PhotoShop, AI, deepfakes: As technology improves, so does our skepticism of who and what to believe.
The new Kate Middleton video -- showing her surfacing for the first time since Xmas -- is bogus, and it's NOT her so say a bunch of conspiracy theorists who claim to have receipts. TMZ's video, shot over the weekend, shows what appears to be a…
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Outlandish conspiracy theories circulated on X after a containership collided with a major bridge in Maryland, causing it to collapse, early Tuesday morning. The ship hit a supporting structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which is located southeast of the Baltimore metropolitan area. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore declared a state of emergency and said the calamity that knocked down the bridge was most likely the result of an accident and not an act of terrorism. Moore told reporters that crew...
A woman who works as a professional Kate Middleton impersonator (yes, that's a real thing) has been forced to deny accusations it was actually her in the viral video of Kate and Prince William shopping.
Concerns about violent crimes committed by people using firearms have grown over recent years. The spate of gun crimes, along with high-profile
LONDON — Social media accounts linked to a prominent Russian disinformation campaign were all too happy to capitalize on conspiracy theories about the whereabouts of Kate, Princess of Wales, according to an analysis by British security experts. The role played by these shadowy Russian actors may serve as an alarming test case, experts said, in a year when elections in Washington and Europe will be buffeted by the long-standing fake news threat — which is now being supercharged by artificial...
The low I.Q. members of ABC’s Cackling Coven (aka The View) were terrified on Thursday because they were apparently feeling the heat of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent campaign and feared it would hurt President Biden’s chances in November. They were so scared that they cooked up a fringe conspiracy theory accusing Kennedy of trying to “buy” the election by picking billionaire Nicole Shanahan to be his vice president. The View brought up the topic of Kennedy by disgustingly co-opting the...
The low I.Q. members of ABC’s Cackling Coven (aka The View) were terrified on Thursday because they were apparently feeling the heat of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent campaign and feared it would hurt President Biden’s chances in November. They were so scared that they cooked up a fringe conspiracy theory accusing Kennedy of trying to “buy” the election by picking billionaire Nicole Shanahan to be his vice president. The View brought up the topic of Kennedy by disgustingly co-opting the...
Using Google Photos the Israeli Army enhanced the facial recognition technology of Corsight AI which was made to identify Hamas associated people
To help California fight climate change, air quality regulators would like to see 20% of the state's farmland go organic by 2045. That means converting about 65,000 acres of conventional fields to organic practices every year. But depending on how that transition happens, the change could lead to an overall increase in the amount of pesticide used by growers throughout the state. So suggests a new study in the journal Science that examined how organic farms influence the behavior of their...
UK-based Daniel Bombic facing extradition over extremism charges.