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A phony campaign on X backing Trump ahead of the US election is using stolen or manipulated photos of real women in Europe to push its agenda.

The actress said it was "terrifying" to have to see "dirty edited content of me as a child."

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Language models generate text based on statistical probabilities. This led to serious false accusations against a veteran court reporter by Microsoft's Copilot.

Journey to the rest.

In the years since the alleged death of beloved accessibility advocate Susan Banks, mounting evidence and accounts from those close to her work suggest that she was not the person she claimed to be. In fact, some are convinced that Banks may never have existed at all.

The photograph is now meaningless as evidence. We are not prepared.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has a lot going for it, but its bloated scope embodies ongoing problems with modern AAA game development.

Cutesy, pink, and girly styles are on the rise in first-person shooters. Polygon spoke to the Valorant developers about how it makes cosmetics.

While Transgender lives in the UK and US are at risk, PinkNews abandons its transgender readers.

There were rumors surrounding the document and many believed it to be fake. It has been confirmed to be genuine by now.

Fordola and Yotsuyu's treatment and ultimate fate in the story are starkly different, and in this way they clearly expose underlying gendered biases in how their writers think about Evil Women(TM) and who “deserves” redemption in narratives about trauma and war.

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“Nudify” sites may be fined for making it easy to “see anyone naked,” suit says.

Jeff Goldblum guest hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday, introducing a segment that allowed working actors to qualify for health insurance

Two serious allegations emerged in August in the chess world: One poisoning allegation, and one sexual harassment report.

This is some beautifully-executed satire.

Former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss (whose reign lasted a mere 45 days) appeared at an event to promote her new book Ten Years to Save the West. As she was blathering on, activist group Led by Donkeys lowered a remote-controlled banner reading "I crashed the economy," with a picture of the famous head of lettuce that outlasted her time in office.

Truss, like most conservative politicians, had no sense of humor about the event, and marched off the stage.

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