The Real-Time Deepfake Romance Scams Have Arrived

Watch how smooth-talking scammers known as “Yahoo Boys” use widely available face-swapping tech to carry out elaborate romance scams.

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The future of the Xbox looks a lot like a PC
Microsoft’s gaming chief has been dropping a lot of hints about the future of Xbox recently.

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Amazon Prime Growth Takes Off Again.
A Record 75% of Americans Use the subscription service

📦 Amazon's Prime membership hit a record 180 million US shoppers in Q1, according to new estimates
📦 Growth appeared to have plateaued after the pandemic

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✈️ americanair is debuting new amenity kits, bedding and meals Memorial Day weekend. This includes the airline's first-ever rotating selection of amenity kits, sustainability-focused bedding & additional meal choices as part of new menu rotation

#travel
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Harvard Research Reveals the Best Way to Describe Yourself:
Hard work matters, but science indicates that we have an unconscious bias--regardless of eventual level of skill--for people who possessed innate talent.

👉 Be a 'natural'

#FutureOfWork
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10 Years Ago, Google Started a Smartphone Photography Revolution With an App You Can’t Install Today

Inverse visited Google’s top-secret #Pixel design studio to talk to Isaac Reynolds, the man in charge of building cameras for Pixel devices

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How #Tech Shapes Your Choices
🎙️Roku 's second hack - 576.000 accounts;  #X 's new sweep-you may lose followers; Apple permitting used parts repair iPhones; See the next eclipse; McDonalds scented billboards; Google rolling out Find My Device and trackers; Tesla opens up…

: It's time for the Barbie collabs to stop

Fast Company is calling for an immediate moratorium on all bright pink objects.

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Americans Throw Away Up to $68 Million in Coins a Year.
Here Is Where It All Ends Up

💰 So many coins end up in the trash that one company is digging them up for profit

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The scammy underbelly of online self-publishing:

Amazon is filled with garbage ebooks.
Here’s how they get made.

It’s partly #AI , partly a get-rich-quick scheme, and entirely bad for confused consumers.

Expose by Vox
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Don't want to lose your Gmail account?
Explore security beyond 2FA

There's been a lot of noise about having trouble with 2FA compromised by hackers. They claim they did everything right in terms of security but still ended up locked out of their accounts

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“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”

– John Wooden
#ThursdayMotivation
#positivity
#quoteoftheday

They Experimented on Themselves in Secret. What They Discovered Helped Win a War

The untold, top-secret story of the British researchers who found the key to keeping humans alive underwater—and helped make D-Day a success.
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Google One #AI -features that were only available with subscription will now be available to all users for free

✨Features such as the Magic Eraser & Portrait Light will be available to ALL GOOGLE PHOTOS USERS with compatible devices starting May 15

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As Podcast Listening Grows, More Women Tune In

🎙️ Some 45% of women ages 12 and older listened to #podcasts in the past month, just shy of the comparable share of men (48%).

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Marketing Leadership: Hiring A CMO & The Prior Experience Dilemma Via CMSWire.com bit.ly/3vWNydk #marketing #CMO

When I worked at the Miami Herald, John Knight's policy was no personal political bias. Not even to have election stickers on cars. Neutrality is the keystone of journalism.

NPR Business Editor Uri Berliner Resigns After Suspension & Criticism Of Network

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The States And Cities With The Largest Homeless Populations, Mapped

Just four states account for more than half of all people experiencing homelessness in the US

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How to Leave a Bad Online Review Without Being a Jerk

Bad reviews hurt business owners.
Should customers be more constructive?

#cx #custserv #ugc
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Heineken, the beer company, just launched a phone

Is it the most stunning retro-modern gizmo to come out after the Pocket Analogue, and will it make any nerd lose their sleep? Also yes.

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