Deepfake of UK Opposition Leader Keir Starmer Shows the Dangers of Fake Audio
As members of the UK’s largest opposition party gathered in Liverpool for their party conference—probably their last before the UK…
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The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation
Musk deleted his recommendation soon after posting it, but not before it was viewed over 11 million times. Later on…
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New York’s Airbnb Ban Is Descending Into Pure Chaos
Outside of Airbnb, people are posting listings and seeking short-term rentals in Facebook groups. Ads on Craigslist for rentals have…
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Inside FTX’s All-Night Race to Stop a $1 Billion Crypto Heist
By the evening of November 11 of last year, FTX’s staff had already endured one of the worst days in…
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White Supremacist Active Clubs Are Breeding on Telegram
Telegram is also a hugely powerful recruiting tool, giving this movement a platform free of censorship or restrictions to spread…
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The Las Vegas Sphere Makes Virtual Reality a Full-Body Experience
The best virtual reality experience I’ve had this year was not with the $500 Quest 3 or the $3,500 Apple…
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‘A Galactic Embarrassment’: The Crypto World Is Already Sick of SBF’s Trial
“The idea that crypto is on trial, I find ludicrous. An individual is on trial,” says Sheila Warren, CEO of…
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