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US regulators consider regulating political deep fakes ahead of 2024 election
11.8.2023
The U.S. Federal Election Commission unanimously voted to advance a petition to regulate political ads that use artificial intelligence
Universal Music and Google in talks over deal to combat AI deep fakes: Report
9.8.2023
Universal Music and Google are reportedly in negotiations over a tool that would allow for the creation of AI tracks using artists’ likenesses in a legal way
Crypto News Today: Bitcoin's Rally Toward $30K, PayPal's Stablecoin Fakes, and More
8.8.2023
As Bitcoin retakes $30K and major players like PayPal delve into the crypto realm, the intersection of traditional finance and crypto becomes more pronounced
EU Project to Fight Fakes Succeeds By Being Open, Founder Says
22.9.2022
A publicly backed blockchain project to stop counterfeit goods from entering the European Union is trying to avoid mistakes of the past, its founder told CoinDesk
2 Mirrored, Copycat Bored Ape NFT Projects Cause Copyright Infringement Controversy
1.1.2022
In the midst of the hype surrounding the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible token (NFT) collectibles, two NFT projects have appeared offering near-identical or mirrored versions of the original BAYC NFTs. The NFT marketplace Opensea has removed the NFT projects from the market for breaking...
Beltracchi’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ — Notorious Art Forger Banned from Selling at Galleries Steps Into the NFT Game
10.10.2021
While the world of non-fungible token (NFT) assets continues to swell, the notorious artist and art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi has joined the NFT industry with a collection of NFTs called “The Greats.” Beltracchi is well known for admitting that he forged hundreds of paintings...
Man Fakes Own Kidnapping and Runs Off with USD 1.15M in Clients’ Bitcoin
31.8.2021
The head of the biggest police agency in Venezuela says that a crypto go-between appears to have faked his own kidnapping as part of an audacious bid to disappear with some USD 1.15m worth of his customers’ bitcoin (BTC) funds.
Per El National and an Instagram post from Douglas Rico, the head...
8 Crypto Mining Apps Exposed as Fakes - And 120 More are Still in Business
25.8.2021
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Eight cryptocurrency cloud mining apps that pretended to offer crypto such as bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) to users in return for investments into cloud-mining operations were recently found to be fakes, tricking users into watching ads and paying for subscription...
Twitch's New Hot Tub Category Is Full Of Parodies, Fakes, And Scams
24.5.2021
Last week, Twitch finally responded to controversy surrounding the so-called “hot tub meta” by clarifying its rules and creating a new section called Pools, Hot Tubs, and Beaches. Given that many complaints about hot tub streams stemmed from the idea that they represented a “loophole” in Twitch’s...
Roblox Player Fakes Their Way Into White House Press Briefings
13.4.2021
An independent journalist named Kacey Montagu has spent the last few months integrating herself within the White House press corps, lying about her connections to outlets both real and fictional to ask the Biden administration questions during official briefings. But according to Politico, Montagu...
Attestiv CEO on Using DLT to Fight Fake News, Insurance Fraud, and Deep-Fakes
22.3.2020
Cointelegraph interviewed Attestiv CEO Nico Vekiarides about the role of blockchain in fighting fake news and insurance fraud
Preloading Pages Just Before They are Needed
27.9.2019
The typical journey for a person browsing a website: view a page, click a link, browser loads new page. That's assuming no funny business like a Single Page App, which still follows that journey, but the browser doesn't load a new page — the client fakes it for the sake of a snappier...
Mastercard to Tackle Fashion Fakes with Blockchain Tracking Solution
6.8.2019
Mastercard is to demo a new blockchain-based product tracking solution during an upcoming showcase of women fashion designers
Ugandan President Backs Bid to Tackle Fake Meds With Blockchain
22.7.2019
Uganda's government is supporting a project using blockchain tech to fight the problem of counterfeit medicines