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Thousands show up in Dublin, duped by online Halloween parade hoax

Large crowds that gathered in central Dublin for a Halloween parade were tricked, not treated, by an apparent online hoax.

Two M-Rated N64 Games Are Now On Nintendo Switch Online Ahead Of Halloween

Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack is celebrating spooky season with the addition of two M-rated N64 games--Shadow Man and Turok 2: Seeds of Evil. Both games featuring weird creatures to fight ...

Tech - GameSpot - 3 days ago

How to detect online image manipulation

With so many online images looking authentic, it can be hard to tell what's real. The CBS News Confirmed team, led by Executive Producer Melissa Mahtani and Producer Alex Clark, shares tips on how ...

OpenAI brings online search to ChatGPT

Move takes aim at rivals including Google and Perplexity

Business - Financial Times - Yesterday

How to spot fake hurricane images online

A wave of images generated by artificial intelligence confused and misled many social media users after real hurricanes Helene and Milton hit the southern U.S. CBS News Confirmed producer Alex ...

Online killer McCartney 'robbed us of granddaughter'

BBC News NI looks at the some of the victims behind the man dubbed the UK's most prolific catfisher.

Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories Are Already Thriving Online

Pro-Trump groups have spent years building election denial networks that, combined with Big Tech’s hands-off approach and continued foreign interference, have created a toxic information ecosystem.

Tech - Wired - 3 days ago

Steve Bannon Is Out of Prison and Spreading Lies Online

Within hours of being freed from a low-security prison where he’d been serving time on contempt charges, the MAGA architect was rallying his troops on a Rumble stream.

Tech - Wired - 2 days ago

Grave cleaning videos spark fascination and outrage online

On social media platforms, users have created online communities around the practice of cleaning gravesites. Audiences have become fascinated by the trend.

Whole Body Deodorants, and Their Ads, Inspire Online Debates

No. But body odor is a hot topic on social media as companies try to provide what one dermatologist called, “the answer to a problem people didn’t even know they have.”

Lifestyle - The New York Times - 2 days ago