Deepfakes Aren’t Excellent. Nor Are the Tools to Identify Them
We’re lucky that deepfake videos aren’t a big problem yet. The best deepfake detector to emerge from a major Facebook-led…
The Covid-19 Economic Depression Is Closing Down Coal Plants
Just outside the gates of the Dickerson Generating Station, kayakers paddle through a concrete sluiceway that channels cooling water from…
19 Finest Nintendo Change Games (2020 ): ‘Odyssey’, ‘Cuphead’, and More
The Switch is one of Nintendo's most successful and influential systems ever. There’s something unique about carrying a home-console-quality gaming…
A Council of Citizens Should Regulate Algorithms
Are machine-learning algorithms biased, wrong, and racist? Let citizens decide. Essentially rule-based structures for making decisions, machine-learning algorithms play an…
Citizen Isn’t Here to Be Your Free-Speech Platform
Welcome to the summer of 2020, where hot dogs, beach balls, and road trips are joined by protests, oximeters, and…
Dozens more heritage sites approved for destruction after Rio Tinto blew up 46,000-year-old caves
Dozens of sacred sites in the Pilbara and Goldfields regions of Western Australia are under threat from approvals granted by…
Four guys jailed over the killing of endangered mountain gorilla in Uganda
Four men have been arrested and could face life in prison over the killing of a popular silverback mountain gorilla…
Coronavirus update: Study says more than 1 billion to be living in poverty
Global poverty is set to rise above 1 billion people once again as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, which…
Short quarters? No problem, as Cats surge Hawks at Kardinia
Geelong has put old rivals Hawthorn to the sword, and calmed fears that 2020 would be a defensive low-scoring season…
Colonial statue vandalised on eve of Black Lives Matter rally in Perth
A man has been charged after a statue of Western Australia's first governor was vandalised on the eve of an…
Seattle mayor states illegal to send military to clear protesters out of occupied ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’
The mayor of Seattle has said it would be unconstitutional and illegal for US President Donald Trump to send military…
Poco X2, Samsung Galaxy M21, and Other Phones That Got a Price Hike in Last 1 Month
Poco X2, Samsung Galaxy M21, Redmi Note 8, Redmi 8, Redmi 8A Dual, and Realme C3 are the six smartphones…
MIUI 12 Pilot Checking Program Starts in India for Redmi Keep In Mind 8 Pro, Redmi Note 7 Pro, Redmi Keep In Mind 7, Re …
MIUI 12 Pilot Testing Program has been kicked off in India for the Redmi Note 8 Pro, Redmi Note 7…
OnePlus 8 Pro 5G sale in India on June 15; check rate, features and camera
New Delhi: Chinese smartphone brand OnePlus on Friday (June 12) said that OnePlus 8 Pro 5G will now be available…
Gods and Beasts playable demo was provided on Stadia by mistake
Stadia users were able to play an early build of Ubisoft’s unreleased Gods and Monsters by mistake.A demo version of…
A Closer Look at Paper Mario: The Origami King – Nintendo Switch
Take a first look at all of the fun characters and exciting discoveries in Paper Mario: The Origami King! Our…
WhatsApp begins evaluating multi-device logins, improved search, chat cleaning, more
With WhatsApp constantly evolving, new features such as the multi-device login support are long overdue. However, it looks as though…
Arms seized by U.S., missiles used to attack Saudi Arabia ‘of Iranian origin’: U.N.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cruise missiles used in several attacks on oil facilities and an international airport in Saudi Arabia…
U.S. consumer confidence rises; COVID-19, unemployment shadow lingers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment perked up in early June as households cheered the reopening of businesses and a…
Exclusive: Trump aims to sidestep another arms pact to sell more U.S. drones
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to reinterpret a Cold War-era arms agreement between 34 nations with the goal…
World shares stem losses as fresh lockdown fears fade
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets bounced back on Friday as investors took in stride the U.S. Federal Reserve’s…
Wall Street rises after biggest pullback since March
(Reuters) - Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Friday, after a steep decline in the previous session, but were still…
Refusing to be silenced, some Myanmar reporters work from shadows
(Reuters) - Hiding from Myanmar’s police, journalist Aung Marm Oo refuses to conceal his anger with the civilian government led…
Anti-China group urges Trump administration to block Chinese companies from U.S. markets: document
FILE PHOTO: United States Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin arrives for the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Hearings to…
U.S. consumer sentiment rises in early June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment perked up in early June as households responded to the reopening of businesses, which…
