This site posted every face from Parler’s Capitol Hill insurrection videos
Faces of the Riot used ISS to detect, extract, and deduplicate every face. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Wired) When hackers exploited a bug in Parler to download all of the right-wing social media platform's contents last week, they were su.....»»
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.....»»
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......»»
Netflix launches ‘Fast Laughs,’ a TikTok-like feed of funny videos
Late last year, Netflix began experimenting with a new TikTok-like feed of funny videos inside its mobile app, which it called “Fast Laughs.” Today, the company announced the new feature is now rolling out on iOS, allowing users to watch,.....»»
How Far Away From Perseverance Did the Descent Stage Land?
The rocket lowered the rover onto the surface of Mars before it shot away from the landing site. So where did it end up?.....»»
NASA"s Perseverance Rover Sends Stunning Images of Mars
Since landing on Mars on February 18, NASA's Perseverance rover has sent back some amazing images from around its landing site, Jezero Crater, a 30-mile wide impact depression just north of the Red Planet's equator. BBC shares a selection of the pict.....»»
Rookie Coding Mistake Prior To Gab Hack Came From Site"s CTO
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Over the weekend, word emerged that a hacker breached far-right social media website Gab and downloaded 70 gigabytes of data by exploiting a garden-variety security flaw known as an SQL injection.....»»
Proptech startup States Title, now Doma, going public via SPAC in $3B deal
Real estate tech startup Doma, formerly known as States Title, announced Tuesday it will go public through a merger with SPAC Capitol Investment Corp. V in a deal valued at $3 billion, including debt. SPACs, often called blank-check companies, are in.....»»
Anti-Covid vaccine tweets face five-strikes ban policy
Twitter warns users who post Covid vaccine-related misinformation that they face permanent bans......»»
Escape artist accused of freeing Carlos Ghosn can"t evade reckoning in Japan
Prosecutors in Tokyo confirmed the arrival of Michael Taylor and his son Peter in Japan Tuesday to face charges for smuggling former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country in December 2019. The Taylors face a possible three-year sent.....»»