The Daily Populous

CGI and AI are going to turbocharge 'fake news' and make it far harder to tell what's real

Tech is being developed that will make it easy to create fake video footage of public figures or audio of their voice.

Worried supporters highlighted his lack of public appearances since October and produced exhaustive timelines detailing his activities and apparent "disappearance."

"We need to look at the many glitches in that interview, and there were many for sure," one amateur sleuth wrote on Reddit.

"Either terrible editing went on or CGI or whatever was just not fluid enough to make the grade.

We need to understand why Assange's head looked like a cut and paste to his suit.".

I find that I can spot CGI or irregularities incredibly easily when I am really high.".

But aÂ decade from now, if creating real-time imagery of people from scratch becomes trivial, such authentication may no longer be enough. »

Utah woman killed on cruise ship during murder mystery dinner

Authored by wkbn.com

Exactly how and why Kristy Manzanares was killed aboard the Emerald Princess still remains a mystery.

Bryan Schroder, acting U.S. Attorney in Alaska said he can’t remember the last time they had a murder on a cruise ship.

Nicole and Brice Beckstrom, former neighbors of the couple in Utah who happened to be on the ship, were devastated. »

Irish woman (107) who emigrated to America finally gets high-school diploma

Authored by independent.ie

A Kerry woman who emigrated to America in her twenties was awarded her high-school diploma at the age of 107.

Hanna Lovett (107) was born in Kerry in 1910 but left school at a young age before emigrating to New York, where she rebuilt her life. »

Samsung ends Intel’s 24-year reign, becomes the largest chipmaker in the world

Authored by sammobile.com

It ended Intel’s 24-year reign as the largest semiconductor-based chipmaker in the world.

Samsung has now leapfrogged Intel by posting a higher revenue as well as operating profits during Q2 2017.

However, what helped Samsung in become the king of semiconductor chips is that it quickly responded to the changes in the industry. »

North Korea fired a missile that may have landed within 230 miles of Japan's coast

Authored by cnbc.com

North Korea test fired a missile that may have landed within 230 miles of Japan's coast, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said.

The missile was fired shortly before midnight Japan time on Friday, Japan's public broadcaster, NHK, said, citing government officials.

The missile was fired from Jagang province in northern North Korea, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, citing the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff. »