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FEMA's presidential alerts are an easy target for spoofing attacks

Last fall, FEMA conducted the first nationwide test of its Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system when it beamed a "presidential alert" to all capable phones in the US. WEA has long been used to send alerts about missing children, natural disasters an… Source: engadget

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Spotify claims it 'overpaid' songwriters and wants its money back

Spotify and music publishers have been in a bit of a tiff for months over a planned royalty rate increase that would require streaming services to pay more to artists. You can bet the company is watching the numbers closely, especially while it appea… Source: engadget

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Gold Bug Peter Schiff Celebrates Metal’s Pitiful Gains, Bashes Bitcoin

By CCN Markets: Longtime crypto critic and gold proponent Peter Schiff is excited. He’s not happy due to the stock market hitting new all-time highs or bitcoin prices surging but rather by a microscopic advance in the price of gold. This week, the price of gold topped $1,400 per ounce for the first time in […]

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A new tool detects deepfakes with 96 percent accuracy

A new tool developed by researchers from the USC Information Sciences Institute (USC ISI) may prove to be a major help in the ongoing war against deepfakes. The tool focuses on subtle face and head movements as well as artifacts in files to determine… Source: engadget

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'Sea of Solitude' looks like a brilliant, emotional horror show

Sea of Solitude feels like coming home. Footage of a hulking black monster swimming among the rooftops and balconies of a waterlogged Berlin plays on repeat like a GIF in my psyche, as comforting as it is terrifying. I've been viscerally afraid of g… Source: engadget