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Arizona State Launches Influencer Degree Where Students Must Gain Real Followers – Slashdot
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Arizona State University has launched a 120-credit bachelor's degree in content creation that teaches video, podcasting, branding, analytics, media law, and social strategy. For their capstone, students are "expected to build a real social media account and demonstrate...
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Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem
Ever so slowly, the crackdown on harmful sexual deepfakes is taking hold. Over the past few months, US law enforcement officials have seized deepfake hosting websites, while the EU and UK have drawn up plans to ban “nudify” apps...
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Is it time to stop using glue and labels on paper?
But what if you could skip the adhesive altogether?That's the idea that three firms from Germany - Fraunhofer, Hermann Ultraschall, and Henkel - have come up with.It's no coincidence they are all German, as the country is known for...
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New Firefighting Technologies Could Help Battle Blazes Like Those in France and Spain
Spain has declared a national emergency in the community of Madrid and the province of Ávila due to the spread of intense wildfires. With fires still burning out of control, this year is shaping up to be one of...
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The AI-hooked younger generation is sourcing chatbot help even for in-person talks
I’ve definitely rehearsed a text message in my head before hitting send, especially when it’s a long email with dozens of jargon and diplomatic language. However, when it comes to in-person talks, I’ve never even thought about outsourcing them...
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Wellness Influencers Are Pushing ‘Natural’ and Unproven Alternatives to Adderall
This messaging is cause for concern, according to ADHD specialists who spoke with WIRED.“Stimulant medications have been in existence for nearly 100 years, and approved for use in children since the 1960s,” says Kristen Leinung, a mental health nurse...
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A New Middle Class of Content Creators Is Quietly Quitting the 9-to-5 – Slashdot
"The rise of TikTok, Instagram Reels and Amazon storefronts has created a new kind of white-collar exit strategy," reports Bloomberg. Workers ditch office jobs not to become celebrities, necessarily, "but to piece together an income online through...
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Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI? | TechCrunch
The frontier of physical AI is a Jenga game in a warehouse in San Leandro, California.That warehouse is occupied by Encord, a company that builds data tooling used to train AI models. Andrew Ceja is a pilot—the company’s...
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NASA Replaces ULA’s Vulcan Centaur With SpaceX Falcon Heavy For Solar Storm Research – Slashdot
There's been a change to NASA's launch of six satellites for solar storms research. Space.com reports that those satellites "were originally slated to lift off on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket but have now...
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Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI | TechCrunch
The launch of the latest AI model from a Chinese company — Moonshot AI’s Kimi — reignited debates around American competitiveness and open versus proprietary AI.While there was plenty of conversation on social media, it seems the debate is...
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Perez Hilton faces long recovery after self-harm live stream
The US blogger Perez Hilton is in a "serious but stable" condition after being admitted to hospital, according to...