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AI Makes Blurry Faces 60 Times Sharper An AI tool developed by researchers successfully turned blurry, unrecognizable pictures of people's faces into eerily convincing computer-generated portraits.

Good excuse to buy a new laptop!

Researchers discover that Intel chips have an unfixable security flaw Researchers discover that Intel chips have an unfixable security flaw The chips are vulnerable during boot-up, so they can't be patched with a firmware update. Steve Dent, 2m ago Comments Share Tweet Share Sponsored Links Security researchers have discovered another flaw in recent Intel....

Samsung just announced its new 5G Galaxy S20 Android phones Samsung announced the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+ and Galaxy S20 Ultra on Tuesday. All three phones support 5G. Here's when they're being released and how much they cost.

Nerds aren't what they use to be

Can a former high school IT guy take down Jon Jones? Imagine going from high school IT guy to Jon Jones slayer in a matter of a few years. Dominick Reyes not only sees it, he believes it.

Just give me the old Motorola RAZR back and I'll happy with that. Hanging up angry at someone is not as satisfying on a smartphone.

Motorola Razr's hinge 'broke' after 27,000 folds in durability test 'CNET' put the Motorola Razr to the test using an automated folding machine.

Does the freedom to free speech protect Clearview AI to use your public photos?

Google tells facial recognition startup Clearview AI to stop scraping photos Clearview's CEO says the company has a First Amendment right to use publically available photos.

Chrome will clamp down on sites with annoying video ads Chrome's new video advertising standards ban three especially annoying ad formats.

How to block Facebook and Google from identifying your face Facebook and Google are already able to recognize your face really easily. Here's how to stop them to take one step toward preventing big tech from easily recognizing who you are in a picture.

The Clearview AI app allows the user to find the name and possibly address of anyone it takes a picture of.

"The system — whose backbone is a database of more than three billion images that Clearview claims to have scraped from Facebook, YouTube, Venmo and millions of other websites — goes far beyond anything ever constructed by the United States government or Silicon Valley giants."

The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.

Microsoft listened to Skype calls with 'no security' to protect recordings, report says Microsoft uses human reviewers to improve voice services like Skype and Cortana, but a report says it had "no security measures" in place to guard data.