SARAH SCOLES 10.17.1807:00 AM FOR WEEKS, COMPUTER scientist Siwei Lyu had watched his team’s deepfake videos with a gnawing sense of unease. Created by a machine learning algorithm, these falsified films showed celebrities doing things they’d never done. They felt eerie to him, and not just because he knew they’d been...

POLICY & LAW EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EUROPE’S NEW COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE The fight over the European internet is just getting started By James Vincent and Russell Brandom Sep 13, 2018, 2:14pm EDT Yesterday, the European Parliament approved amendments to the controversial Copyright Directive, a piece of legislation intended...

Posted Sunday, July 1, 2018 6:00 am By ROBERT STEVENS Associated Press LONDON (AP) – Is the web browser on your phone slower than usual? It could be mining Bitcoin for criminals. As the popularity of virtual currencies has grown, hackers are focusing on a new type of heist: putting...