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A new software that can detect fake online profiles

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London: Got irritated with the fake online profiles? Well! Here is good news for you all. Computer scientists have built a new software that may enable them to detect fake profiles on an adult content website-believed to be heavily targeted by “catfishes” to befriend other users and gain more profile views.

 

The study found that 40 per cent of the users lied about their age and nearly a quarter lied about their gender.

Interestingly, women were more likely to deceive than men.

 

 

“Adult websites are populated by users who claim to be other than who they are, so these form perfect testing grounds for techniques that identify catfishes,” said Walid Magdy from the University of Edinburgh.

“We hope that our development will lead to useful tools to flag dishonest users and keep social networks of all kinds safe,” Magdy added.

The study will be presented at the International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining in Australia.

The researchers built their model on data retrieved from 5,000 verified profiles on the website.

These profiles were used to train the model to estimate the gender and age of a user with high accuracy, using their style of writing in comments and network activity.

This enabled the models to accurately estimate age and gender of users with unverified accounts, and spot misinformation from fake accounts, the researchers said.

 

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Apple is giving a huge discount on its gadgets: Details inside

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If you want to buy an iPhone and were waiting for a nice offer, then we have a piece of good news for you! Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 has begun and they are offering major discounts on various smartphones, laptops, and smart TVs, among others.

The sale is live now on the e-commerce platform with no-cost EMI options and exchange discounts on various products. In addition to this, Amazon has also partnered with several banks including ICICI, Kotak Bank, and RBL so that customers get instant discounts of up to 10% using their cards and EMI transactions.

Customers can easily enjoy this summer sale and get massive discounts on iPhones. They can also compare prices on Flipkart Big Saving Days Sale 2022 before making a purchase.

 

Amazon Summer Sale May 2022: Discount offer on iPhone 13 

Apple’s coveted phone model iPhone 13 in the 128 GB storage model will be available during the Amazon Summer Sale May 2022 for Rs 64,900. The MRP of the phone is Rs 79,900. This means that the customers will be able to enjoy a discount of up to Rs 15,000 on the purchase of the iPhone 13.

If you have an old iPhone in working condition then you will also be eligible to receive another additional discount worth up to Rs 17,000 on the iPhone 13.

Buy at Rs. 64,900 (MRP – Rs. 79,900)

Features of Apple iPhone 13 

The iPhone is powered by an A15 Bionic processor with 6 core CPU. Apart from this, it has 16 core neural engines. With the iPhone 13, up to 512 GB of storage will be available. The iPhone 13 has a 6.1-inch Retina XDR display with 1000 nits brightness.

The iPhone 13 has a 12-megapixel dual rear camera setup. This time a new wide-angle camera has been given, whose aperture is f/1.6. With this, there is support for sensor optical stabilisation. Night mode has been made better than before. The second lens is also 12 megapixels ultra-wide and has an aperture of f/2.4.

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