Month: February 2024

Humans are living longer than ever no matter where they come from 

Disease outbreaks and human conflicts help dictate regional differences in longevity.

An older person drinking coffee in an urban environment.

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Most of us want to stay on this planet as long as possible. While there are still differences depending on sex and region, we are now living longer as a species—and it seems life spans will only continue to grow longer.

Researcher David Atance of Universidad de Alcalá, Spain, and his team gathered data on the trends of the past. They then used their findings to project what we can expect to see in the future. Some groups have had it harder than others because of factors such as war, poverty, natural disasters, or disease, but the researchers found that morality and longevity trends are becoming more similar regardless of disparities between sexes and locations.

“The male-female gap is decreasing among the [clusters],” they said in a study recently published in PLOS One.

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KI: Deepfake eines Finanzchefs ermöglicht Millionenbetrug

Ein Angestellter überwies 23 Millionen Euro an Betrüger, die sich mithilfe von Deepfakes in einer Videokonferenz als seine Vorgesetzten ausgegeben haben. (Deepfake, KI)

Ein Angestellter überwies 23 Millionen Euro an Betrüger, die sich mithilfe von Deepfakes in einer Videokonferenz als seine Vorgesetzten ausgegeben haben. (Deepfake, KI)