technology

Intel’s deepfake detector tested on real and fake videos::We tested Intel’s new tool, “FakeCatcher”, on videos of Donald Trump and Joe Biden - with mixed results.

Looking to buy one of these for use around the house, but I’m not overly knowledgeable about them....

Laptops more susceptible to having keyboard recorded in quieter areas, like coffee shops, libraries, offices. Previous attempts at keylogging VoIP calls achieved 91.7 percent top-5 accuracy over Skype in 2017 and 74.3 percent accuracy in VoIP calls in 2018.

Zoom Changes TOS to Say It Won’t Train AI on Your Calls ‘Without Your Consent’ After Backlash::Zoom added a line to its terms of use on Monday, after concerns that the company was using calls to train artificial intelligence algorithms went viral.

$5 billion Google lawsuit over ‘incognito mode’ tracking moves a step closer to trial | Judge Yvonne Gonzalez-Rogers denied Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over the way it tracked…::Google’s push for a summary judgment in a lawsuit over tracking internet activity even after users activated Chrome’s...

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2864522...

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Bill Gates-backed nuclear contender Terra Power aims to build dozens of UK reactors::A Bill Gates-backed clean energy player is hoping to build dozens of nuclear reactors in the UK and will compete with global rivals.

Baffled Scientists Detect Massive Unexplained Radiation From the Sun, Study Reports::“The Sun’s emission at high energies challenges present models,” scientists say, and “decisive” new probes are needed to solve the mystery.

Somewhat recently I learned about tildaverses which if you’re unaware are communities where everyone gets an ssh account on a server to do things like hosts sites or gemini capsules, and access to services like a community IRC server or the ability to host their email there. This kinda got me thinking of community run clouds...

Norway to fine Meta $98,500 a day over user privacy breach from 14 August::Country’s data protection regulator said firm cannot harvest user information such as physical locations for showing targeted ads

**Short summary:**This is a sophisticated malware campaign that is targeting inexperienced cyber criminals with the goal of stealing their cryptocurrency and other sensitive information. The campaign is using malicious OpenBullet configuration files to distribute the malware, and it is targeting criminal communities that are...