Fri 29 December 2023: On August 12, a family in the central Indian city of Bhopal took a selfie in their home. After the photo, the father, Bhupendra Vishwakarma, gave his two sons, eight and three years old, a poisoned drink, and he and his wife took their lives by hanging themselves. In his four-page […]
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Thu 28 December 2023: In the three weeks since war began between Israel and Hamas, social media has been taken over with images and stories of attacks, many of which proved false. For example, within hours of Hamas’ surprise attack on Oct. 7, 2023, screen grabs from a popular video game were shared by thousands of social […]
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Wed 27 December 2023: Bitcoin is in for a “very explosive” year in 2024, from exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to legislation and regulation in crypto assets, an expert told Anadolu. “From the exchange collapses and corporate fallout of 2022, to the regulatory battles of 2023, the crypto industry is still here and growing,” said Brandon Zemp, […]
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Wed 27 December 2023: The results of Google searches this year seem to imply that people throughout the world are still incredibly fascinated by artificial intelligence (AI). Google searches for cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, and related Web3 terms did not score highly during the year 2023. Global searches for crypto-related content flooded Google between 2020 and […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: Google Maps now includes a new ‘Timeline’ function that will assist users in remembering areas they have visited.The new feature will soon be available to all devices on the Timeline and will provide the user more control over the data. The new feature is powered by a Location History setting. In […]
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Mon 25 December 2023: Carlin Putman of Houston, Texas worked at AIG for more than two decades. Earlier this year, she lost her job. She was devastated. But the writing was on the wall for months as the company tried to cut costs. “No matter how much work we had, it was working off of […]
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Identify and stop the lies. NLshop/iStock via Getty Images Plus Sun 24 December 2023: The problem of misinformation isn’t going away. Internet platforms like Facebook and Twitter have taken some steps to curb its spread and say they are working on doing more. But no method yet introduced has been completely successful at removing all misleading content […]
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Sat 23 December 2023: Last week, reports emerged that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are using an artificial intelligence (AI) system called Habsora (Hebrew for “The Gospel”) to select targets in the war on Hamas in Gaza. The system has reportedly been used to find more targets for bombing, to link locations to Hamas operatives, and to estimate […]
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Fri 22 December 2023: As 2023 draws to a close, the technology sector has seen tremendous breakthroughs, but there has also been a rise in online crime and scams. Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an inescapable element in our lives, bringing convenience and, ironically, a number of sophisticated ways to carry out fraud from the […]
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Thu 21 December 2023: Propagandists are already working to sow disinformation and social discord in the run-up to the November elections. Many of their efforts have focused on social media, where people’s limited attention spans push them to share items before even reading them – in part because people react emotionally, not logically, to information they come across. That’s especially […]
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