How to Protect School Children From Deep Fakes
Deep fakes are a growing concern in the age of digital media and can be extremely dangerous for school children. Deep fakes are digital images, videos, or audio recordings that have been manipulated to look or sound like someone else. They can be used to spread misinformation, create harassment, and even lead to identity theft. […]
eth2 quick update no. 14
All eyes on Medalla testnet — genesis in less than 24 hours đź‘€ tl;dr Medalla testnet launches tomorrow 🏅 The minimum validator deposits (16k+ of them) required to kick off the Medalla testnet were met on Friday, which means the genesis of this testnet is set to happen at 1596546008 Unix time, or 8 seconds […]
Thinking About the Rule of Law –
The rule of law is an essential component of constitutional order. Without it, the only constraint on power would be power itself: Might would always be right. Change in the political order could come only if the incumbent exhausted his power (because all available treasure had been spent or all available blood spilt) or if […]
Elon Musk’s X allows China-based propaganda banned on other platforms
Lax content moderation on X (aka Twitter) has disrupted coordinated efforts between social media companies and law enforcement to tamp down on “propaganda accounts controlled by foreign entities aiming to influence US politics,” The Washington Post reported. Now propaganda is “flourishing” on X, The Post said, while other social media companies are stuck in endless […]
The Big Bear Bald Eagle Nest is a Much-Watch Live Cam « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!
Last night, my wife and I were clicking around YouTube on our family-room TV and happened upon the Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Cam. We ended up watching the live cam and some of the recorded footage on the channel for over an hour! We loved it. It is absolutely fascinating to watch the comings […]
How college students are landing their dream jobs with AI credentials
If you had told 14-year-old Ashley Masters that one day she would be giving a speech in front of an audience of more than 500 people, she would not have believed it, “I had absolutely no confidence when I walked into high school,” she admits. However, things would change after she earned her first Microsoft […]
Seaton: Sheriff Roy And The Anal Probe
Sheriff Roy Templeton noticed two things on arriving at the scene of the incident. The first was that Farmer Jesse Burkitt’s prize Holstein was very dead. The second was the cow apparently met its demise when something (it had to be a something, Sheriff Roy thought) sucked its innards out through its rectal area. “Deputy […]