A Typo Landed an Innocent Gamer in Prison for 18 Months

One missing underscore in a Skyrim-themed username put an innocent Nova Scotia man in prison for 18 months. A 2018 child-luring investigation, which began in Madison, Wisconsin, and eventually extended to Halifax, Canada, was based…





Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem

Ever so slowly, the crackdown on harmful sexual deepfakes is taking hold. Over the past few months, US law enforcement officials have seized deepfake hosting websites, while the EU and UK have drawn up plans…



Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Clean Hydrogen Fuel

An illustration of a thermal treatment process that transforms heterogeneous plastic waste into a biomass-like hydrogen source, enabling hydrogen production without carbon dioxide emissions. Credit: Younghee Lee/CUBE3D Graphic The advance could provide a scalable route…