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3 mn readArtificial intelligence can now clone human voices so well they that they are almost indistinguishable from the real thing. But how would it fare against the voice recognition tech that is supposed to protect people’s bank accounts? As part of the BBC’s Scam Safe Week, I have been investigating the power of voice cloning. The […]
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4 mn readPublic sector workers are on tenterhooks, hoping sometime in the next six weeks the Senate will pass a bill to allow them to receive Social Security benefits they feel they’re entitled. Last week, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House passed the Social Security Fairness Act to eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduce Social […]
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2 mn readVictoria Kjær Theilvig of Denmark has been crowned Miss Universe 2024, becoming the first Dane to ever win the competition. The 21-year-old, a competitive dancer, entrepreneur, and aspiring lawyer, beat more than 120 other contestants to win the annual beauty pageant in Mexico City on Saturday night. She was applauded by other contestants on stage […]
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4 mn readFour scholars from South Carolina State University’s Dr. Emily England Clyburn Honors College recently networked with peers from around the country at a national conference in Texas. In what Dr. William H. Whitaker Jr., Honors College dean, described as a significant moment for academic excellence and cultural celebration, the scholars attended the National Association of […]
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2 mn readAn emergency hearing was held in Colorado Thursday morning regarding a lawsuit against the Mountain West Conference and San Jose State University. This the latest turn of events after a San Jose State player claimed that her teammate is transgender. As a season full of controversy for the San Jose State women’s volleyball team comes […]
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3 mn readIn 1998 Congress enacted the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act which provided funds to the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create a mechanism whereby the hiring of foreign workers in technology-intensive sectors on H-1B visas would help address the long-term workforce needs of the United States. Initially, scholarships were only provided for students […]
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