The Taliban took power in Afghanistan on Sunday after making a rapid advance across the country, overwhelming government forces and panicking large swathes of the population. By Monday, thousands of Afghans had fled the capital, Kabul, to the main airport. US forces struggled to secure the airport for their own evacuation flights while blocking many … Read more
Telegram expanded the group video calling feature launched in June to accommodate more participants – a lot more. The latest version of the messaging app now allows up to 1,000 people to participate in a group video call. While the number of participants who can stream videos from their camera or screen is limited to … Read more
TikTok uses automation to detect and remove many of the videos that violate its guidelines. For the past year, the service has tested and optimized systems to find and remove such content. It will roll out these systems in the US and Canada over the next few weeks. First, the algorithms will look for posts … Read more
The numbers don’t lie. According to DocSend, the average pitch deck is only checked for three minutes. And if you think a Senior VC is studying your team’s presentation for months like it’s a Faberge egg – well, you might be disappointed. Even if you’re lucky enough to get a meeting, the more likely that … Read more
MONTREAL – For some Canadians, the 90-second video brought back memories of George Floyd: a white police officer appears to be kneeling on the neck of a black teenager lying face down on the floor on a Montreal street. Police said Saturday that they are investigating what happened after a video of the encounter sparked … Read more
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GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Tens of thousands of people blocked highways, overcrowded boats and set off on foot Thursday to flee this major African city from volcanoes. After a fiery rift was opened on Saturday that poured a lava stream down the rocky slopes of the mountain towards Goma, killing more than … Read more
About two hours before a 4-year-old was found on a neighborhood street in Dallas, a man lifted the sleeping boy out of his bed and carried him away. The boy, whom the authorities identified as Cash Gernon on Monday, was cared for by Cash’s father’s girlfriend, according to the authorities. The friend, who said Cash’s … Read more
Seattle Storm Star Sue Bird. (File Photo via Neil Enns / Seattle Storm) Add the WNBA to the list of professional sports leagues Amazon wants to showcase through its Prime Video streaming platform. Amazon and the WNBA have entered into a multi-year agreement that grants Prime Video exclusive global streaming rights to 16 WNBA games … Read more
After law enforcement officials fatally shot a black man in North Carolina last week, law enforcement officials pledged transparency. Few facts emerged, however – an information gap that aroused suspicion and, according to experts, helped fuel national outrage. Andrew Brown Jr. was killed on April 21 when Sheriff’s MPs tried to execute search and arrest … Read more
Dutch politicians have just received a first hand lesson on the dangers of fake videos. According to NL Times and De Volkskrant, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Dutch Parliament was tricked into making a video call with someone using deepfake technology to impersonate Leonid Volkov (above), the chief of staff of Russian opposition leader … Read more