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š” Justice, served: This is horrifying. A woman received a webpage filled with deepfake porn of herself, along with detailed, disgusting fantasies, and the page included her phone number, address and other private info. She went into full detective mode. The culprit? A close friend from college. A judge threw the sicko in prison for nine years.
This is a Pisa work: Scammers created a deepfake voice of Italyās defense minister to call big names like Giorgio Armani and Pradaās Patrizio Bertelli (paywall link). The fake minister said journalists had been kidnapped and they needed cash to pay the ransom. At least one fell for it, wiring over $1 million to scammers.
Almost three years after the iPad 10: Appleās new base model iPad 11 is coming this spring with a chip upgrade from the A14 Bionic to A17 Pro (about 40% faster), double the RAM (4GB to 8GB) and Apple Intelligence. If you donāt care about AI, the 10th-gen iPad is 20% off right now.
š» The nerd in me loves this: The worldās fastest supercomputer just went online at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. The $600 million El Capitan is powered by 44,544 AMD chips. Its job is to secure the U.S. nuclear stockpile, run national security research and crunch other classified tasks. How fast is it? Its peak performance is 2.746 exaflops. Thatās about 69 million times faster than a top-of-the-line MacBook.
Heads-up, fellow pet owners: Microchipping company Save This Life shut down, so your furry friendās chip might not be registered anymore. If youāre unsure, take them to a vet or shelter to get scanned. If a number pops up, you should be good to go. Plug it into the AAHA lookup tool to double-check. If the chip is invalid, ask your vet for an alternative.
š§¬ Evolution ain’t finished: Scientists think weāll look a lot different in 1,000 years. Theories include darker skin, better-looking faces from selective dating, smaller brains, freakishly long arms, shorter statures, and big eyes made for low gravity and dim light. Oh, and letās not forget the biohacking and cybernetic upgrades. Here are a few pics.
On the tip of my tongue: Researchers are developing a lickable lollipop that lets you ātasteā in virtual reality games. Itās packed with small gel pouches that mix with your saliva to create flavors like salt, sugar, cherry and even milk. (Ew.) An electrical current triggers the flavors, and the voltage controls how much you get. That means game designers can mix and match for custom tastes.
š£ Gone phishing: Iāve done this with my team. Itās just smart. More companies are phishing their own employees to see how easily they fall for scams. Some are scary, like fake Ebola outbreaks, and others are just plain mean, like a ālost puppyā in the parking lot (paywall link). A weak link can cost you your entire company, so you need to know who needs cybersecurity training.
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