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The cyber pandemic: AI deepfakes and the future of security and identity verification

CIO Business Intelligence

Attackers use deepfake ID documents to fool KYC processes or inject deepfake photos and videos to spoof facial biometrics systems. A prime example is the recent attack that injected an AI deepfake video feed to defraud a Hong Kong company for $25 million.

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Instagram Is Pivoting To Video

Gizmodo

Like so many media companies before it, Instagram is gearing up for a sweeping embrace of video as its content of choice, the platform’s head, Adam Mosseri, announced on Wednesday. Read more.

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PlantLife Is the Purest Social Platform I've Ever Tried

Gizmodo

I’m not a fan of most major social platforms. So when I first heard about PlantLife —a plant-centric social platform that rolled… Read more. Reddit’s always been too militaristic about free speech for my taste; TikTok is full of stomach-churning viral trends, Twitter’s riddled with hate speech , and Facebook is, well, Facebook.

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How to Download YouTube Videos to Watch Offline

Gizmodo

Watching YouTube videos is all well and good while you’ve got a stable internet connection, but there might be times when you don’t have a high-speed link to the web—on vacation, on your travels, on your commute. To prepare for these situations, you might want to download YouTube videos in advance for offline viewing. Read more.

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‘X,’ rated: Twitter’s new branding is called a rip-off and worse as bird goes bye-bye

GeekWire

Image via X) X now marks the spot where Twitter’s blue birdie used to be, as Elon Musk rebranded the social media company he owns. Musk’s X appears to be the same as that used for the X Window System, “a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on Unix-like operating systems,” as Wikipedia puts it.

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Amazon Just Made a $250 Video Chat Device for Kids

Gizmodo

In its never-ending quest to bring entire families into its ecosystem, Amazon has announced a new smart speaker/video chatting device called Glow. It’s meant for kids to video chat with other folks with Alexa-enabled devices in a controlled environment. Amazon says it “reimagines the way kids can connect with remote… Read more.

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Voice and Video Calls Can Now Be End-to-End Encrypted on Facebook Messenger

Gizmodo

In a nutshell, users now have the option to make voice and video calls end-to-end encrypted on Messenger. Facebook wants you to know that Messenger is getting a little more secure and private (or as private as anything built by the company can be considered). Read more.

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