Prepare for the Deepfake Era of Web Video

It has always been good advice to take what you see on the internet with a pinch of salt, but online video has lately become even less trustworthy. Deepfakes, clips altered or fabricated with an artificial intelligence technique called machine learning, make alternative realities easier to create and disseminate.In the video above, Sam Gregory, a…

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Why I Coined the Term ‘Quantum Supremacy’

A recent paper from Google’s quantum computing lab announced that the company had achieved quantum supremacy. Everyone has been talking about it, but what does it all mean?In 2012, I proposed the term “quantum supremacy” to describe the point where quantum computers can do things that classical computers can’t, regardless of whether those tasks are…

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Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 Review: Is It Worth It?

It is refreshing to deal with a company that doesn’t find itself beholden to an arbitrary cycle of yearly updates, at least with smartwatches. Six months after Samsung released the Galaxy Active, it is now selling the upgrade, the Galaxy Active2.WIRED senior writer Lauren Goode liked the Galaxy Active; it’s a lightweight, attractive sports watch…

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