Project said to be well resourced, lots of tweaks in new version, plenty more to do Thunderbird 91 has been released with support for Apple Silicon and other enhancements.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

Hollywood is embracing deepfakes, and we all can be a part of it: Warner Bros. has tapped synthetic media startup D-ID to promote its new movie “Reminiscence.” From a report: A new website allows anyone to upload a photo, which D-ID’s AI then turns into a moving deepfake video sequence in a short video clip…

Mike Richards, already a producer on the show, will serve as main host, with Bialik hosting specials. …read more Source:: CNet

Among other key findings, the number of Americans identifying as multiracial increased 276% since 2010. …read more Source:: CNet

Amazon.com withdrew a set of staff guidelines that claimed ownership rights to video games made by employees after work hours and dictated how they could distribute them, according to a company email. Bloomberg: The longstanding policies within Amazon Game Studios had drawn criticism on social media over the last month after a Google engineer posted…

5150: Not just a medical emergency, also the beginning of the office brick It is 40 years today since the IBM Model 5150 was unleashed upon the world, creating a tsunami of beige that washed over offices everywhere.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The white cane (and its many variants) is an everyday carry for many visually impaired people. This low-tech tool allows those afflicted by visual impairment to safely navigate the world around them, and has been ubiquitous in many parts of the world for decades. [Madaeon] has been hard at work going one step further in…

Microsoft is improving some of the built-in apps available in Windows 11. From a report: Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel can now test new updates to the Snipping Tool, Calculator, Mail, and Calendar apps. Some of the updates are minor, but all are designed to match the new visual style in Windows 11. Microsoft…

A nurse is suspected of switching out doses of the coronavirus vaccine with salt water. …read more Source:: CNet

A crush of new attacks using the well-known adware involves at least 150 updated samples, many of which aren’t recognized by Apple’s built-in security controls. …read more Source:: Threatpost