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14 Mar 2023

After Bank Debacle, Silicon Valley Reckons With Its Image

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Even as start-ups and investors began recovering their money from Silicon Valley Bank, the episode exposed the tech industry’s vulnerabilities.

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The decision lessens the chances that gig drivers will be considered employees in the state, but it is expected to be appealed to the state Supreme Court.

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Using A.I. tools in hiring is one of the most promising and contentious uses of the technology. The experience of a company called Eightfold AI shows the challenges.

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14 Mar 2023

Making Deepfakes Gets Cheaper and Easier Thanks to A.I.

Author: admintech | Filed under: Technology

Meme-makers and misinformation peddlers are embracing artificial intelligence tools to create convincing fake videos on the cheap.

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14 Mar 2023

Sabrina Brier Is TikTok’s Latest Character

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Sabrina Brier is finding success online in the role of a 20-something in New York who’s trying to shed her basic suburban past.

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Police in Quebec say a 38-year-old driver turned himself in after a pickup truck plowed into pedestrians.

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A Niagara Falls, Ont., mother who paid a Toronto-based employment agency $24,000 for immigration services to bring her two daughters, who are foreign nurses, to Canada discovered there was nowhere […]

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Canada’s skilled trades need an infusion of young people to offset retirements, and though provinces are responding in a variety of ways, educators and advocates say more needs to be […]

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The release of a list of Jesuit priests accused of sexually abusing minors in Canada has sent shockwaves through schools and communities — and prompted survivors to come forward with […]

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The northern lights are part of solar storms that can damage traditional energy systems. A researcher is now looking into what can happen when renewable energy is added to the […]

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