Deepfake Videos of Eerie Tom Cruise Revive Debate
A tool that allows old photographs to be animated, and viral videos of a Tom Cruise impersonation, shined new light on digital impersonations.Read More
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Russia Says It Is Slowing Access to Twitter
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Moscow accused the social network of failing to remove content it deemed illegal, escalating its offensive against U.S. companies that have provided an outlet...
Clearview AI, the controversial firm behind facial-recognition software used by law enforcement, is being sued in California by two immigrants’ rights groups to stop...
Microsoft has blamed a huge attack on its Exchange email service on a group linked to China.
‘Cookies’ track your every move online. Now there’s a fight over what should replace them
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For decades, “cookies” have been tracking you around the web. They’re the snippets of code that uniquely identify your browser and allow those shoe...
BuzzFeed lays off 47 HuffPost workers weeks after acquisition.
As part of the cutbacks, BuzzFeed closed HuffPost Canada and announced plans to decrease the size of its operations in Australia and Britain.Read More
Google and Facebook Killed Free
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Is the mania for subscriptions a choice, or the only path in an ad system dominated by giants?Read More
The company’s ties to more than a dozen sites illustrate how conservative media companies are branching out after Facebook and Twitter began stiffer policing...
A Smarter App Is Watching Your Wallet
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As artificial intelligence evolves, personal finance programs are working to offer you, and your budget, tailored advice.Read More
Tech’s Legal Shield Appears Likely to Survive as Congress Focuses on Details
Section 230 isn’t expected to be revoked, but even the more modest proposals for weakening it could have effects that ripple across the internet.Read...