New Site Extracts and Posts Every Face from Parler"s Capitol Hill Insurrection Videos
"Late last week, a website called Faces of the Riot appeared online, showing nothing but a vast grid of more than 6,000 images of faces, each one tagged only with a string of characters associated with the Parler video in which it appeared," reports.....»»
When Facebook, Twitter flag posts as "unverified," readers listen
Readers pay attention when social media sites label an article as "unverified" or "suspicious," a new study suggests......»»
Arizona House advances bill targeting Apple, Google mobile app stores
The Arizona bill has already gotten farther than a similar one in ND did. Enlarge / The Arizona State Capitol museum, flanked by the House of Representatives building (R) and a cactus (L). (credit: mixmotive | Getty Images) The Arizona state.....»»
Apple Faces EU Antitrust Charge on Spotify Complaint
Apple could face an EU antitrust charge sheet in the coming weeks following a 2019 complaint by music streaming service Spotify, Reuters reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. From the report: The charge could force changes to App.....»»
Turntable.fm Is Back From the Dead
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: It's rare that apps come back from the dead, but it seems like that may be what's happening with Turntable.fm, a site that let users create their own radio stations and DJ sets with music they curat.....»»
eBay To Remove Dr. Seuss Books From Sale Over Offensive Imagery
Online retailer eBay has announced it is working to remove sales of some books from Dr. Seuss over offensive imagery. The Hill reports: A spokesperson for the company told The Wall Street Journal that it is "currently sweeping our marketplace to remo.....»»
Will moving, ‘spacial video’ start to eat into square-box Zoom calls? SpatialChat thinks so
With most of us locked into a square video box on platforms like Zoom, the desire to break away and perhaps wander around a virtual space is strong. These new ways of presenting people — as small circles of videos placed in a virtual space where th.....»»
Species evolve heat tolerance more slowly than cold tolerance
Many species might be left vulnerable in the face of climate change, unable to adapt their physiologies to respond to rapid global warming. According to a team of international researchers, species evolve heat tolerance more slowly than cold toleranc.....»»
How the Welcome to Chechnya documentary found security in face-swapping VFX
The documentary Welcome to Chechnya made creative use of face-swapping visual effects to protect victims of the Russian republic's antigay purge......»»
Apple now lets you easily move iCloud Photos content to Google Photos
Apple has quietly launched a tool that lets you automatically transfer all of the photos and videos stored on your iCloud account to Google Photos......»»
SpaceX Mars Prototype Rocket Nails Landing For the First Time, But Explodes On Pad
A SpaceX rocket prototype, known as SN10, soared over South Texas during test flight Wednesday before swooping down to a pinpoint landing near its launch site. Approximately three minutes after landing, however, multiple independent video feeds showe.....»»
Apple Launches Service For Transferring iCloud Photos, Videos To Google Photos
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MacRumors: Apple this week introduced a new service that's designed to make it quick and easy for iCloud users to transfer their stored photos and videos to Google Photos. As outlined in an Apple support docum.....»»
SpaceX Mars prototype rocket nails landing for the first time, but explodes on pad
A SpaceX rocket prototype, known as SN10, soared over South Texas during test flight Wednesday before swooping down to a pinpoint landing near its launch site. Approximately three minutes after landing, however, multiple independent video feeds showe.....»»
Parler Sues Amazon Again, After Dropping Original Lawsuit
Social media app Parler has dropped its federal case against Amazon.com for cutting off its web-hosting services and filed a separate lawsuit against the company and its web services unit in a Washington state court, according to court documents from.....»»
How Worried Should You Be About Those Tom Cruise Deepfakes?
Are the TikTok deepfake videos of Tom Cruise doing magic and playing golf a threat to global democracy? Not exactly. "[T]he reality is that they took a lot of time, technical expertise, and the skilled performance of a real actor," reports VICE News......»»
Parler sues Amazon (again), claims AWS ban sank a billion-dollar valuation
The lawsuit is dead. Long live the lawsuit. Enlarge / A person browsing Parler in early January, before the site got into a fight with AWS. (credit: Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images) Social media platform Parler has dropped a federal la.....»»
Small-scale fisheries offer strategies for resilience in the face of climate change
Coastal communities at the forefront of climate change reveal valuable approaches to foster adaptability and resilience, according to a worldwide analysis of small-scale fisheries by Stanford University researchers......»»
Parler drops Amazon web-hosting legal challenge
Amazon removed the social-network platform from its web-hosting service in January over rule breaches......»»
Journey of a skull: How a single human cranium wound up alone in a cave in Italy
A lone cranium in an Italian cave wound up there after being washed away from its original burial site, according to a study published March 3, 2021 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Maria Giovanna Belcastro of the University of Bologna, Italy a.....»»
Green tea supplements modulate facial development of children with Down syndrome, study finds
A new study adds evidence about the potential benefits of green tea extracts in Down syndrome. Researchers observed that the intake of those extracts can reduce facial dysmorphology in children with Down syndrome when taken during the first three yea.....»»
Google adds familiar face as Ads Product Liaison; Wednesday’s daily brief
Plus, advice from European PPC pros on how to navigate Maryland’s new ads tax Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article......»»