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Text-to-Image AI: Powerful, Easy-to-Use Technology for Making Art--And Fakes
The latest trend in synthetic media could be among the most dangerous.
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Twitter Lifted its Ban on COVID Misinformation—Research Shows This is a Grave Risk to Public Health
Health experts have concerns.
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More Republicans Died Than Democrats after COVID-19 Vaccines Came Out
The sharp divergence in excess death rates that emerged in the post-vaccine period "is pretty striking… and the magnitudes are quite large."
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The Federal Government is Pushing for Security-Aware Developers
But do official recommendations work in their world?
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Zero Trust Doesn’t Come in a Box
Three no-nonsense tips to simplify the zero trust journey for federal agencies.
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Loving guns, hating the government
In the wake of recent mass shootings, Steve Kelman explores the reasons why some are resistant to assault weapons bans and how it may stem from an aversion to the federal government.
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Retailers May See More Red After Black Friday as Consumers Say They Plan to Put Pull Back on Spending-Acting as if the US Were Already in a Recession
Don't expect consumers to spend big after high inflation.
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Conspiracy-Minded People Were More Likely to Hesitate on COVID Vax
New research shows that people who had a conspiracy mindset before the pandemic were more likely to believe fake info about COVID.
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What the World Would Lose With the Demise of Twitter: Valuable Eyewitness Accounts and Raw Data on Human Behavior, as Well as a Habitat for Trolls
Twitter is a lot more than just tweets.
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Biden to Federal Contractors: Make Plans to Cut Your Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Companies supplying the largest buyer of goods on the planet could soon have to get in line with the Paris Agreement.
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What is Mastodon? A Social Media Expert Explains How the ‘Federated’ Network Works and Why it Won’t be a New Twitter
Mastodon is billing itself as one of several alternatives to Twitter.
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Artemis Launch Delay Is the Latest of Many NASA Scrubs and Comes from Hard Lessons on Crew Safety
After its fourth delay, the Artemis 1 launch is now scheduled for Nov. 16, 2022. NASA has a history of missing launch deadlines, but the private sector is slowly making launches more reliable.
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8 Billion People: Four Ways Climate Change and Population Growth Combine to Threaten Public Health, With Global Consequences
Can the warming world support the human population?
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Enhancing the FITARA scorecard
Opportunities exist to enhance the FITARA scorecard to ensure its continued relevance and to keep pace with technology changes.
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A Vision for Digital Transformation at VA
Solution-focused engineering and collaboration can address many of the key challenges VA is facing and facilitate practical solutions.
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Women get Fewer Chances to Speak on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC, According to an AI-powered, Large-scale Analysis of Interruptions
On large news networks, artificial intelligence suggests women "get fewer opportunities" to engage in dialog that gets politically contentious.
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How existing policy can help fill the cyber workforce gap
There's still time to retool the Cyber Talent Management System at DHS to create a cadre of cyber specialists to fill key roles at federal civilian agencies.
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Mass Migration From Twitter is Likely to be an Uphill Battle – Just Ask ex-Tumblr Users
We've gone through this before.
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