All posts tagged: Solution

A low-tech solution from the past may be your best defense against AI deepfakes

A low-tech solution from the past may be your best defense against AI deepfakes

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Laurence Dutton/E+/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Deepfakes and AI clones get more sophisticated and harder to detect. Advanced attacks involve long-term infiltration of a company’s systems.  Experts recommend low-tech security protocols that offer better defenses. In January 2024, an employee at professional services firm Arup joined a video call with someone they believed included the company’s CFO. This call resulted in 15 wire transfers to third-party accounts totaling about $25m.  Every participant on the other side of the video call was an AI-generated clone cobbled together from public appearances and earnings calls of Arup executives. Also: 6 essential strategies to defend against AI-powered threat actors  “Seeing and hearing someone is no longer proof they are real,” said Deepak Gupta, technical CEO at GrackerAI, when discussing the Arup incident with ZDNET. “Any protocol that relies on ‘I recognized their face and voice’ is now broken.”  We live in a post-truth world where employees handle millions of dollars in company funds every year. Mistakes can be expensive, …

Nyrius Phoenix Home True 4K60 (2026): A Solution for Cord Clutter

Nyrius Phoenix Home True 4K60 (2026): A Solution for Cord Clutter

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The Phoenix Home transmitter only has one HDMI input for the source video and the receiver only has one HDMI out for connecting to a TV or projector. This was never an issue for me and kept things simple. The transmission quality is frankly amazing. The Phoenix transmits in 4K resolution at up to 60 frames per second (fps) and supports Dolby Atmos, DTS, and 7.1 channel surround sound. It can transmit up to 500 feet away in clear areas with no obstacles, and 75 feet through walls, floors, and ceilings. That’s a better range than the more expensive options like the $450 SIIG 4K HDMI Wireless Extender Kit, for example. The Phoenix Home transmitter also has a USB-C port that you might think is for connecting more devices, but it’s actually for controlling a computer wirelessly. You can connect a laptop over USB-C to the transmitter, then connect a mouse and keyboard to the receiver, and control the laptop remotely. I had to adjust the mouse speed, but it generally worked without any issues, …

We’ve Found The Snoop-Free Solution To Keeping Your Kids Safe Online

We’ve Found The Snoop-Free Solution To Keeping Your Kids Safe Online

Published by Sam Flores

You can breathe a big sigh of relief: we’re half way through the summer holidays (unless you’re in Scotland, sorry Scotland!). While you might have set strict no-screen rules at the beginning of the summer holidays, we’re sure you’re getting to the point of easing up. And no one would blame you – it’s a long time to have the whole family under one roof. All you have to do is get through the next few weeks – and if that means plonking them down to play games or talk to their friends as a distraction, so be it. At the same time, though, there is plenty to think about when giving your child access to the internet. I don’t need to recount the potential horrors, because over 90% of parents on Mumsnet say current smartphones aren’t safe enough for children. Plus, 77% of parents say keeping their child safe online feels like an impossible task, and that only gets harder in summer when they don’t have the school routine to keep them busy. If …

Study Finds 93% Of Avocado Oil Chips Contain Other Oils. There Is A Solution …

Study Finds 93% Of Avocado Oil Chips Contain Other Oils. There Is A Solution …

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A new University of California, Davis, study found that a shocking number of avocado oil-labeled chips at the supermarket, marketed as a healthier alternative to toxic seed-oil chips, might not be made with pure avocado oil and, in fact, contain other oils. UC Davis researchers tested 54 avocado oil-labeled products purchased from California supermarkets and online retailers in 2025 and 2026 and found that 48, or 89%, contained cheaper oils despite being labeled as containing premium avocado oil. The failure rate included 93% of chips, and beyond the snack aisle, 71% of mayonnaise products and 100% of salad dressings tested also failed. “Consumers are increasingly paying a premium for products made with avocado oil or olive oil,” lead author Selina Wang, Professor of Cooperative Extension in the UC Davis Department of Food Science and Technology, stated in a press release. “They deserve to get what they pay for and food manufacturers deserve confidence that the ingredients they purchase from suppliers are authentic.” The Trump administration helped propel the MAHA movement into the mainstream, prompting millions …

