‘I’d never seen such an audacious attack on anonymity before’: Clearview AI and the creepy tech that can identify you with a single picture
(Image credit: Westend61/ Getty Images) In this extract from “Your Face Belongs to Us” (Simon & Schuster, 2023), reporter Kashmir Hill remembers the introduction of Clearview AI, the facial acknowledgment…
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Which are rarer: diamonds or emeralds?
A diamond and emerald locket as soon as owned by Elizabeth Taylor on display screen at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in 2014. Worldwide, which of these valuable…
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To the astonishment of forecasters, a tiny hurricane just sprang up near Cuba
Satellites do not have the ability to straight determine wind speeds, so they make price quotes based upon other observable variables, utilizing instruments such as a scatterometer. Yes, that’s a…
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Black holes from the universe’s infancy could reveal invisible matter
(Image credit: NASA through Getty Images ) Dark matter might produce faint flashes of light when engaging with small great voids, brand-new theoretical research study recommends. These flashes might one…
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Space photo of the week: James Webb telescope spots the ultimate ‘super star cluster’ deep in the Milky Way
JWST’s view of Westerlund 1, among the closest “super star” clusters to the planetary system. (Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, M.Zamani(ESA/Webb), M. G. Guarcello(INAF-OAPA)and the EWOCS group) What it…
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Why didn’t the Vikings colonize North America?
An illustration of Leif Erikssen and his team off the coast of Vínland (modern-day Newfoundland, Canada )in a Viking landing boat. ( Image credit: North Wind Picture Archives through Alamy…
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Remains of 1,600-year-old Roman fort unearthed in Turkey
A view of the historical remains at Hasankeyf in 2012, before it was flooded by a dam. Archaeologists discovered the remains of a Roman military structure there this previous summertime….
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Why does dairy make antibiotics less effective?
Consuming milk before taking prescription antibiotics can tinker the drugs’strength, research studies discover. (Image credit: UniversalImagesGroup through Getty Images ) You might have heard that some foods and beverages, such…
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The universe may end in a ‘Big Freeze,’ holographic model of the universe suggests
( Image credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY by means of Getty Images) Scientists have actually discovered that a theoretical kind of dark energy might cause a grim fate for deep…
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Scientists have built an AI-powered ‘electronic tongue’
This “electronic tongue” can discriminate in between various coffee blends, let you understand when juice has actually spoiled and find hazardous chemicals in water. (Image credit: Saptarshi Das Lab/Penn State)…
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