UK deputy PM launches global push to protect elections from AI, misinformation

[ SEOUL (Reuters) – Democratic countries around the world should band together to confront the threat of AI used by malign states to threaten free elections and spread misinformation, British Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden said on Tuesday. In Seoul for the Summit for Democracy, Dowden on Monday announced what he hopes will be a … Read more

New algorithm unlocks high-resolution insights for computer vision

[ FeatUp is an algorithm that upgrades the resolution of deep networks for improved performance in computer vision tasks such as object recognition, scene parsing, and depth measurement. Credit: Mark Hamilton and Alex Shipps/MIT CSAIL, top image via Unsplash. Imagine yourself glancing at a busy street for a few moments, then trying to sketch the … Read more

Landline users remain proudly ‘old-fashioned’ in the digital age. Do you have one?

[ When millions of AT&T customers across the US briefly lost their cellphone service last month, Francella Jackson, 61, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, said she picked up her well-worn Southwestern Bell push-button landline phone and called her friends “just so we could laugh at the people who could not use their phones”. Derek Shaw, 68, … Read more

Sustainable biomass production capacity could triple US bioeconomy, report finds

[ The 2023 Billion-Ton Report identifies feedstocks that could be available to produce biofuels to decarbonize the transportation and industrial sectors while potentially tripling the U.S. bioeconomy. The map indicates a mature market scenario, including emerging resources. Credit: ORNL/U.S. Dept. of Energy. The United States could triple its current economy by producing more than 1 … Read more

Google, Meta and others face tough questions in Australia over cyber extremism threats

[ SYDNEY: Australia’s online safety regulator has put social media giants on notice, requiring them to explain what they are doing to to protect people from violent extremists and terrorists. The country’s eSafety regulator announced March 19 that it had issued legal notices to Google, Meta, X, WhatsApp, Telegram and Reddit requiring each company to … Read more

Review: Orange Box Bluetooth Speaker

[ Think about the last time you saw a person lugging around a Bluetooth speaker and thought to yourself, “Dang, that person looks cool. I want to listen to whatever they’re listening to!” If you have no such memory, you’re not to blame, and you’re certainly not alone. Many portable speakers are dorky hunks of … Read more

Flying tourbillon, OnePlus 12R, and more at tech corner

[ Louis Vuitton Voyager Flying Tourbillon Louis Vuitton’s amazing new watch is a flying tourbillon. Basically, a tourbillon is a watch complication that provides extremely high levels of precision and workmanship. LV’s Poinçon de Genève flying tourbillon comes with a new skeleton tourbillon movement and the prestigious mark of the Poinçon de Genève, or Geneva … Read more