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Apr52021 by adminNo Comments

Online porn websites promote ‘sexually violent’ videos

Technology

Getty ImagesOne in eight porn videos promoted to first-time users of the UK's leading adult sites are labelled with text describing sexually violent acts, according to a study.It analysed titles and descriptions of 131,738 videos on Pornhub, XVideos and XHamster's launch pages.One researcher said the prevalence of descriptions of rape, physical abuse and incest was "shocking".The sites have challenged the study and said they remove illegal content.The findings are published in the latest issue of The British Journal of Criminology.The researchers involved took hourly screenshots of the homepages on the three most popular porn websites, over a six-month period between 2017 and 2018.Descriptions and titles - but not the content of the videos themselves - were searched-for keywords that corre...

Mar62021 by adminNo Comments

Cruise deepfake creator warns people to ‘think twice’ over trick videos

Technology

The creator of a series of deepfake Tom Cruise videos says he wants to make people more aware of what they are watching - and that it might not be real.Viewed more than 11 million times, Chris Ume's videos appear to show Cruise playing golf, doing a magic trick, and falling over while telling a story about former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. A deepfake usually involves an image or video in which a person or object is visually or audibly manipulated to say and do something that is fabricated.Most people realised Ume's videos were fake - but the 31-year-old says the speed the technology is advancing could pose problems in future. Image: The real Tom Cruise? "I always try to make funny content, but at the same time, when people see t...

Jan142021 by adminNo Comments

Nets, NBA investigate Kyrie Irving videos as mysterious absences stack up

Sports

Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The NBA and Brooklyn Nets have began a review into videos, which show Kyrie Irving without a mask while at a party, league and team officials said. The Nets guard hasn't played since Jan. 5 due to personal reasons. Videos of the gathering surfaced Monday on social media. Irving can been seen not wearing a mask while in a room with family members and several other people. Advertisement The interior of the building matches that of a New Jersey venue where Irving has hosted parties and mentioned it on social media. "We are aware of a video on social media featuring Kyrie Irving at a family gathering," Nets general manager Sean Marks said Tuesday. "We are reviewing the circumstances with both Kyrie and the NBA in order to determine compliance with health and safety protocols...

Nov102020 by adminNo Comments

Videos show why masks with exhalation valves don’t slow COVID-19 spread

Science

Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Masks with exhalation valves don't help slow the spread of COVID-19, according to new videos captured using the schlieren imaging system and a technique called light-scattering. Masks aren't so much a tool of self-preservation and individual protection as they are a social project. Their effectiveness relies on community-wide adoption and their benefits are shared. Advertisement Studies have shown that any one mask is only partially effective at blocking virus particles, but there is a synergistic effect when multiple people wear masks. However, new research published Tuesday in the journal Physics of Fluids suggests that synergy is undermined -- and the project to slow COVID-19 transmission through mask-wearing jeopardized -- when people sport masks with exhalation valve...

Apr282020 by adminNo Comments

Pentagon formally releases Navy videos of unidentified object encounters

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April 27 (UPI) -- The Pentagon formally released three videos on Monday taken by Navy pilots which indicate the presence of "unidentified aerial phenomena. The videos, one from 2004 and two from 2017, have been circulating since their unauthorized leaks, and the Navy has attested to their authenticity. They were officially released on Monday "in order to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real, or whether or not there is more to the videos," the Pentagon said in a statement. The videos show what appear to be unidentified flying objects, recorded by infrared cameras, rapidly moving past airborne planes. Audio in two videos include comments from surprised service members, with one voice suggesting the flying object could be...