Google starts doing the Googling for you: Search will never be the same

If you’ve been online since the mid-90s, you’ll remember the chaos of pre-Google search, which is probably best exemplified by Dogpile, a search engine that literally searched all the other search engines for you, to give you some hope of finding what … Continue reading Google starts doing the Googling for you: Search will never be the same

Audio deepfakes: What they are, and the risks they present

Audio deepfakes are becoming a big problem. Recent cybercriminal campaigns use voice cloning technology to replicate the speech tone and patterns of celebrities such as Elon Musk, Mr. Beast Tiger Woods, and others and use them for endorsing fake contes… Continue reading Audio deepfakes: What they are, and the risks they present

SpeakerBeam hearing aid tech only amplifies specific people’s voices

Even when using a hearing aid, it can be quite difficult for deaf people to make out specific individuals’ voices in noisy environments. The new SpeakerBeam system could help, by automatically recognizing and boosting a select person’s voice.Continue R… Continue reading SpeakerBeam hearing aid tech only amplifies specific people’s voices

Cybercriminals can break voice authentication with 99% success rate

Computer scientists at the University of Waterloo have discovered a method of attack that can successfully bypass voice authentication security systems with up to a 99% success rate after only six tries. Experts expose flaws in voiceprint technology Vo… Continue reading Cybercriminals can break voice authentication with 99% success rate