Ancestry company uses deepfakes to bring old photos of your great grandma to life
Mashable· 3 days agoWhile some companies are fighting nefarious uses of deepfakes, others are embracing the technology for more playful reasons. To create this completely automated tool, MyHeritage partnered with ...
'I'm a Geneticist, and This Is What Direct-to-Consumer Tests Can (and Can't) Tell You About Your...
Well and Good· 1 day agoAfter spending around $200 and sending a vial of spit in the mail, almost anyone can gain access to...
Consumer Reports: The truth about DNA testing kits
KY3 Springfield· 6 days agoSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) -At-home DNA test kits like 23andMe have been around for years. In fact, according to a recent CR survey, about 20 percent of...
With slavery's impact, how do Black residents find ancestors
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 days agoThe research has taken her back to 1850, when some documents say an ancestor named Henry Hyde was born (other sources say 1854). Evans’s research sometimes keeps her up until 2 or 3 a.m., trawling ...
Police using DNA to uncover over 30-year-old murder | NewsChannel 3-12
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 5 days agoSaginaw, Michigan (WNEM) — Investigators are hoping advances in a specific technology can provide a...
The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and Stan in Australia in March
New York Times· 2 days agoEvery month, streaming services in Australia add a new batch of movies and TV shows to its library....
Break in Valentine Sally case arrives near anniversary of one of St. Louis' most gruesome cold cases
KSDK St. Louis· 6 days agoAll are names St. Louis homicide detectives have given the little girl whose decapitated body was...
A New Book of Photographs Traces the Portrayal of Black African Women Through Time
Harper's Bazaar via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn an age of selfies and Instagram, it’s easy to forget how rare and special photographs once were....
The Sunday Read: ‘Sigrid Johnson Was Black. A DNA Test Said She Wasn’t’
New York Times· 4 days agoThe surge in popularity of services like 23andMe and Ancestry means that more and more people are unearthing surprises in their ancestry.
Mysterious text leaves man searching for birth dad then faces agony over brother
Daily Mirror· 1 day agoAfter the death of both of his parents, Richard received a message that flipped his world upside...