Casper
@Casper
427 posts
Joined on 26 Mar 2018
Casper upvoted the following post 1 day ago:
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‘It’s insane’: Teacher praises technology that protected students during shooting
TechCrunchYouTube on Thursday announced a new set of AI detection tools to protect creators, including artists, actors, musicians and athletes, from having their likeness, including their face and voice, copied and used in other videos. One key component of the new detec...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 2 days ago:
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The Women who Forged Medieval England
The forge of the Tower of London was constantly ablaze in summer 1346. England was at war with France, so, in addition to the Tower’s usual function as mint and prison, the royal fortress now served as a giant military hub, collating supplies of iron, timber and – most im...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 2 days ago:
Myles
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2 days ago
Elton John left with 'limited vision' in one eye
Sir Elton John says he has been left with "only limited vision" in one eye after a "severe" infection.The 77-year-old music legend said he was healing from the infection, but that his recovery would take time."Over the summer, I've been dealing with a severe eye infection...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 3 days ago:
Iva
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3 days ago
What a Broligarch Wants
Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration.Eight years ago, the PayPal and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel was an outlier in liberal Silicon Valley for publicly supporting Donald Trump. But now a number of prominent male tech plutocrats who previo...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 5 days ago:
Adelia
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5 days ago
Saving Southeast Asia’s Sunken Warships
Some 2,000 war and merchant ships were sunk in the waters of Southeast Asia during the Second World War, constituting around ten per cent of the estimated 20,000 vessels lost globally during the conflict. Many of these wrecks – American, Dutch, British, Australian and Jap...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 5 days ago:
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Ericka
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GitHub is down
GitHub, the popular code repository and developer platform, has recovered after dealing with some major issues on Wednesday that affected its website and many GitHub services. The company has rolled back changes to its database infrastructure that apparently caused the is...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 6 days ago:
Myles
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6 days ago
HP Elite x360 1040 G11 2-in-1 Review: The Crème de la Crème of Business Laptops
HP laptops have always been all business—so much so that they’ve become a long-time favorite among professionals or students who want laptops that can handle all their productivity tasks with a solid ...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 6 days ago:
Alexie
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6 days ago
Latest iOS, MacOS Betas Get Rid of Annoying Popups With ‘Distraction Control’
If you can’t stand the way the internet looks nowadays—with it so full to the gills with popups and ads—then you should test out Safari on the latest iPhone and macOS betas. Apple’s default browser can now annihilate popups, video...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 6 days ago:
Anderson
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6 days ago
The Creators of 'Industry' Know Banking Is a Rigged Game
Did being open to the weirdness and idiosyncrasies teach you anything?MD: You know, the show is hard edge and it’s frenetic. It’s about a very cold industry. And the show works when it reflects all that stuff, but what we discovered in season three is that the show can ha...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 8 days ago:
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Teagan
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8 days ago
Shein says it found two cases of child labor in its supply chain last year
Shein, the massively popular bargain bin retailer selling clothes, accessories, and home goods, said it uncovered two cases of child labor between Q1 and Q3 of 2023. In its most recent sustainability report released last week, Shein said the discoveries were made through ...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 8 days ago:
Rex
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8 days ago
Labor Day deal: Microsoft Office and Windows 11 Pro for Just $41, 90% Off!
In a special offer for Labor Day, StackSocial is providing an incredible opportunity to secure lifetime (!!) access to Office Professional Plus 2019 and Windows 11 Pro for the unbelievable price of just $41.This deal allows you to...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 8 days ago:
Elvie
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8 days ago
‘Hitler’s People’ by Richard Evans review
There is a deliberate echo in Richard Evans’ new study of actors and perpetrators in the Third Reich of the classic book written by the German journalist Joachim C. Fest, The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership, now more than 60 years ago. Like Fest,...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 8 days ago:
Webster
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8 days ago
‘South American Soccer Is in Mourning’: Uruguayan Player Juan Izquierdo Dies at 27 After Collapse...
