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Deep Fake Scams Growing in Global Frequency and Sophistication, Victim Warns - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 days agoIn an elaborate scam in January, "a finance worker, was duped into attending a video call with people he believed were the chief financial officer and other members of staff," remembers CNN.
Are Car Companies Sabotaging the Transition to Electric Vehicles? - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 days agoThe thinktank InfluenceMap produces "data-driven analysis on how business and finance are impacting the climate crisis." This report analyses the climate policy engagement strategies of fifteen ...
Scientists Develop New Technique To Thaw Frozen Brain Tissue Without Harm - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Medical Xpress: A team of medical researchers at the National Children's Medical Center, Children's Hospital, Fudan University, in China, has developed ...
Match Group, Meta, Coinbase And More Form Anti-Scam Coalition - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoAn anonymous reader shares a report: Scams are all over the internet, and AI is making matters worse (no, Taylor Swift didn't giveaway Le Creuset pans, and Tom Hanks didn't promote a dental ...
Microsoft Edge Will Dub Streamed Video With AI-Translated Audio - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoMicrosoft is planning to either add subtitles or even dub video produced by major video sites, using AI to translate the audio into foreign languages within Microsoft Edge in real time. From ...
38% of Webpages That Existed in 2013 Are No Longer Accessible a Decade Later - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoA new Pew Research Center analysis shows just how fleeting online content actually is: 1. A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible, ...
What Happened After a Reporter Tracked Down The Identity Thief Who Stole $5,000 - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days ago"$5,000 in cash had been withdrawn from my checking account — but not by me," writes journalist Linda Matchan in the Boston Globe. A police station manager reviewed footage from the bank — which ...
Sonos Enters the Headphones Market - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoAfter being rumored for years, Sonos has officially entered the headphones market with its new Ace headphones. From the report: Visually, you get an elegant and notably slim pair of over-ear ...
AI 'Godfather' Geoffrey Hinton: If AI Takes Jobs We'll Need Universal Basic Income - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 days ago"The computer scientist regarded as the 'godfather of artificial intelligence' says the government will have to establish a universal basic income to deal with the impact of AI on inequality ...
Ubuntu 24.10 to Default to Wayland for NVIDIA Users - Slashdot
Slashdot· 4 days agoAn anonymous reader shared this report from the blog OMG Ubuntu: Ubuntu first switched to using Wayland as its default display server in 2017 before reverting the following year. This is because ...