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cheaters Parents and college prep agent allegedly deepfaked photos of kids to make them look athletic Mark Frauenfelder

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art Comic book art being auctioned off for a great cause Seamus Bellamy

trump Browser extension to fix the NYT's squeamishness about calling Trump a liar Cory Doctorow