I know theSync’s head honcho, Will Mapp, is a big booster of AI technology, but Elon Musk might be right for once. I’m no luddite, but AI-abuse could lead to a breakdown in society. Only because humans are lazy and are quick to accept shortcuts. We already accept things the computer says as final without...
The Legend of Zelda has captured the hearts and minds of gamers for 37 years. The original Legend of Zelda blazed a new frontier in video game play and technology. Zelda featured a large and expansive world, compelling characters, a great backstory, and a first of its kind console ability to save your place during...
Every passing day becomes testier for TikTok. The social app bans several deepfake accounts before its CEO testifies before Congress. First, former President Donald Trump wanted TikTok sold. The Biden administration bans TikTok from government devices. Now, Mark Warner introduces the Restrict Act, a ridiculously broad and sweeping piece of legislation that gives the government...
This should really be a story for our resident Emcee, Khalil Williams, but I beat him to it. Vinyl albums outsold CDs last year for the first time since CDs began overtaking the market. Vinyl records were once the last bastion of authentic sounds for audiophiles still buying vacuum tube receivers, but an abundance of...
To quote Warren G, or maybe it should be Young Guns, “…Regulators!! Mount up.” Just when things start getting interesting, corporations remove safeguards that protect society. On Tuesday, news escaped Microsoft that it fired an AI ethics team responsible for ensuring AI-powered products ship with safeguards that protect society. This news comes as Microsoft RIFs...
Last week’s big TikTok news saw the US House Foreign Affairs Committee granting President Joe Biden broad powers to ban TikTok from American phones. Since then, 30 US states, Canada and EU have banned TikTok from government phones. How Will TikTok Keep Data Out of China By keeping in user countries… TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, announced...
I always failed at long distance relationships. After a hot and heavy summer or a conference fling I’d start a new long distance relationship strong. I’d text, email, and call. I’d even stay up late and play the, No-You-Hang-Up game. I even did some long distance traveling up and down the East Coast for a...
TW This article contains descriptions of sexual exploitation. Alice, the woman featured in this article is an alias. When Alice was 11 years old, she and her friends signed on to the online chat site, Omegle, during a slumber party. Omegle randomly pairs users together in online video chat. A user could be in their...
Bourbon is hot right now. The corn distillate has experienced a resurgence during the pandemic as alcohol taxes were relieved in some states when folks stayed home. Once relegated to good old boys running liquor across southern states, bourbon is experiencing a trendy uptick in demand. Folks who normally like their liquor clear and drink...
People have been creating fake images of other people forever. In bygone eras, photo negatives were clipped and spliced onto other negatives to put people in the same frame. As photoshop got better, digital artists would cut the head off the body of a person in an image and paste it on another body. The...