Are CAPTCHAs obsolete in the age of AI?

When you click to enter a website or try to log in or fill out a form, you may be asked to identify motorcycles from a grid of grainy images, decipher a string of convoluted characters, or click a box that states “I am not a robot.”These tests are called CAPTCHAs, which stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.” As their name suggests, they are meant to help a website distinguish if an action is coming from a human or a bot, since the aforementioned tasks are theoretically easy for a human and difficult…

Gerrit Cole overrules Aaron Boone in gutsy, winning outing for Yankees

For much of the time Gerrit Cole has been back in the Yankees rotation after recovering from Tommy John surgery, the team had been clicking. Now, they’re still without Aaron Judge in the lineup and Carlos Rodón has joined Max Fried on the IL. And then there’s the seven-game losing…

Jalen Brunson opens up about Mavericks letting him and Luka Doncic go

Jalen Brunson reflected on his time with the Mavericks during a sit-down with Sports Illustrated this week. Brunson was going through different images that took him through various points of his career, and stopped on one where he was photographed with star Luka Doncic from the 2018 Draft, where both…

England hotel in Mexico protected by security ahead of World Cup clash

England and Mexico square off in the Round of 16 Sunday, but the highly-anticipated match has already resulted in quite the theatrics. According to several reports, England’s hotel in Mexico City is under heavy security with police, riot shields and road blocks in place amid concerns over local fans attempting…

Pavel Dorofeyev embracing ‘privilege’ of helping Rangers in retool

Pavel Dorofeyev had spent plenty of time in the Tri-State Area before he put pen to paper on a seven-year, $77 million deal with the Rangers last month.  Since beginning his transition into a full-time NHL role in 2022, the Russian wing has trained with Ben Prentiss in Stamford, Conn.,…

California governor race odds swing wildly after snoozy debate

The debate last night for California’s governor’s race may have given progressive billionaire Tom Steyer an edge, according to traders — while a once-surging candidate could face a drop-off. The roughly hour-and-half-long debate was the first one after former congressman Eric Swalwell dropped his bid due to sexual assault allegations.…

Winning Polymarket bets on strange temps at Paris airport spark tampering probe: reports

Mystery Polymarket traders raked in huge profits after correctly predicting an unusual temperature spike at a weather station in Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, prompting French officials to launch an investigation into suspected tampering. Polymarket, a leading prediction market, allows users to place bets on the maximum temperature based on readings…

Doug Martin, former Vikings star, dead at 68

Vikings great Doug Martin passed away at the age of 68 on Monday.  Martin, one of the best defensive lineman in Minnesota franchise history, was the ninth overall pick in the 1980 NFL Draft. “I’ll always remember his big chuckle, his laugh, and I will miss him calling me ‘Moony,’”…

‘Strong, undeniable public examples of something positive’: Astronaut Chris Hadfield on why Artemis II hit him hard, the importance of spaceflight, and why we need to send a guitar to the moon

With Artemis II complete, NASA is pushing ahead with plans to build a permanent human habitat on the moon, and retired Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield wants to make sure one crucial piece of technology is awaiting the future crop of lunar settlers: a guitar.”We keep a guitar on…

Kansas City Chiefs coach arrested day before NFL draft

Chiefs defensive backs coach Dave Merritt was arrested just hours before the start of the NFL draft, according to authorities in Kansas. Johnson County jail records show Merritt was booked on Wednesday on one charge of domestic battery. Merritt allegedly “unlawfully, knowingly, or recklessly” caused “bodily harm” to a family…

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