How Burbank found a solution to downtown doom

How Burbank found a solution to downtown doom

Published by Sam Flores

A Burbank landlord trying to land a trendy ice cream shop tenant got a critical assist from the city that helped seal the deal. When a Van Leeuwen Ice Cream representative came to look at his space in the center of downtown Burbank in April, a senior city official was there to help woo the brand, said Kurt Kaufman of West Coast Investors, which owns the property. “She said, ‘Look, guys, we aren’t the city of L.A. We can make things happen,’” he recalled. “They were able to open in quite record speed.” Van Leeuwen had expected to have to wait until next year, but was able to open its doors in time for peak ice cream season, summer, in part because of the city’s help. While downtown Los Angeles is languishing, Burbank is booming. Its secret formula, the city says, is embracing businesses, helping the homeless and keeping streets clean, to make downtown a go-to destination for more shoppers, diners and commuters. “You have to be vigilant with your maintenance, with your homeless outreach, …

Chad’s population see census as solution to make grievances heard

Chad’s population see census as solution to make grievances heard

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Chad officially launched its third General Population and Housing Census (RGPH-3) at the end of June, the country’s first nationwide census since 2009. On the ground, however, logistical challenges are already emerging. In some remote areas, difficult access is preventing census teams from reaching every household, prompting some residents to travel to nearby towns in order to be counted. Many also hope to use the opportunity to draw the government’s attention to shortcomings in public services. Our report from Massaguet, in western Chad. Keywords for this article Source link

A Perfectly Crude Solution to America’s Housing Shortage

A Perfectly Crude Solution to America’s Housing Shortage

Published by Sam Flores

Just about every effort to solve America’s housing shortage runs into the iron law of NIMBY: “not in my backyard.” Whenever a development is proposed in a place where people already live, existing residents erupt in opposition, claiming the new homes will alter “neighborhood character,” increase traffic, and hurt property values. Those who would benefit the most from new housing, meanwhile, don’t yet live in the community and thus have no say in the political process. This creates an asymmetry that’s hard to overcome. Even reforms passed at the state level to override local building restrictions keep failing, because NIMBYs find clever ways to work around them. But a new approach might finally offer a way out of the impasse: If you can’t beat the NIMBYs, pay them. In recent months, several Democratic Party–aligned think tanks have released proposals that share the same basic structure: If a local community approves enough new homes for construction, then each resident of that community receives a check from the federal government worth thousands of dollars. The theory is …

The Multistate Solution to the Middle East

The Multistate Solution to the Middle East

Published by Daniella Wilson

Last week, Rahm Emanuel traveled to Tel Aviv University to deliver an unusually blunt warning: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is jeopardizing Israel’s long-term alliance with the United States. Emanuel, the former Obama White House chief of staff, urged Israel to pursue what he called a “23-state solution”: an agreement in which movement toward Palestinian sovereignty would be embedded in a larger normalization deal between Israel and the Arab world. For decades Washington has oscillated between trying to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and trying to sidestep it. The October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel exposed the limits of both approaches. The Palestinian question cannot simply be bypassed, but neither is another round of final-status negotiations likely to succeed. Emanuel is right that the only realistic path now is to embed the Palestinian issue within a broader regional strategy. Such a strategy can give Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United States a way to reverse the region’s dangerous trajectory amid the wars in Gaza and Iran. I recently spent a week in Israel and the West …

Most people who need glasses lack a pair. Here’s a solution : NPR

Most people who need glasses lack a pair. Here’s a solution : NPR

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Mirjahan Choudhury receives a free eye screening at the Rangia Post office in India. Subhamoy Bhattacharjee for NPR hide caption toggle caption Subhamoy Bhattacharjee for NPR In recent years, Sangita Kalita has watched as her mother and mother-in-law go to the local temple — called a naamghar — in Assam State, India and leave disappointed. Each visit, their hope was to read the sacred Hindu texts, “but due to vision issues, they faced a lot of problems recognizing the small letters in the book,” explains Kalita. According to the World Health Organization, they are among more than 800 million people worldwide who suffer from presbyopia — age-related loss of close-up vision — for which basic reading glasses would help. Yet, according to WHO, in many lower-income countries, fewer than one in four people who need eyeglasses have them. Kalita says for her family, getting reading glasses was simply too complicated and expensive. While in many high-income countries, readers are available in all kinds of stores, in lower-resourced settings, getting a pair often requires a trip …