“There is growing concern that deepfakes could be used to sway voters in the 2020 presidential election. A report published this month by researchers at NYU identified deepfakes as one of eight factors that may contribute to disinformation during next year’s race.”
Category Archives: Science and Technology
The Existential Crisis Plaguing Online Extremism Researchers
Chronicling the internet’s worst impulses can be depressing, and every remedy only seems to make things worse. Paris Martineau – wired.com wired.com: The Existential Crisis Plaguing Online Extremism Researchers
Why Chronic Floods Are Coming to New Jersey – Vox
Scientists have directly observed sea level rise since the late 18th century. And as they forecast the next 20, 50, and 100 years, sea level rise will continue to accelerate at an alarming rate. That rise won’t just threaten homeowners on the coast — it will also impact the critical infrastructure that supports many …
Disturbing Before-and-After Images Show What Major US Cities Could Look Like in the Year 2100
What the US might look like if the worst climate change predictions come true. businessinsider.com via msn.com: Disturbing before-and-after images show what major US cities could look like in the year 2100
Arctic Sea Ice Is the Thinnest and Youngest It’s Been in 60 Years
Working from a combination of satellite records and declassified submarine sonar data, NASA scientists have constructed a 60-year record of Arctic sea ice thickness. Right now, Arctic sea ice is the youngest and thinnest its been since we started keeping records. More than 70 percent of…
Skull-Shaped Asteroid to Pass by Earth After Halloween
It’s further away than it was the last time it flew by and it doesn’t really look like a skull anymore – here it is…..the image above is an ‘enhanced’ version msn.com: Skull-shaped asteroid to pass by Earth after Halloween credit for featured skull asteroid image: 2015-tb145-skull-asteroid-credit-ja-penas-sinc-1120
Perseid Meteor Shower: All You Need to Know | Astronomy Essentials | EarthSky
Some believe that Monday morning – August 13 – will be the best morning for 2018’s Perseid meteor shower. earthsky.org: Perseid meteor shower: All you need to know | Astronomy Essentials | EarthSky.org
Facial Recognition Technology is Here to Stay. And we should all probably accept it. — Quartz
Today these same companies are under fire from their employees over who this technology is being sold to, namely branches of the US government like the Department of Defense and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. There’s no putting the cat back in the bag. Workers from Google, Microsoft, and now Amazon have signed petitions and quit …
Boston Dynamics: New Horrifying Tricks From the SpotMini and Atlas | Inverse
If the Earth is conquered by robots sometime in the future then the world can look at Boston Dynamics as the starting point for the demise of the human race. The robotics company released new videos of its Atlas and MiniSpot robots doing new tricks, and it’s both fascinating and terrifying. inverse.com: Boston Dynamics: …
