Month: October 2020
No, Trump Didn’t Say “Good” In Response To A Question About Kids Separated From Their Parents At The Border
President Donald Trump did not respond with the word “good” following a comment from Democratic nominee Joe Biden about children separated from their parents at the border. The exchange happened near the end of the segment on immigration, during which the two presidential candidates argued about children who were separated…
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Facebook Promised To Label Political Ads, But Ads For Biden, The Daily Wire, And Interest Groups Are Slipping Through
BuzzFeed News / Via Facebook: ads Facebook has failed to label paid political content from certain advertisers in its Ad Library. With less than two weeks before the US presidential election, Facebook is failing to label who paid for some election ads, including some on behalf of Democratic nominee Joe…
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Thousands Of Women Have No Idea A Telegram Network Is Sharing Fake Nude Images Of Them
Over 680,000 women have no idea their photos were uploaded to a bot on the messaging app Telegram to produce photo-realistic simulated nude images without their knowledge or consent, according to tech researchers. The tool allows people to create a deepfake, a computer-generated image, of a victim from a single…
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Doulas Are Using The Internet To Warn Each Other About People Pretending To Be Pregnant
BuzzFeed News; Alamy LaToya Murray-Johnson had been a doula for about four years when she was contacted on Facebook by someone looking for her services. The woman said she was in labor and needed help. (Usually, a doula would be hired long before giving birth.) Murray-Johnson messaged back and forth…
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Jabra’s ANC update for the Elite 75t earbuds is now available
As promised, Jabra is adding active noise cancelling (ANC) to its Elite 75t and Elite Active 75t earbuds starting today. Owners just need to update their Jabra Sound+ apps (either from the App Store or Google Play Store), and upgrade their buds’ firm… Source
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Deepfake ‘nudes’ are being created by bots on Telegram null
A network of bots which use AI to digitally remove clothes from pictures of women has been found operating on social media network Telegram. Deepfakes, or images faked using artificial intelligence and photo editing, are becoming more common. This is concerning because there are already issues of people being unable…
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