Alarmed by the rise of realistic fake videos created with artificial intelligence, Facebook is funding a competition to find ways to automatically detect these counterfeits.The competition, called the Deepfake Detection Challenge, will be overseen by the Patnership on AI, a non-profit group whose members include many leading technology companies, non-governmental organizations, and research bodies. Microsoft…
Harrowing satellite images show the scale of flooding caused by Hurricane Dorian as it tore through the Bahamas early this week. Storm surges, 30 inches of rain, and 185-mph winds battered Grand Bahama and the Abacos Islands from Sunday to Tuesday. Radar satellite images taken by one of the Finnish company Iceye's microsatellites detail the…
“It has nothing to do with stopping others from using the term,” the basketball star said through a spokesman.ImageLeBron James on Sunday, clearly looking forward to Tuesday.CreditCreditMeg Oliphant/Getty ImagesSept. 4, 2019Updated 12:22 p.m. ETIt’s an undisputed fact that LeBron James loves tacos, especially on Tuesdays.And this Tuesday night, for seemingly the thousandth time, the millennial…
Tony Fadell, iPod inventor, iPhone co-inventor, Nest founder and Future Shape principal, is on a warpath against plastics. “Anyone that says plastics are a waste management problem is lying,” Fadell said during a fiery presentation at Fortune’s Global Sustainability Forum that riled against commonly proposed solutions to the plastic crisis, such as recycling, incineration, and…
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has agreed to withdraw the contentious extradition bill that spurred over three months of violent protest in the city. Lam said in a video broadcast that the bill has been withdrawn, citing citizen's concern over the bill. She stopped short of setting up an independent inquiry into allegations of…
The 23-year-old has advanced to his first Grand Slam quarterfinal and turned a booing New York crowd into a bunch of amusing adversaries.ImageFifth-seeded Daniil Medvedev egged on a booing crowd after his win on Sunday. He will face Stan Wawrinka on Tuesday afternoon.CreditCreditJason Decrow/Associated PressSept. 3, 2019Updated 11:50 a.m. ETDaniil Medvedev has become the dominant…
Investigative reporters make careers out of uncovering injustice and corruption, but the risks they face in doing so are often injustices of their own. Journalists around the world are regularly harassed, arrested, detained, and even killed for doing their important work. As a journalistic organization, Fortune refuses to stand by while injustices persist. That is…
Dorian struck the northern Bahamas, and mandatory evacuations were ordered along the southeastern coast of the United States. Right NowThe Category 5 hurricane ground to a near-halt above the Bahamas on Monday morning. Large stretches of Florida’s Atlantic coast continued to brace for the storm. VideoThe storm made landfall in the Bahamas as a Category…
Recession? Who's scared of a little recession? Leslie Saul wasn't when she started her eponymous architecture and design firm in 1992. "I think because it was a recession, people wanted to help me," she said. Through multiple later downturns nothing spooked her: Dips lasted only a few months. Then came 2008. After previous experience, Saul…
President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was not sure he had "ever even heard of a Category 5" hurricane, even though four storms of that classification have threatened the US mainland or US territories under his presidency. Trump received a briefing at the Federal Emergency Management Administration headquarters in Washington, DC, on Hurricane Dorian,…
