How Researchers Measure, Detect and Benchmark AI Manipulation

:::info Authors: Enes Altuncu, ea483@kent.ac.uk (University of Kent, UK) Virginia N. L. Franqueira, V.Franqueira@kent.ac.uk (University of Kent, UK) Shujun Li, S.J.Li@kent.ac.uk (University of Kent, UK) ::: Abstract Recent advancements in AI, especially deep learning, have contributed to a significant increase in the creation of new realistic-looking synthetic media (video, image, and audio) and manipulation of … Read more

You can still grab great deals on Bose headphones and Astro Bot this weekend

Welcome to the weekend, friends! While the rest of our team was checking out Samsung’s forthcoming Galaxy S26 lineup and prepping for Apple’s “special experience” next week, we’ve been sifting through Woot’s “Video Games for All” sale and a truly weird slate of deals that, frankly, don’t have a throughline. (Some of us have also … Read more

The HackerNoon Newsletter: Why “Small Changes” Don’t Exist in Production Game Systems (2/28/2026)

How are you, hacker? 🪐 What’s happening in tech today, February 28, 2026? The HackerNoon Newsletter brings the HackerNoon homepage straight to your inbox. On this day, we present you with these top quality stories. From Why “Small Changes” Don’t Exist in Production Game Systems to How to Navigate Identity, Direction, Story, and Sovereignty in … Read more

Go 1.22: A Change in Loop Scoping

Go 1.21 includes a preview of a change to for loop scoping that we plan to ship in Go 1.22, removing one of the most common Go mistakes. The Problem If you’ve written any amount of Go code, you’ve probably made the mistake of keeping a reference to a loop variable past the end of … Read more

Meet M6: The Chinese AI That Understands Text and Images at Scale

:::info Authors: Junyang Lin, junyang.ljy@alibaba-inc.com (Alibaba Group, China) Rui Men, menrui.mr@alibaba-inc.com (Alibaba Group, China) An Yang, ya235025@alibaba-inc.com (Alibaba Group, China) Chang Zhou, ericzhou.zc@alibaba-inc.com (Alibaba Group, China) Ming Ding, dm18@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn (Tsinghua University, China) Yichang Zhang, yichang.zyc@alibaba-inc.com (Alibaba Group, China) Peng Wang, zheluo.wp@alibaba-inc.com (Alibaba Group, China) Ang Wang, wangang.wa@alibaba-inc.com (Alibaba Group, China) Le Jiang, jiangle.jl@alibaba-inc.com (Alibaba Group, … Read more

Startup Cerebral Agrees to Pay $7 Million Fine and More Under Order by the FTC

This article was co-published with STAT, a national publication that delivers trusted and authoritative journalism about health, medicine, and the life sciences. Sign up for its health tech newsletter here. Telehealth company Cerebral will limit the consumer health data it uses for advertising purposes under a new order announced by the Federal Trade Commission last week. Cerebral, … Read more