Google, Facebook, TikTok and other Big Tech companies operating in Europe are facing one of the most far-reaching efforts to clean up what people encounter online.The first phase of the European Union’s groundbreaking new digital rules will take effect this week. The Digital Services Act is part of suite of tech-focused regulations crafted by the…
As the 2024 campaign season begins, AI image generators have advanced from novelties to powerful tools able to generate photorealistic images, while comprehensive regulation lags behind.Why it matters: As more fake images appear in political ads, the onus will be on the public to spot phony content.Go deeper: Can you tell the difference between real…
Imagine you’ve found a perfect food spot to try that you’ve been waiting in line for and when you finally get to the front you see a small, faded, hard to read “cash only” sign at the door. Unfortunately you have no cash with you, so you leave the line in shame.Although this example is…
The beginning of what may be a more militant era in Hollywood studio-labor relations has been ushered in, with actors joining writers on the picket lines in a major stand against film and TV producers that will effectively shut down the industry during the impasse.On July 13, SAG-AFTRA, led by president Fran Drescher, called the…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvehhXaFh8U&ab_channel=RealStories[/embed] Transgender Pakistanis: The Open Secret | Real Stories Flamboyant, colourful and eccentric, many among Pakistan’s marginalised transgender community scrape a living through dancing, singing and begging on the streets of the country’s economic capital, Karachi. Many others, though, earn money catering for the sexual needs of local men in the city’s seedier districts. Investigating…
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr026OIMYRE&lc=UgyAH4vqNGtrpqDcfbl4AaABAg.9pjxNKoM5t79qE8jfsdN6M&ab_channel=gordoncenafa[/embed] This is a much deeper video about a topic I don’t think many people know about, how basically the internet is slowly crumbling and dying around us. (Fun times!) Thank you all so much for watching, and the immense support on the last video, I hope you all enjoy this one just as much,…