Tech

New AI video tools increase worries of deepfakes ahead of…

Posted by March 6, 2024

The video that OpenAI released to unveil its new text-to-video tool, Sora, has to be seen to be believed. Photorealistic scenes of charging woolly mammoths in c

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‘Can’t wait to return’: Simona Halep’s doping ban cut to…

Posted by March 6, 2024

The former Grand Slam champion was banned for four years in 2022, but can now return to the game immediately having already been out for more than a year.Simona

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Meta’s Instagram, Facebook hit by widespread outages

Posted by March 5, 2024

Facebook users unable to sign in while Instagram users’ feeds not refreshed.Users of Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms have experienced login issues i

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Far-left group claims attack on Tesla factory in Germany

Posted by March 5, 2024

Production halted at electric vehicle plant in Brandenburg after suspected arson attack causes power outage.Tesla has halted production at its German factory af

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ICC seeks arrest of Russian officers over infrastructure attacks in…

Posted by March 5, 2024

It is the second time the court has announced arrest warrants for Russian officials in relation to the war in Ukraine.The International Criminal Court (ICC) has

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Australia’s Sam Kerr pleads not guilty to racially aggravated offence

Posted by March 5, 2024

Chelsea striker Kerr was charged with harassment of a police officer in an incident in London last year and faces trial in February 2025.Australian football cap

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Singapore’s PM defends Taylor Swift exclusivity deal amid regional grumbles

Posted by March 5, 2024

Lee Hsien Loong says deal to lure pop star not ‘unfriendly’ to other countries in Southeast Asia.Singapore’s prime minister has defended striking a deal w

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In Texas’s Super Tuesday races, a litmus test for Trump’s…

Posted by March 4, 2024

Everything’s bigger in Texas — and that includes this year’s political primary races. The second largest state in the United States — both in terms of p

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Singapore plays down payment to Taylor Swift amid grumbles from…

Posted by March 4, 2024

City-state’s culture minister says grant given to pop icon ‘not anywhere as high as speculated’.Singapore has downplayed the size of a grant it paid Taylo

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Four arrested after Spanish blogger on India motorcycle tour gangraped

Posted by March 3, 2024

The couple had set up a tent to pass the night in Jharkhand state’s Dumka as seven men attacked them.Indian authorities have arrested four people suspected of

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Money, power and the peril of courting Chinese nationalism

Posted by March 2, 2024

In January, a Chinese ultranationalist vlogger – video blogger – came across red circular stickers on the glass doors of a shopping mall in Nanjing featurin

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Could AI deepen inequalities in the world?

Posted by March 1, 2024

Doha, Qatar – At one of the world’s largest technology conferences, whether it was on the main stage, its side panels, or at the dozens of glitzy, towering

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