The music industry is fighting on platforms, through the courts and with legislators in a bid to prevent the theft and misuse of art from generative AI — but it remains an uphill battle. Sony Music said recently it has already demanded that 75,000 deepfakes – simulated images, tunes or videos that can easily be
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In the ever-changing world of Internet technology, keeping users safe and verifying their identities is important. One of the most important security systems for this is CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart). It’s like a puzzle that is easy for us to solve but hard for machines. CAPTCHA was
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Culture is what we learn from others and pass on to successive generations by practising it over and over. Scientists have found cultural traditions among humans as well as animals, the latter in the way they forage, socialise, use tools, care for themselves, and mate. Among these traditions, the characteristic patterns of behaviour that involve
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ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. A few weeks ago, my colleague Doris Burke sent me a story from The New York Times that gave us both deja vu. The piece reported that Starlink, the satellite internet provider
A team of researchers from India and U.K. have discovered a species of land snail from the Konkan region of Maharashtra and named it, ‘Theobaldius konkanensis’. In a paper titled, ‘A new species of cyclophorid land snail (Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoridae) from the coastal regions of Maharashtra, India’ published on March 11, 2025, in the international scientific journal Molluscan
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(Bloomberg Opinion) — The phrase “brain fog” has exploded in our collective lexicon in recent years, along with complaints and concerns about “senior moments,” forgotten names, lost items, an inability to focus and clouded thinking. To add to our common distress, a recent Bloomberg News explainer highlighted several studies showing that Covid-19 damaged our brains by shrinking
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Forget chalky freeze-dried ice cream or some individually packaged mashed potatoes. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have now proved that delectable fermented delicacies like the Japanese soybean paste known as miso can be prepared in space. This might sound like a big deal only to ISS residents who are craving some better meals, but
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When it comes to wireless headphones, the lower you go down the price ladder, the more the compromises creep in, especially in terms of audio quality. So imagine getting a Bluetooth headphone that not only serves up very good audio quality but also gives you the chance to improve it even further, with some help
Dysthymia is common, according to research, but its epidemiology is not studied enough, and it often goes undiagnosed and untreated | Photograph used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images A therapy memoir by Korean author Baek Sehee, ‘I Want To Die But I Want To Eat Tteokbokki’, has, in recent years, sparked
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Saturn, the most fascinating and mysterious planet of our planet, has many secrets yet to surprise scientists and astronomers. Although everyone knows its beautiful rings, the planet and its various characteristics are much more intricate and mysterious. Let us find out more of the secret Saturn facts from NASA studies. One of the most fascinating
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