Researchers from McGill University recently created a computer program that generates news regarding COVID-19 making use of headlines from CBC articles as prompts. This stimulated news was then compared to the actual reports. They discovered that CBC was more focused…
Google Takes Action Against Spanish Spyware Framework
Across the European Union, spyware has been used to target opposition leaders, activists, journalists, and lawyers in multiple countries, calling for reforms. Recently, Google’s Threat Analysis Group announced an action to block one of these tools targeted at desktop computers,…
Researchers Are Teaching AI to Play Minecraft
Artificial Intelligence nonprofit OpenAI, recently designed the world’s most advanced Minecraft-playing bot by the analysis of over 70,000 hours of human gameplay through a novel training method. Although restricted to building pixelated buildings and tools, the researchers allege that the…
Disney Creates Novel Neural Network to Re-Age Actors
Gizmodo reported that Disney researchers recently designed a novel neural network which is capable of altering the visual age of actors in film or TV. This technology will allow movie producers make actors appear younger or older making use of…
New Website Allows Users Search Through Files from the ’80s, ’90s and 2000s
Jason Scott, tech archivist, announced today the creation of a new website referred to as Discmaster which allows the search of 91.7 million vintage computer files obtained from floppy disks and CD-ROM releases. These files include games, images, music, shareware,…
Interpol is Setting Up a Police Team in the Metaverse
Interpol, the global security organization has just announced ‘the first-ever metaverse specifically designed for law enforcement worldwide.’ They report that this would help police officers worldwide to ‘interact with other officers via their avatars,’ and take ‘immersive training courses in…