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In His First 100 Days, Trump Launched an ‘All-Out Assault’ on the Environment (insideclimatenews.org)
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Deepfakes now come with a realistic heartbeat, making them harder to unmask (frontiersin.org)
 

Current algorithms for the detection of deepfakes increasingly rely on remote pulse reading to distinguish them from genuine videos of people. Here, scientists show for the first time that the most recent deepfakes feature a global pulse rate which appears realistic. This worrying development makes it necessary for deepfake detectors to become more powerful, for example, by focusing on local variations in blood flow within the face.

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Soft robot can ride wires like a cable car to deliver cargo (news.ncsu.edu)
 

Researchers have created a light-powered soft robot that can carry loads through the air along established tracks, similar to cable cars or aerial trams. The soft robot operates autonomously, can climb slopes at angles of up to 80 degrees, and can carry loads up to 12 times its weight.

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openSUSE Leap 16 Enters Beta; Expected to be Wayland-only; new default Agama installer; YaST stack is retired in favor of: Cockpit for system management; Myrlyn to replace the YaST Software GUI. (news.opensuse.org)
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In Praise of Tor: Why You Should Support and Use Tor (www.privacyguides.org)
 

You might have heard of Tor in the news a few times, yet never dared to try it yourself. Despite being around for decades, Tor is still a tool too few people know about.

Today, Tor is easy to use for anyone. It helps not only journalists and activists, but anybody who seeks greater privacy online or access to information regardless of location. But what is Tor exactly? How can Tor help you? And why is it such an important tool?

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Inside the spectacular rise and crash of India’s largest EV company (restofworld.org)
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Inside China’s machinery of repression — and how it crushes dissent around the world (www.icij.org)
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The Cybertruck is all tricks and no truck, a musky Tesla fail (www.hcn.org)
 

Tesla’s baking sheet on wheels rides fast in the recall lane toward a dead end where dysfunctional men gather.

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[UK] Children’s Commissioner calls for immediate ban of AI apps that enable ‘deepfake’ sexual abuse of children (www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk)
 
  • “I’m worried this could happen to me” – children tell Commissioner they fear becoming a victim of apps that use Generative AI to create sexually explicit images
  • Widespread availability and misuse of AI tools makes it easier than ever to create explicit content, particularly against girls who are withdrawing from online spaces
  • Commissioner demands immediate ban on apps that use AI to create naked images of children: “There is no positive reason for these to exist.”
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Researchers from the University of Zurich secret unethical experiment deployed AI-generated comments on Reddit to study how AI could be used to change views. (old.reddit.com)
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‘Killer Robots’ Threaten Human Rights During War, Peace (text.hrw.org)
 

Autonomous weapons systems pose grave risks to human rights during both war and peacetime, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Governments should tackle the concerns raised by such weapons systems, known as “killer robots,” by negotiating a multinational treaty to address the dangers.

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PayPal is launching Offsite Ads, using shopping data from its services to help advertisers target ads. (newsroom.paypal-corp.com)
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