Science & Tech
7 Feb
Fake ads and TV news interviews are going viral on social media, used as advertisements promoting apps and games to get rich quick. The faces of several celebrities like Ed Sheeran, Kylian Mbappé and news presenters from around the world are being distorted by AI deepfakes – including our own here at FRANCE 24. Vedika Bahl takes a deeper dive into these invented interviews in this edition of Truth or Fake.
6 Feb
Two decades ago, Facebook kicked off the rise of social media. But an initial enthusiasm has now given way to disillusionment, and criticism of the company's practices is growing.
5 Feb
Facebook has been accused by rights group Amnesty International of contributing to violence during the brutal two-year conflict in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region.
4 Feb
Paris' public transport system (RATP) will provide 3,000 agents with artificial intelligence-supported translation devices to help thousands of visitors navigate through the capital's network during this year's Olympics.
4 Feb
Elon Musk cannot keep his "unfathomable" $56 billion pay package. The judge in the US state of Delaware ruled that the compensation of the Tesla chief executive was too much.
4 Feb
Ms Yaccarino, as well as Discord boss Jason Citron and Snap chief Evan Spiegel, received subpoenas - a legal order - before agreeing to appear at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Mr Zuckerberg and TikTok chief executive Shou Zi Chew voluntarily agreed to testify.
2 Feb
How social media is used to turn migrants into slaves. Advertisements on social media platforms like Facebook entice people with supposedly lucrative jobs in Europe. Those who respond are often exploited, even in rich countries like Germany.
1 Feb
US federal agencies said they broke up a ring of Beijing-backed hackers targeting critical infrastructure. FBI boss Christopher Wray said there is "far too little public focus" on the threat.
31 Jan
Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chips recently got approved for human trials. Meanwhile Swiss researchers made a paralyzed man walk again. What else is possible with Brain-Computer-Interfaces?
30 Jan
Japan's space agency JAXA has said its SLIM moon probe has resumed operations after days of power failure.
30 Jan
A new security feature called Stolen Device Protection has been added to all iPhones in Apple’s latest iOS 17.3 update. The trillion-dollar company explained that it is an optional feature, but it urged all of its customers to turn it on.
28 Jan
This week we bring you two conversations from the World Economic Forum in Davos. The rise of artificial intelligence and the green transition are two of the most pressing issues of our day.