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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EVs Fire Up Pyroswitches to Cut Risk of Shock After a Crash

After more than a century of powering their wares with engines that produce hundreds of small, carefully controlled explosions each minute, the auto industry is moving toward a battery-driven future. But that doesn’t mean one without any helpful explosions. Last month, industry supplier Bosch revealed details on what it calls the pyrofuse, a new safety…

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7 Cybersecurity Threats That Can Sneak Up on You

There's a certain kind of security threat that catches the headlines—the massive data breach, or the malware that holds your computer to ransom—but it's also important to keep your guard up against some of the lesser-known attacks out there too.These threats may not have the same high-level profile as an unfixable iOS bug, but they…

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Ancient Sippy Cups Could Help Explain a Prehistoric Baby Boom

A recent study found that prehistoric babies drank milk from ceramic sippy cups, including some with cute animal motifs. Lest you be overwhelmed by the cuteness, there's a heartbreaking side to that discovery: Bronze and Iron Age parents buried their dead infants with their clay sippy cups.ARS TECHNICAThis story originally appeared on Ars Technica, a…

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