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Today's article comes from Medium, an online publishing platform for written content such as articles and blogs, and was written by Kevin Beaumont for Double Pulsar, a publication run by the writer and specializing in cybersecurity. As the title suggests, according to recent developments, one of the biggest problems i...

Russia is widely recognized as a nation particularly enthusiastic about the art of political propaganda, both positive and negative. Promotional posters, radio programs, and books aimed at influencing public opinion about a foreign country or the internal situation within its own territory are not exactly foreign to Ru...

The advertising that the average viewer is exposed to on a daily basis usually comes from around 200 businesses. This is not an insignificant number, but the adverts broadcast on television or streaming services tend to become repetitive rather quickly, making ad breaks excessively annoying. According to Roku, a tech ...

Although completely blocking piracy sites may seem like the most immediate solution, it may not be the wisest choice for legislators, according to a recent policy brief by the Internet Society, the US-based international organization promoting Internet use and access. In the PDF mentioned above, the organization share...

Facial recognition technologies are becoming more effective by the day, reaching worrying levels. Several people involved in activism and protests have begun to cover their faces or apply make-up to make recognition more difficult. The intention is not to hide, but to prevent their presence at one event or another from...

During the most fragile periods of one's existence, it is normal to feel the need to turn to someone, a figure outside one's own life, someone who listens without judging, someone who is always there, someone who can offer support. There are several real-life figures who fulfil this role, but unfortunately, the current...

Life moves too fast, work is never-ending, time marches on relentlessly, leaving us behind. We miss out on chances, energy, opportunities because, at the end of the day, we only have one brain, and we don't have enough mental energy to keep up with everything. So, why not delegate some tasks to a second brain? Three f...

In mid-September, Collins Aerospace, known as a supplier of boarding and check-in management systems for various airlines around the world, was the victim of a cyberattack that caused delays and considerable disruption at several European airports. According to an analysis conducted the day after the attack, the breac...

The endless training of countless artificial intelligence models obviously requires huge amounts of data and content to feed these virtual monsters. To obtain enough “feed”, therefore, the companies responsible for training are involved in scraping the vast world of the internet, scraping the depths of platforms, w...

In a recent article in the newsroom, we reported how a journalist named Margaux Blanchard was, in fact, a completely fictional character who, obviously, artificially generated her own articles, repeatedly deceiving several newspapers, including Business Insider and Wired. The former subsequently stated that it had to ...

The current state of artificially generated content is worrying, to say the least. Every day, every minute, hundreds of images, videos, texts and songs created by the most famous artificial intelligence services are uploaded to the vast world of the internet, filling every corner of the digital landscape. YouTube, Spot...

Palantir Technologies seems to enjoy having a hand in various areas of the US government. In yesterday's article, we reported how one of the company's products collects and catalogues data for government interests; today, however, we bring you news of the decision taken by a former employee of the company in question. ...

The idea that the government possesses infinite amounts of data about its citizens is not exactly new. Since the advent of the Internet and digitalisation, it has become predictable that these resources would be used to accumulate as much information as possible about the most relevant sectors: and what sector is more ...

Falling asleep lulled by someone's voice narrating, by a story whispered in the darkness of the room, by a never-ending tale, is a habit that begins in childhood and inevitably turns into an innocent desire in adulthood. Why go to sleep in the deathly silence of an empty house, when you can be lulled by the adventures ...

Tucker Carlson, an American journalist known for his controversial views and frequent tendency to spread misinformation, recently conducted an interview with Sam Altman, the famous executive and co-founder of OpenAI, another rather controversial figure. The meeting touched on several topics, including the relationship ...

Updates and simple changes are often downloaded automatically by devices, without necessarily requiring the intervention of the user. Nowadays, it is therefore normal to open a software programme and notice differences, whether small or large, without asking too many questions. However, when it comes to substantial cha...