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New online tool allows teens to remove explicit images

New online tool allows teens to remove explicit images

‘Take it Down’ aims to give back agency to teens and victims of revenge porn.  Young people are often vilified for sharing explicit images of themselves online. ‘Everything on the internet lasts forever’ is often the warning cry of older generations. The reality is that many teens are coerced into uploading explicit content – often under duress and by much older influences. Young people are also less likely to grasp the consequences...

By Brighton, UK
Snapchat announces its own integrated chatbot ‘My AI’

Snapchat announces its own integrated chatbot ‘My AI’

Snap has announced its own ChatGPT-style chatbot called ‘My AI,’ rolling out to paying subscribers and eventually everyone. This is billed as more a virtual friend, than all-powerful writing machine. Being ahead of the curve isn’t necessarily always best. In the realm of tech, sitting back and learning from rival mistakes can sometimes be the better recipe for success. With an eager eye on the commercial AI race unfolding between Microsoft...

By London, UK
Does the post-apocalypse shooter ‘The Day Before’ really exist?

Does the post-apocalypse shooter ‘The Day Before’ really exist?

‘The Day Before’ has been billed as a massive online post-apocalypse zombie shooter. It is the second most wish-listed game on Steam and has lapped up serious levels of hype. There’s only one catch – nobody is sure if it actually exists. When I mention video game disasters, what comes to mind? Most of us would probably list buggy, unplayable games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Fallout 76 as the biggest...

By Bristol, UK
Could gene-editing be used to treat mental illness?

Could gene-editing be used to treat mental illness?

Just as the technology is promising new therapies for everything from heart disease to cancer, some researchers believe that tinkering with the epigenome could help reverse the damage done by trauma. In recent years, scientists have made strides towards treating diseases through gene-editing technology, their most promising breakthrough being the discovery of CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats). The essence of CRISPR is simple: it’s a way of...

By London, UK