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Concerns mount over cybersecurity treaty

As UN delegates meet in New York, rights organizations warn that the draft treaty threatens freedom of expression.
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The 12th player: AI's role in sports

Artificial intelligence (AI) is seeping into all aspects of our lives, and sport is no exception.
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Indian heritage shaping American corporate world is “impressive,” says Musk

The long list of American companies currently led by CEOs of Indian origin is going viral, with even Elon Musk admitting that it’s “impressive.”
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Netflix “Paradise” review: Everyone wants to be forever young but not everyone can

Is death just a ‘technical issue’ or an inevitable human experience? While science tries to find the key to eternal life, immortality will always come with unsolved ethical dilemmas. A new Netflix movie, “Paradise” creates a dystopic world where time is currency and eternal life is possible, but the stakes are high.
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Echoes of the dead internet theory: AI's silent takeover

According to Imperva's Bad Bot Report, In 2022, a jaw-dropping 47.4% of all internet traffic turned out to be bots. It feels like we're chatting and sharing in a bustling digital town square, but almost half the crowd is just...machines.
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Google's $5 billion privacy battle: the realities of incognito browsing

Dive deep into the shadows of Google's private browsing and uncover the myths and truths of online invisibility.
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Combating phishing attacks using AI and machine learning technologies

Phishing attacks rank among the most significant cybersecurity threats that target individuals and enterprise environments. A study by Deloitte found that 91% of all cyber attacks begin with a phishing email.
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AI and data scraping: websites scramble to defend their content

AI startups leveraging data scraping practices are in hot water, with multiple lawsuits in the pipeline already. Large social media sites are looking for ways to defend their data. However, there’s a hitch – scraping isn’t illegal.
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China melting its leverage: will we run out of gallium and germanium

Dependency on gallium and germanium has been growing for a long time. While there’s no quick fix for a problem that doesn’t yet exist, China could see its current leverage reduced in the long term.
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Deep Fake Love: How Netflix makes profit out of deepfake defamation

Is your significant other cheating on you, or have you just seen an AI-generated video? That’s how a new Netflix reality show is gambling with human emotions. While the entertainment industry is catching up with the tech buzz, isn’t it bringing the worst out of deepfake technology by using fake sexual content to defame?
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Selling second-hand apparel online is a scammer's paradise

The global market for second-hand clothes is booming. According to GlobalData, the apparel resale market increased by 109% from 2016 to 2021, with an expected growth of another 85% by 2026.
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Democracy in danger: AI, supercomputers, and the loss of human agency

Rather than focusing on superintelligent AI, humanity has other, more pressing issues to worry about, tech insider warns.
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Meta GDPR data fines: the EU suffers, but Ireland keeps the money

Revenue from General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines usually stays in one country - even though breaches potentially affect all 27 EU member states.
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AI aspiring to be human, humans transforming into machines: Art explores transhumanism

Amending the human body with technology might help us to survive and adapt to changing environments. But is there a limit to the human desire to “play God?” Artists from Lithuania dive into the idea of transhumanism, and what it means to be human in the world of AI.
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The passing of Kevin Mitnick: behind the eyes of a hacker

Mitnick’s exploits taught every hacker that there’s no limit to what curiosity and ingenuity can achieve.
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Sentient AI will never exist via machine learning alone

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Unless it can replicate the natural processes of evolution, AI will never be truly self-aware, says academic and computer expert.
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How to identify manipulated images

We’re in the midst of a digital image manipulation revolution. That’s to say, image retouching and manipulation apps have taken a quantum leap from previous generations to provide users with seamless autonomy.
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Infrastructure at risk: can trains be hacked?

Interfering with supply chains, ransomware attacks, causing accidents – what risks do cybercriminals pose to the railway industry? With rising political tensions, cybercriminals might be attacking critical infrastructures, and railways are potential targets, warns a cybersecurity expert.
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Whoop-whoop: It’s the sound of the police extracting your data

The French parliament made waves last week when it allowed police to remotely activate cameras on citizens’ phones and other connected devices. But other countries have been doing this – and more – for some time now.
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Book review: neurotech aims to read your mind – and more

Companies and governments already surveil us through our laptops and smartphones. But at least we have our thoughts to ourselves, right? For now, a new book warns.
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