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Lip-syncing app Wombo shows the messy, meme-laden potential of deepfakes

The Verge

You’ve probably already seen a Wombo video floating around your social media. The realistic Tom Cruise deepfakes that went viral on TikTok, for example, required an experienced VFX artist, a top-flight impersonator, and weeks of preparation to pull off. It’s Wombo time. Image: Wombo. Wombo is free and easy to use.

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NFT mania is here, and so are the scammers

The Verge

Artists are seeing their work showing up in NFTs they did not mint themselves The artist Derek Laufman woke up last weekend to a couple emails from his followers, who had a question for him. I just replied, that’s 100 percent not me,” Laufman says when I reach him by video call. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Trendy TikTok Tactics for Teams

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You open TikTok to recharge your brain and treat yourself to some bite-sized videos. Here’s an example from our friends at the International Rescue Committee: CapCuts CapCut is a video editing app where users can create content using pre-made templates. Read Time: 4 minutes It’s lunchtime.

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BTS fan Twitter accounts say they’re being targeted by copyright trolls

The Verge

The owner of a fan account with over 233,000 followers, which posts videos, photos, and memes related to the South Korean band, claims that their original header and profile picture, as well as multiple tweets including their own screenshots and memes, have been taken down by the trolls over the past few weeks.

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How Bunny the dog is pushing scientists’ buttons

The Verge

Scroll through Devine’s TikTok page and you’ll see a stream of videos that follow the same general pattern. She has 5 million followers on TikTok, and the likes on each video are in the hundreds of thousands. There are parody videos on TikTok and existential jokes on Twitter about Bunny’s sentience.

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Accessibility on Social Media

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As video content on social media continues to reign supreme and audio-only content, spurred on by Twitter Spaces and Clubhouse, grows, it’s important for nonprofits to prioritize accessibility when publishing content online. Additionally, you may see special characters used to create artistic typefaces for profiles on Twitter and Instagram.

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UK music platform for creators Uppbeat raises $6.15 million Series A

TechCrunch

based music platform Uppbeat has been developing a service that makes it easier for content creators to find quality free music to use in their videos published to platforms like YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and others. Uppbeat artists, meanwhile, keep total ownership of their music and are paid on a rev share basis. million GBP ($6.15

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