New “deepfakes” face-swapping concerns
The practice of swapping faces in a video, (dubbed ‘deepfakes’), is accessible to anyone now, sparking new fears over the credibility of video.
Indigo Who? Rainbows and Isaac Newton
There are really only six colours of the rainbow, so why did we learn “Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain”?
Liking Banksy makes us stupid, apparently
Art critic Jonathan Jones says that Banksy’s popularity is proof that we are all stupid. I say we have been here before with Dadaism, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.
“DO NOT TOUCH”
Mike Pence: “Sorry NASA, Marco Rubio dared me to do it!”. We are being governed by a bunch of school kids, and not the clever ones either.
Fark, it’s a Streetlight!
It’s been 10 years now since a bewildered amateur photographer asked, “WTF did I just take a picture of?”. What ensued was the hilarious 30 page thread entitled, “It’s a Streetlight”.
James Fridman – Photoshop Troll King!
James Fridman is a Photoshop guru who uses his skills to Troll. People send him photographs and he ‘shops them, often with hilarious results!
NASA DIDN’T change your Zodiac sign
If you thought you were a Scorpio or Sagittarius, chances are you might be wrong. But NASA is not to blame, because Astrology isn’t real!
“Come catch me”
In sobering irony, Syrian children have started holding up photos of Pokémon, in the hopes that the world will find them, and save them.
The Brexit Brick Wall
Cameron very wisely side-stepped, and now no politician wants to be the PM that invokes Article 50 and commits career suicide.
THREE BILLION DOLLARS a year?
Did you know that US taxpayers give Israel roughly THREE BILLION DOLLARS a year to fund it’s occupation of Palestine?
Douglas Adams was right! (almost)
Douglas Adams wrote that if ever we discover exactly what the Universe is for, it will disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre … turns out that he was right, (almost)!
Concerned about the future? You should be…
Microsoft programmed “Tay”, an Artificial Intelligence modeled to speak like a teen girl, and set it loose on Twitter. What followed was a PR nightmare!