Would This Deepfake Video Of Obama Talking About Deepfakes Fool You?
In the era of fake news and Twitter presidents, the horrifying and dizzying threat of the application of deepfakes to politicians and world leaders seems imminent.

April 17, 2018 at 11:20AM
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How to get rich quick in Silicon Valley
Corey Pein took his half-baked startup idea to America’s hottest billionaire factory – and found a wasteland of techie hustlers and con men.

April 17, 2018 at 11:07AM
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Number of Facebook users whose data was compromised ‘far more than 87m’, MPs told
The former employee says that users affected exceeded the current number of 87 million.

April 17, 2018 at 08:47AM
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Dear Sony, please don’t kill the PlayStation Vita
Sony’s little-loved handheld, the Vita, is rumored to be winding down, and the gaming world will be lesser for its absence.

April 17, 2018 at 06:45AM
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Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles
The breakthrough, spurred by the discovery of plastic-eating bugs at a Japanese dump, could help solve the global plastic pollution crisis.

April 16, 2018 at 10:21PM
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$2 Million Allegedly Stolen From Cryptocurrency Vlogger in the Middle of His Livestream
With $2 million worth of cryptocurrency gone from his wallet, Ian Balina claims he was hacked. But the strangeness of the situation has the community questioning his story.

April 16, 2018 at 05:37PM
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Elon Musk Gives ‘CBS This Morning’ A Tour Of His Tesla Model 3 Factory
Musk explains the recent “production hell” that’s been plaguing his newest line.

April 16, 2018 at 02:42PM
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Why China will win the global race for complete AI dominance
Kai-Fu Lee — a former Apple, Microsoft and Google executive turned investor — is placing big bets on machine learning. And China is leading the way.

April 16, 2018 at 02:11PM
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In defense of the HomePod
It’s all about the ecosystem; the “smart speaker market” doesn’t matter and never will as we define it now.

April 16, 2018 at 01:11PM
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Maker Builds A Wonderfully Shitty Robot That Orbits Objects Around Her Head
“I’m a millennial. I want things to revolve around me. So I made this machine that puts things into orbit around my head.”

April 16, 2018 at 09:03AM
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