Advances in artificial intelligence are making it easier to clone and generate voices. It has huge…
Author: Amanda Hoover
Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech
The Grace Hopper Celebration is meant to unite women in tech. This year droves of men…
TikTok Stars Are Turning to 24/7 Livestreams for Cash
Some people are livestreaming around the clock for cash on the platform. It’s a window into…
TikTok Shop Has a Snail Slime Problem
TikTok Shop, which launched in the US last week, is littered with impossibly cheap—and fake—products. Snail…
This Is the True Scale of New York’s Airbnb Apocalypse
A law meant to ***** down on short-term rentals in New York City took effect Tuesday.…
The End of Airbnb in New York
Thousands of Airbnbs and other short-term rentals are expected to disappear from rental platforms as New…
Donald Trump’s Mug Shot Matters in a World of Fakes
The first booking photo of a US president stands out among a sea of photoshops and…
Use of AI Is Seeping Into Academic Journals—and It’s Proving Difficult to Detect
Ethics watchdogs are looking out for potentially undisclosed use of generative AI in scientific writing. But…
Covid’s Summer Wave Is Rising—Again
Covid-19 cases are slowly increasing across the US for the fourth summer in a row.
This Is the Era of Zombie Twitter
The bird may be dead, but Twitter—er, X—is still alive for communities, news, and memes.