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Fake photos, fake videos and now, fake stories. The scope of high-tech deception keeps growing and experts say deepfakes could become the biggest threat to truth. A deepfake is when an AI algorithm -- a neural network -- generates a video that never happened by either swapping one face for another or by allowing someone's motions and voice to be mapped onto another person. Source

Cybercriminals around the world are breaking down the technical barriers that prevent people with little computer knowledge from committing cybercrime. By offering up their services for a fee, cybercriminals make it possible for almost anyone with a computer and internet connection to steal money and personal information. Source

LOS ANGELES -- Virgin Galactic's rocket plane reached space for a second time in a test flight over California on Friday, climbing higher and faster than before while also carrying a crewmember to evaluate the long-awaited passenger experience. Source

NEW YORK -- Several phone apps are sending sensitive user data to Facebook, including health information, without users' consent, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. An analytics tool called "App Events" allows app developers to record user activity and report it back to Facebook, even if the user isn't on Facebook, according to the report . Source

Now there's one more place where cameras could start watching you -- from 30,000 feet. Newer seat-back entertainment systems on some airplanes operated by American Airlines and Singapore Airlines have cameras, and it's likely they are also on planes used by other carriers. Source

A walnut-sized bee with a massive jaw and impressive wingspan has been spotted for the first time in nearly 38 years. Wallace's Giant Bee, known by the scientific name Megachile pluto, is the world's largest bee species — and now we know it actually still exists. Source

A new study out of the Netherlands indicates increased levels of pharmaceutical residue found in the world’s lakes and rivers has become “potentially damaging” to the environment. The study -- released Friday in the journal Environmental Research Letters -- examined the levels of the anti-epileptic drug carbamazepine and the antibiotic ciprofloxacin in fresh water and found the environmental risks of these drugs in the water were 10 to 20 times higher in 2015 compared to 20 years prior. Source

Every year tens of millions of people play FIFA, the world's biggest soccer video game. A 17-year-old from Regina is one of the very best. Alex Gonzalez-Aldana, who goes by the in-game handle ExraaCA, is in Atlanta this weekend to compete in a 64-person tournament with a $50,000 top prize. Source

Government and cyber security officials are insisting that Canada already has restrictions in place to protect sensitive information after a top Trump official warned that the U.S. won't share information with countries that use Huawei in their systems. Source

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is warning that “there’s a real risk” if his country’s allies allow Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei to participate in the development of their next-generation 5G mobile networks. “If a country adopts this and puts it in some of their critical information systems, we won't be able to share information with them,” Pompeo said in a Thursday interview with the Fox Business Network. Source