Enlarge / Internet Backdoor in a string of binary code in a shape of an eye. (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have found a malicious backdoor in a compression tool that made its way into widely used Linux distributions, including those from Red Hat and Debian. The compression utility, known as xz Utils, introduced the malicious...
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OpenAI holds back wide release of voice-cloning tech due to misuse concerns
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Voice synthesis has come a long way since 1978’s Speak & Spell toy, which once wowed people with its state-of-the-art ability to read words aloud using an electronic voice. Now, using deep-learning AI models, software can create not only realistic-sounding voices, but also convincingly imitate existing voices using small samples of...
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Actor Louis Gossett Jr. loved Hollywood even when it didn’t love him back
For the casually initiated, an Academy Award is the key that unlocks doors of opportunities for one’s Hollywood career. But everything that glitters isn’t always gold in a place built on creating and maintaining illusion. Take Louis Gossett Jr., the Academy Award-winning actor who died March 29 at 87. Conventional wisdom says that after winning...
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Kendrick Lamar’s desire to be the greatest is making hip-hop fun
The 2002 NBA All-Star Game contains one of those Kobe Bryant moments that tell you so much about who he was on the court. The game is an exhibition, and players generally don’t care much about who wins. Well, players not named Kobe Bryant. The Philadelphia native wanted to win MVP at home, in the...
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Joakim Noah adds to commitment to African basketball with first trip to South Africa
BROEDERSTROOM, South Africa – How do you make a strong and fit 6-foot-11 man feel small and short? Witness two-time NBA All-Star Joakim Noah visit the Lion & Safari Park in South Africa. “It’s a different order out there in the wild,” Noah told Andscape from the Lion & Safari Park. “They always say, ‘It’s...
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(BPRW) Qore Partners with QoreID, (A VerifyMe Company) to Enhance Financial Security in Africa
(Black PR Wire) Lagos – Qore, the leading Banking-as-a-Service platform provider in Africa, has partnered with QoreID, A VerifyMe Company, Africa’s foremost data and e-KYC technology provider, to deliver robust, reliable, and rea…
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(BPRW) Chevron Announces Opening of Fab Labs at HBCUs
(Black PR Wire) SAN RAMON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Chevron U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX), and the Fab Foundation today announced the official opening of Fab Labs at Fort Valley State University and Florida A&M Uni…