One in three Australians experience image-based sexual abuse, but many don’t know where to go for help. However, researchers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology have developed a world-first artificial intelligence chatbot, Umibot, which they hope will encourage victims to report incidents of image-based abuse and find support. At present, image-based abuse has spiralled…
Georgia Tech’s Lunar Flashlight Heads to the Moon
After years of preparation, a team of Georgia Tech researchers and students will watch their small satellite leave Earth and begin its mission to the moon. SpaceX will launch Lunar Flashlight on Wednesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Georgia Tech team will then pivot to its role as mission control. Fourteen operators, including six undergraduate…
Elon Musk Says Exposé of Twitter’s ‘Free Speech Suppression’ Coming ‘Soon,’ Could Include Hunter Biden Laptop Censorship Revelations
Elon Musk said Monday that Twitter’s internal files on the company’s “free speech suppression” will be revealed “soon,” raising expectations that light will be shed on the circumstances around Twitter’s censorship of the New York Post’s explosive story that exposed information on a laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden. “The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon…
Elon Musk Says Exposé of Twitter’s ‘Free Speech Suppression’ Coming ‘Soon’
Elon Musk said Monday that Twitter’s internal files on the company’s “free speech suppression” will be revealed “soon,” raising expectations that light will be shed on the circumstances around Twitter’s censorship of the New York Post’s explosive story that exposed information on a laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden. “The Twitter Files on free speech suppression soon…
Hackers Exploit TikTok ‘Invisible Body’ Challenge to Steal User Passwords, Credit Cards: Report
A trending “invisible challenge” on TikTok is being used by hackers to steal users’ passwords, credit card data, and Discord accounts, according to a report. The TikTok challenge sees users film themselves naked while using the video-sharing site’s “Invisible Body” filter to blur out the body, making it appear invisible. The latest trend on TikTok, which is…
Facebook Fined $277 Million for Privacy Violations
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has slapped Facebook owner Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (MPIL) with a fine of €265 million ($277 million) for violating user privacy. The penalty is related to an investigation that began in April last year after it came to light that a collated dataset of Facebook personal data was available online,…
Twitter CEO Musk Says User Signups at All-Time High, Touts Features of ‘Everything App’
Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk says new user signups to the social media platform are at an “all-time high.” Signups were averaging over two million per day in the last seven days as of Nov. 16, up 66 percent compared to the same week in 2021, Musk said in a tweet late on Saturday….
Elon Musk Says He Has a Plan If Twitter Gets Kicked Off App Stores
Tech billionaire Elon Musk suggested he would make his own phone amid speculation Twitter could be booted from Google Play or Apple’s App Store. “I certainly hope it does not come to that, but, yes, if there is no other choice, I will make an alternative phone,” he wrote in response to a Twitter post…
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta Now Available to All in North America, Musk Says
Tesla Inc.’s Full Self-Driving Beta software is now available to everyone in North America, Elon Musk said early on Thursday, as the automaker awaits regulatory approval for its cars to be driven without human oversight. “Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta is now available to anyone in North America who requests it from the car screen, assuming…
New Amendment to Online Safety Bill Will Criminalise ‘Deepfake’ Pornography
Sharing “downblouse” images and pornographic “deepfakes” without consent could be criminalised in England and Wales. On Friday, the government announced that it will put forward an amendment to the Online Safety Bill, which would criminalise the sharing of a person’s intimate images without their consent. This includes those who share “deepfakes,” or explicit images or…
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