Danger of brand-new lockdowns rises with fear of second COVID-19 wave
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Fears of a second wave of COVID-19 infections shut six major food markets in Beijing on Friday,…
Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind…
A few years ago, sitting beneath shade trees in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., I had a two-hour discussion with Bob Dylan…
Blood donation: ‘Completely altruistic, so much benefit to so many people’
Why are blood donations so important, including during a pandemic? Who benefits from them? And what happens when a person…
Chemical pollutant exposure linked to celiac disease in young people
A new study has identified a possible link between exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and celiac disease in young…
Link between dementia and recurring negative thinking recognized
A new study has identified a possible link between negative repetitive thinking and the key signs of dementia.Share on PinterestNew…
‘Regenerative ocean farming’ could be coming soon to a coast near you | CBC News
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the concept of 'regenerative ocean farming' and a Siberian…
How Montrealer Beryl Dickinson-Dash made history as McGill’s first Black queen of carnival | CBC Radio
In 2020, Black women hold four of the world’s biggest beauty pageant titles. But first, in 1949, there was Beryl…
Supreme Court of Canada to rule on French language education rights | CBC News
The Supreme Court of Canada will issue a ruling today on the scope of provincial governments' obligations to fund French-language…
Oilpatch suppliers have survived many downturns, but this crisis is proving more treacherous | CBC News
Service and supply businesses lay off workers as producer spending dries up, leading to calls for more focused government supportA…
‘Insulted’ French authorities dump handcuffs in demonstration
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAngry police in Lille discarded their handcuffs in a protestAngry police across…
Breonna Taylor’s house city bans no-knock warrants
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The killing of Breonna Taylor has spurred calls for police reform A city council…
Lebanon demonstrations escalate as currency dives
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionIn Beirut, some of the protests turned violentHundreds of people have taken…
Coronavirus-free or a cover-up in Tanzania?
In some African countries there’s simply not enough testing to get an accurate picture of how many people have been…
North Korea concerns need to ‘hold hands’ with US
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption This once sunny relationship has now turned sour North Korea has marked the two-year…
Coronavirus Can Set Off a ‘Cytokine Storm.’ These Drugs May Calm It.
At least a dozen treatments are being evaluated for virus patients whose immune systems go on the attack.Six views of…
Health district cautions of possible coronavirus exposure at downtown Boise bars
Central District Health says it's investigating a cluster of COVID-19 illnesses involving 10 people who visited downtown Boise bars on…
United States Nursing Houses Run Low On PPE As COVID-19 Deaths There Skyrocket: Shots
Kelly Womochil, an aide at Enterprise Estates Nursing Center in Enterprise, Kan., tries on a poncho that the Federal Emergency…
‘We are on our way up:’ Orange County sees ‘significant increase’ in coronavirus cases
Mayor reminds residents to wear masks in publicORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – As is the case with the rest of the…
Houston pathologists hoping autopsy research will help unlock new COVID-19 treatments
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Scrub that: Pandemic forces ship owners to shelve anti-pollution equipment
LONDON (Reuters) - Ship owners are postponing or cancelling the installation of “scrubbers” that extract harmful sulphur emissions from their…
Luxury food industry turns sour amid global coronavirus lockdowns
SINGAPORE/TOKYO/PARIS (Reuters) - Global demand for premium foods like wagyu beef, bluefin tuna and caviar has plunged with thousands of…
U.S. insurers use lofty estimates to beat back coronavirus claims
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. property and casualty insurers have cast the coronavirus pandemic as an unprecedented event whose massive…
Australia eliminates coronavirus in many areas, to ease curbs
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia has eliminated the novel coronavirus in many parts of the country, its chief medical officer said…
Exclusive: Bottlenecks? Glass vial makers prepare for COVID-19 vaccine
FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) - Drugmakers are warning of a potential shortage of vials to bottle future COVID-19 vaccines, but their rush…
Asia stocks slide as coronavirus fears return
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares fell sharply on Friday and oil prices extended losses on growing concerns that a resurgence…