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Google’s neural networks turn pixelated faces back into real ones
While there are interesting potential real-world applications for the technology, for now the Google team is focused on the theoretical advances
News in brief: Yahoo faced with suit; dev hits back at support scammers; Note 7 batteries flare up
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Scammers slip fake Amazon ad under Google’s nose
The spoofed ad sent Windows users into fake Microsoft-sponsored blue screens of death and Mac users into fake cryptoware warnings
How would you feel about your kids’ teachers wearing a body camera?
It may just be a trial at the moment, but there are privacy and ethical issues for schools to consider when they issue body cameras to teachers
News in brief: Big Brother in India; hacking warning to journalists; WordPress sites hit
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Neural face recognition network tuned with 650,000 pornstar images
But did anyone ask the actors – all women – for consent to use their images?
News in brief: ministers ‘not securing Twitter accounts’; dark web bug bounty; move on fake news in France
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Hackers take down dark web host linked with child abuse images
Freedom Hosting II sites defaced by hackers who claim to have 75GB of data from more than 10,000 onion sites
News in brief: more IoT devices than humans; FBI makes requests harder; rail users could pay by iris scans
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