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Where is facial recognition used in 2025
Facial recognition is no longer science fiction. Its most common use today is probably for powering your iPhone's Face ID. But besides unlocking phones or authorizing Apple Pay, facial recognition has...
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Why you should think twice before signing up to Threads
Threads, Meta’s new social networking app, has gained massive popularity, posing a challenge to Twitter's declining user base. . Privacy concerns surround Threads due to Meta's history of data-shari...
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Is Grammarly safe? Privacy, security, and data protection explained
Even if you’ve never used Grammarly, you’ve probably heard of it, thanks to its intensive use of ads on platforms like YouTube. The AI-powered grammar checker is widely used by professionals, stud...
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Q&A: Hong Phuc Dang, on the world-changing potential of FOSS
Hong Phuc Dang is the founder of FOSSASIA, which develops open-source software and hardware with a global developer community from its base in Asia. The organization also holds open technology events....
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Emojis: Why we use them and what they really mean
In celebration of World Emoji Day 🌎, we surveyed people across France, Germany, Spain, and the U.S. to better understand how emojis impact our daily lives. Our brains process emojis in the same w...
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What is the singularity in AI?
The AI singularity is a hypothetical future event in which artificial intelligence has advanced to a point where it is able to improve itself exponentially. This results in humans no longer being able...
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14 best deepfake apps and websites in 2025
Face-swapping apps may be all the rage at the moment, but there’s huge potential for this seemingly innocent technology to be abused. When using deepfake tools, you’re putting your photos, videos,...
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End-to-end encryption: Why you shouldn't accept anything less
This article references a session at this year’s RightsCon, a summit on human rights in the digital age. The event was held in Costa Rica last week, with participation from ExpressVPN. Countries aro...
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Surveillance in sports stadiums: Is it worth your privacy?
This article references a session at this year’s RightsCon, a summit on human rights in the digital age. The event is being held in Costa Rica, with participation from ExpressVPN. For the love of th...
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Celebrities with the most fake follower bots on social media
Fake follower bots on celebrity social media accounts are a growing concern..' Research firm HypeAuditor estimates that nearly half of Instagram accounts are automated and created to imitate real pe...
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