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Justice Department investigating D.C. police over alleged fake crime data  The Washington Post Trump DOJ is investigating whether DC crime stats were manipulated  CNN Trump ally leads probe into DC crime data manipulation  Axios Justice department reportedly investigating DC police for allegedly manipulating crime data – live  The Guardian In Battle Over D.C. Police, Federal Prosecutors Open Inquiry Into Crime Data  The New York Times …

Racking up a whopper bar tab, a ‘fake’ Justin Bieber ended up performing on stage in Vegas. Since the real Bieber is back in the charts with new music at the moment, having surprised us all with the sudden drop of Swag back in July, ‘Daisies’ currently sits at number 5 in the UK Singles Chart. But that doesn’t mean …

A ticket-reselling operation used a network of fake accounts to bypass Ticketmaster’s security protocols to grab hundreds of thousands of tickets to hugely popular tours for artists like Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen and then re-sold them for millions, federal regulators said Monday. The Federal Trade Commission alleges the operation used illicit software that masked IP addresses, as well as …

Demand for Labubu bag charms skyrockets What’s a Labubu? The tiny toy turning into a big fashion statement 01:53 Labubu dolls are so popular that they’ve inspired knockoffs — dubbed Lafufus, for fake Labubus — that can endanger kids, according to federal regulators The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Monday issued an “urgent safety warning” that said the phony …

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be the first game to get Nvidia’s new RTX Hair features next month. Instead of using triangles to model hair, Nvidia will use spheres to improve Harrison Ford’s virtual hair in the Indiana Jones game. RTX Hair is designed to improve lighting and shadows, all while maintaining performance in the game and not …

Update (August 18 at 12:02 a.m. CT): Following publication of this story, it became apparent that the account in question is more than likely intentionally inauthentic. As a result, we have cause to believe this news is likely inaccurate. We apologize for this mistake. We have reached out to Sony for further confirmation, and will update this story again should …

A group publishing pro-Russia propaganda online is impersonating legitimate news outlets in an attempt to disseminate disinformation, Politico reported, citing misinformation tracking organization NewsGuard. The effort, known as Storm-1679, creates websites that mimic real news outlets and uses those sites to push fake news stories. They have published disinformation designed to look like stories from ABC News, the BBC, and …

At this point, it’s clear that Artificial Intelligence (AI), whether Generative or Machine Learning, is making its way into video games, even as fans do their best to rally against the use of the systems. In the latest instance of reported AI usage, developer Nexon is being accused of utilizing AI to create fake advertisements featuring nonexistent streamers to help …

Russia is quietly churning out fake content posing as US news  Politico Source link

Those over 30 remember the pain: that jump scare of dialing a phone number only to be met with the piercing sounds of a fax machine answer tone — the uninvited cousin of the dial-up modem. That’s exactly what The Wonder Years star Fred Savage heard every time he tried to call Alicia Silverstone after they met filming an episode …