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In a shocking incident, a finance worker at a multinational firm in Hong Kong was conned into paying $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology. The scam involved a video conference call where the worker believed he was interacting with colleagues, only to later find out that everyone he saw was a deepfake recreation. The […]
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Duncan Campbell is an investigative journalist, author, consultant, and television producer with expertise in privacy, civil liberties, and surveillance issues. He has conducted investigations that led to legal clashes with the British government and has worked as a forensic expert witness on computers and communications data. Campbell’s work has earned critical acclaim and provoked legal […]
The tilted cursor that we are familiar with today serves a purpose beyond just aesthetic design. It was originally created by Douglas Engelbart and became the standard cursor when the XEROX PARC machine was built. The tilted arrow shape was found to be easier to recognize on low-resolution screens compared to a straight cursor. The […]
The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is an air-defense weapon that serves as a last-ditch defense against incoming anti-ship missiles. Unlike Phalanx, which had limitations due to its use of a gun, RAM uses a missile that can engage targets at a longer range. RAM is fired from a rifled tube and rolls in flight, […]
Web browser extensions have been the subject of controversy lately, with concerns over privacy and limitations imposed by companies like Google. However, it’s important to remember that browser extensions offer a unique and valuable ecosystem for users to personalize and modify their apps in creative ways. Unlike other platforms, browser extensions allow us to have […]
In this web content, the author shares their thoughts on Apple and Google as developers. They express that Apple doesn’t care about individual developers and only relies on corporate partners. On the other hand, the author states that Google doesn’t care about their customers but acknowledges its rent-seeking behavior. The author also discusses their frustration […]
Australian startup Morse Micro has developed Wi-Fi technology with an impressive 3-kilometer range. The technology uses a wireless protocol called Wi-Fi HaLow, which operates in the 900-megahertz frequency band and allows for narrower channel bandwidths. This results in longer ranges and better penetration of solid objects. Wi-Fi HaLow is low power and is designed for […]
Bernoulli’s Principle, although not commonly associated with firefighting tactics, plays a crucial role in many operations. In fire behavior courses, we learn that fire travels from areas of high pressure to areas of lower pressure, which forms the basis of understanding ventilation and flow paths. Traditional ventilation, often misunderstood as cooling down a structure, actually […]
The Vision Pro, Apple’s latest VR headset, features a unique bubble glass front with an odd lenticular screen that displays a 3D-ish video of the user’s eyes. While some tech journalists find the EyeSight display bizarre and of dubious utility, it adds complexity and potential failure points to the device. The Vision Pro also comes […]
The author has compiled a history of NSA backdoors and is asking for help in improving it. The history begins with the British Empire selling Enigma cipher machines to allied nations after World War II, knowing that the machines could be broken. The US and the UK then spied on those countries for almost 30 […]