Tributes have poured in after the death of Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo on Tuesday night. The 27-year-old, a defender for his hometown’s Club Nacional de Football, died in hospital after he had collapsed last Thursday on the pitch during a match in Brazil. “All ...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 8 days ago:
Marjory
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8 days ago
3 men beat LA doctor with baseball bats months before deadly shooting: report
LOS ANGELES - Chilling new details have emerged about the Los Angeles doctor who was shot and killed outside an urgent care center in Woodland Hills.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Beloved doctor gunned down outside LA urgent care centerInvestigators with the Los Angeles Police Depart...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 8 days ago:
Emmie
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8 days ago
Hollywood's new hot business strategy: Celebrity BFFs
"It's not what you know; it's who you know." This saying has been around Tinsel Town for as long as the Hollywood sign has loomed over Los Angeles.That's still true for those seeking stardom, but recently, it has also been true for celebrities setting out on business vent...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 8 days ago:
Nestor
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8 days ago
A concertgoer got on stage with Macklemore. Police say she'd 'forgotten' she was a wanted person ...
A Slovakian woman had the chance of a lifetime to sing onstage with American rapper Macklemore in front of tens of thousands of people, but there was one major problem—she was wanted by the police.The force said in the post that the woman, who ultimately accepted the off...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 11 days ago:
Mariano
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11 days ago
Paramount's last-minute bidder wants to partner with a streaming service, report says
Edgar Bronfman Jr. plans to shake up Paramount's streaming strategy by teaming up with a tech giant like Amazon or Apple, Bloomberg reported on Sunday.Bronfman, the former CEO of Warner Music Group, made an eleventh-hour bid just before Paramount's merger with Skydance Me...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 14 days ago:
Minnie
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15 days ago
Trump fact-checked on Fox & Friends after making false claim about Kamala Harris and Putin
The moment after Donald Trump hung up after a call-in interview with the hosts of "Fox & Friends," co-host Brian Kilmeade immediately fact-checked one claim the former president made about Vice President Kamala Harris.During one of the many rambling diatribes Trump la...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 14 days ago:
Rex
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15 days ago
I Feel Like the Black Sheep of My Family. How Can We Be Closer?
Episode Notes Kate’s entire family loves to go on intense, day-long hikes. Kate does not. It’s just one of many differences that makes her feel like a black sheep. But Kate desperately wants to be close to her family—without disregarding...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 14 days ago:
Rowan
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15 days ago
Megalopolis‘s New Trailer Prepares You for a Critical Backlash
Lionsgate has released a new trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis front-loaded with scathing reviews for The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Have a look: As Laurence Fishburne narrates, “one filmmaker has always...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 14 days ago:
Marlon
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14 days ago
Trump Says He’s Afraid of AI After Sharing AI-Images of a Fake Taylor Swift Endorsement
On Sunday, Donald Trump shared an AI-generated image of Taylor Swift in the style of an Uncle Sam propaganda poster. In the picture, Swift pointed at the audience and told fans to vote for Trump. On Wednesday, Fox Business asked Trump if he was...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 15 days ago:
Alexander
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15 days ago
Gustav Vasa: The Father of Modern Sweden?
On 4 November 1520 Christian II of Denmark and Norway was crowned king of Sweden. In the decade preceding the coronation the so-called Kalmar Union, which since 1397 had joined the three kingdoms under a common monarchy, had been the cause of a series of rebellions raised...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 15 days ago:
Minnie
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15 days ago
Dropbox Acquires Reclaim.ai
We're excited to share that Reclaim.ai has been acquired by Dropbox, and our team will be joining to help drive the future of productivity for hundreds of millions of people worldwide. As part of the Dropbox team, we’re going to continue investing in the Reclaim you kno...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 15 days ago:
Marjory
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15 days ago
Mike Lynch, ‘Britain’s Bill Gates,’ Confirmed Dead in Superyacht Wreck
British software mogul Mike Lynch, 59, has died after a superyacht he was onboard sank off the coast of Sicily, where he was celebrating being acquitted of fraud by a jury in the US weeks earlier.Lynch, his teenage daughter Hannah, and four other passengers—including Morg...continued
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Casper upvoted the following post 15 days ago:
Jimmy
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15 days ago
Aug. 11 Olympics schedule: Basketball, closing ceremony
Aug 11, 2024, 08:49 AM ETThe 2024 Olympics are almost finished. August 11th will bring final stretch developments in basketball and volleyball, in addition to the closing ceremony. Can the U.S. women's basketball team and U.S. women's volleyball team bring home gold medal...continued
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