Human voice or deepfake? Our brains can tell the difference – for now
Fake or real? It is increasingly difficult to tell whether it's a human or an AI-generated voice that is speaking…
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‘Pebbling’ is a love language for the digital age
Meme culture has permeated every aspect of our daily lives. Whether between friends or lovers, sending people memes has become…
‘Slop’ is the dubious online content churned out by AI
Among the huge mass of content now produced by artificial intelligence, much is unreliable and of poor quality. This phenomenon…
Santander culls WhatsApp from Spanish investment bank phones
Banco Santander SA has removed popular messaging software including WhatsApp from smartphones issued by the company to its investment bankers…
Hong Kong police arrest 114 over scamming 163 people out of HK$73mil
Online job scams and phone deception tactics used to trick residents into handing over between HK$1,000 and HK$20 million each,…
Shanghai AI startup founded by ex-Microsoft engineers bets on ‘scaling law’ to boost AI capabilities
Chinese AI startups face the common challenge of restricted access to the most advanced AI chips from US supplier Nvidia.
Almost half of US Dell employees would rather work from home than get promoted
Even months after tech company Dell pushed its strict return-to-office policy barring fully remote employees from promotions, its workers still…
Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge have turned into a ‘wasteland’ for Gen Z and millennials – and now many are breaking up with dating apps for good
The generational shift is real – 79% of college students and other Gen Zers are forgoing regular dating app usage…
So long plastic air pillows: Amazon shifting to recycled paper filling for packages in North America
Amazon is shifting from the plastic air pillows used for packaging in North America to recycled paper because it’s more environmentally…