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AnyDream: Secretive AI Platform Broke Stripe Rules to Rake in Money from Nonconsensual Pornographic Deepfakes

AnyDream: Secretive AI Platform Broke Stripe Rules to Rake in Money from Nonconsensual Pornographic Deepfakes
Escalation in North-West Syria: Civilian Areas Hit in Renewed Attacks
  • Syria
  • Weapons

Escalation in North-West Syria: Civilian Areas Hit in Renewed Attacks

From Pixels to Punches: Geolocating a neo-Nazi and White Nationalist Combat Event in Los Angeles
  • Far-Right
  • Geolocation

From Pixels to Punches: Geolocating a neo-Nazi and White Nationalist Combat Event in Los Angeles

As Cargo Flights Leave Kaliningrad, Air Defence Systems Disappear
  • Russia
  • Satellite imagery

As Cargo Flights Leave Kaliningrad, Air Defence Systems Disappear

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Israel

Using Livestreams to Monitor Crises in Gaza and Beyond

Using Livestreams to Monitor Crises in Gaza and Beyond

  • Israel
  • Livestreams

From traffic cameras to live news footage, livestreams are now essential for open source researchers. Here’s how to make the most of them.

Confirming a Strike on Jabalia Refugee Camp as Israeli Forces Approach Gaza City
  • Geolocation
  • Israel

Confirming a Strike on Jabalia Refugee Camp as Israeli Forces Approach G...

Geolocating Hamas-Led Attacks on Israeli Civilians
  • Geolocation
  • Israel

Geolocating Hamas-Led Attacks on Israeli Civilians

Identifying Possible Crater from Gaza Hospital Blast
  • Imagery Analysis
  • Israel

Identifying Possible Crater from Gaza Hospital Blast

Environment

A New Tool Shows What War Has Done to Ukraine’s Forests

A New Tool Shows What War Has Done to Ukraine’s Forests

  • Environment
  • Ukraine

The OSINT Forest Area Tracker uses remote sensing to detect anomalous changes in the country’s nature reserves

Tiger Sheikhs: The Emirati Royals and Covert Celebrity Wildlife Shoots
  • Environment
  • UAE

Tiger Sheikhs: The Emirati Royals and Covert Celebrity Wildlife Shoots

Paradise Costs: Why Barbudans are Fighting a Luxury Resort
  • Caribbean
  • Environment

Paradise Costs: Why Barbudans are Fighting a Luxury Resort

Is Climate Change Heating up Central Asia’s Border Disputes? Clues from Satellite Imagery
  • Environment
  • Kyrgyzstan

Is Climate Change Heating up Central Asia’s Border Disputes? Clues from ...

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Frontline Facilitators: How Secretive UK Partnerships Supply Wartime Russia
  • Finance
  • Russia

Frontline Facilitators: How Secretive UK Partnerships Supply Wartime Russia

Public Holidays: Equatorial Guinea’s Vice President Insists Superyacht in Italian Vacation Hotspots is a Military Vessel
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Ship Tracking

Public Holidays: Equatorial Guinea’s Vice President Insists Superyacht in Italian Vacation Hotspots is a Military Vessel

The Young Man in The Blue Shorts: Execution-Style Killing Inside a Nigerian Military Barracks
  • Geolocation
  • Human Rights

The Young Man in The Blue Shorts: Execution-Style Killing Inside a Nigerian Military Barracks

Confirming a Strike on Jabalia Refugee Camp as Israeli Forces Approach Gaza City
  • Geolocation
  • Israel

Confirming a Strike on Jabalia Refugee Camp as Israeli Forces Approach Gaza City

Isn’t That A Balloon? Deflating a DoD UFO Video
  • Geolocation
  • Syria

Isn’t That A Balloon? Deflating a DoD UFO Video

X’s Community Notes is Spreading False Information About Taylor Swift’s Bodyguard
  • Disinformation
  • Social Media

X’s Community Notes is Spreading False Information About Taylor Swift’s Bodyguard

Geolocating Hamas-Led Attacks on Israeli Civilians
  • Geolocation
  • Israel

Geolocating Hamas-Led Attacks on Israeli Civilians

Identifying Possible Crater from Gaza Hospital Blast
  • Imagery Analysis
  • Israel

Identifying Possible Crater from Gaza Hospital Blast

“From Pittsburgh to Budapest”: Hungary To Play Host To (Another) Far-Right Extremist Meetup
  • Extremism
  • Far-Right

“From Pittsburgh to Budapest”: Hungary To Play Host To (Another) Far-Right Extremist Meetup

YouTube is Autogenerating Videos for Songs Advocating the Expulsion of Muslims from India
  • Far-Right
  • India

YouTube is Autogenerating Videos for Songs Advocating the Expulsion of Muslims from India

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