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Researchers developed an AI to detect DeepFakes

Jun15
by on June 15, 2018 at 4:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence


A team of researchers from the State University of New York (SUNY) recently developed a method for detecting whether the people in a video are AI-generated. It looks like DeepFakes could meet its match. What it means: Fear over whether computers will soon be able to generate videos that are indistinguishable from real footage may be much ado about nothing, at least with the currently available methods. The SUNY team observed that the training method for creating AI that makes fake videos involves feeding it images – not video. This means that certain human physiological quirks – like breathing and…

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How blockchain will transform the e-commerce industry over the next few years

Jun15
by on June 15, 2018 at 4:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


Blockchain technology should be considered the most disruptive technology invention of the fourth industrial revolution. The world has never seen a technology as powerful as blockchain technology and it could potentially impact all sectors of the economy complete will transforming it through top notch efficiency. Recently, blockchain technology has been employed in different sectors of the industry ranging from the financial services sector, to the energy sector, from logistics to supply chain management, from the health sector to the gaming industry, and is even being used in online gambling. However, the sector it is aiming to transform, and hopes to…

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The word ‘hack’ is meaningless and should be retired

Jun15
by on June 15, 2018 at 12:42 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Opinion


The word ‘hack’ used to mean something, and hackers were known for their technical brilliance and creativity. Now, literally anything is a hack — anything — to the point where the term is meaningless, and should be retired. The most egregious abuse of the term “hack” comes from the BBC’s Dougal Shaw. In a recent video of his, called “My lunch hack,” Shaw demonstrates that it’s cheaper to make your own sandwich each day than it is to buy a pre-packaged sandwich from the supermarket. Shaw calls that a hack. I call it common sense. And that’s not nearly the…

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SEC: Ethereum is too ‘decentralized’ to be considered a security

Jun15
by on June 15, 2018 at 11:33 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Finance, Hard Fork


It appears that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has changed its stance on cryptocurrencies and their status as securities. SEC director of corporate finance William Hinman said the Ethereum network and its cryptocurrency Ether do not constitute securities — and as such are out of the purview of US securities law. “Based on my understanding of the present state of Ether, the Ethereum network and its decentralized structure, current offers and sales of Ether are not securities transactions,” the SEC official said. “And, as with Bitcoin, applying the disclosure regime of the federal securities laws to current transactions in Ether would…

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