today instagram's most popular hashtags facebook's messenger app for kids and an app for culture and those yes but first. artificial intelligence and machine learning have made it easy to manipulate images scientists warn of the dangers and demand certificates to verify the authenticity of video footage. two different men with identical facial expressions. the man on the left is controlling the facial expressions of what looks like russian president vladimir putin. the original footage of putin can be seen on the bottom left hand corner the software uses it as the template for this real time video manipulation it's learned healthy expressions work and how to water them. good christiane arnold studies artificial intelligence at cardiff university he's concerned that these technological advances could have a massive impact on society. amongst the only works if we all have a shared perception of reality and if this perception ends up with democracy collapses. so far only researchers are experimenting with this kind of manipulation for example at the german research center for artificial

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thirty one apps using the same piece of software he targets apps that generate the transaction authentication number or turn on the same device what's why on the concept of a few years ago we proved it was fundamentally risky but the banks dismissed it saying it was only possible under controlled conditions that's what we wanted to address we wanted to prove it could be automated and that it could realistically be exploited on a large scale. the banks made his hacking work easy they all use the same security software shields developed by a norwegian i.t. company with the help of a colleague fence and created software able to say. it's all this understand this is. you go to the official app store and download our demo it looks like a real it's like a picture gallery to scroll through but really it's malware but deactivates promo on. and then to coach that enable us to manipulate bank transactions. then the way to tax the unprotected banking up. and its corresponding time number one after the user authorizes a transaction it's secretly being manipulated the software can change the amount transf

we'll try out your best hits on the show that was the app shops. as always we leave shift through the exit internet find of the week this time noodles in despair. this. is who i am i why am i here am i just a shell or is there more to me. these are the existential questions u.s. artists are rewind to last him so he calls his short animated film moodle zz combining mood and noodles if too much negative energy burden someone they break or turn into a flying spaghetti monster hope remains. next time on shift. children under thirteen aunts allowed to have a facebook account but now there's a special messenger app for them it's controlled by the parents accounts early access to the world's largest social network next week on shift. key counts. for. some sad news it's a kind of culture war the missing new phenomena. part three. reframe a life unbelievably. doubling. these interactions the main ingredients the same things. cameras. trained. pool to. discover everything about. ice cold heart series this week on. your. sixty minute deal. where i come from w

ship says be careful with banking apps. and now in our shift ranking the world's highest earning huge huge stars with a time of full fledged guys as a go on the u.s. online game a marquee player. and social media star logan mostly through advertising both made around ten point five million euros last year according to forbes magazine. people's real name is marc fishback he's a let's play providing commentary on games with dramatic online videos. fans enjoy his slapstick humor and eagerness to face a challenge looks like he's punching above his weight. in third place dude perfect these fine texans fans are known for their basketball trick shots the team earns about eleven point eight million euros from their sons in second place van also gaming evan falling from canada hardly shows his face on camera his gaming channel mainly features his voice nonetheless he still thirteen point one million euros and first place goes to dan t.d.m. british gamer daniel andrew middleton mostly plays minecraft now he's even going on tour his y

there were app stores. we have great app stores today.look at the app stores, there are certain things inside of an app store and certain things that are not. there are not gambling applications. there are not kinds of applications you can get addicted to losing your money. we also have to think about that in terms of, like i said, these social mobile applications or some of these other ones that have different, not beneficial customer metrics for their revenue. i always worry about how to improve the technology. in this case, we have unintended consequences. these are easy problems for the platform companies like apple and google to solve. this is not like self-driving cars. this is 10,000 times easier to implement and cheaper, but it can give lots of control and in still consumer loyalty and trust in the brands for their families and themselves if they can get information and control over their digital consumption. emily: so, give me some specifics. what do you think apple and google should be doing? tony: well, specifically, the first

digital education app? is a sugar a social mobile app? is art something like the camera app?d nomenclatures around these kinds of habits and start to talk about them instead of saying it is addiction or not. we need to get finer language and start to understand that the iphone is just a refrigerator. it isn't the addiction. it delivers food. we can then choose to pick what we want, what is a protein, what is a fat from that refrigerator, and hopefully consume it in the right portions. we have a scale to measure ourselves for seeing how much we have consumed each day or each week. emily: the business models of companies are predicated on how long we use their products. do you think facebook should be telling us how long we have been using facebook? should apple tell us how long iphone?en using the tony: first, i think not all of the business models are based on how much screen time you have. some are and some aren't. you have to look at the individual business and figure out what their key metrics are. i know, back in the day when i was at apple, that was not the revenue drive

sometimes the app sometimes the app show you the wicket roost. >> waiz is the way to go. >> and whatif your street game the shortcut. >> i probably wouldn't like it too. >> i had that experience and it was extremely annoying. >> in lioni new jersey in the shadow of the jarj washington ridge that's what happened. and the mayor is not taking a backseat. >> they have a app says take a right, left, right, left so shave three minute off their commute. >> they put up signs to keep commuters out. drivers will be find 200 if they don't contemplate. >> i guess it will stop from cutting through. >> there should be a warning on the gps. >> he hopes it forces apps toe streepts from the algorithm and alerting drivers it could commute their wall jets in it's a way of life. >> i'll continue to use it and know to stay clear of lioni ng know to stay clear of lioni ng, new jersey. >> i reached out to gagle which purchased waze in 2013. challenge of spreading congestion across public roads has been an issue even before these apps and say t passionate community of map editors the way. ensures maps are r

do you know of an interesting app. shifted d.w. dot com. we'll try out. as always we leave shift through the exit internet find of the week this time. here. to me. these are the existential questions. he calls his short animated film. combining mood. if too much negative energy burden someone breaks into a flying speck it. remains. time on shift. children under thirteen aren't allowed to have a face. but now there's a special messenger app for the it's controlled by the parents accounts early access to the world's largest social network next week on shift. can people go beyond sentiments of skiing. simply flying defined gravity. and conquest seemingly in terms of elements. of speech trying to coax extremists need for ni-cads and hunt down. your romex thirty minute w. . unimpeded access to education and knowledge and the same opportunities for everyone except a central goal of the global community but what's the reality on the ground education for all the w.'s multimedia special makes personal stories and highlights extraordinary projects the world over fi

critics want facebook to cancel this app to get rid of it. here is one quote from the letter saying why. at a time concern about how social media use affects adolescents well-being it is particularly irresponsible to encourage children as young as preschoolers to start using a facebook product. we have posted the entire letter on our website if you'd like to take a look go to abc7news.com, see what you think about this push, this effort to appear on facebook. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> 6:10 on this tuesday. let's take a look down south where temperatures are in the mid to upper 40s. we have 44 in sunnyvale. remember you were in the upper 60s. 52 in san francisco. look at the upper 30s in the north bay and low 40s in our east bay neighborhoods. beaches not as warm today but sunnier. yard work, all my neighbors get their yards done on tuesday. the soil is still a bit soggy. you may want to wait a couple more days to roll out there. watch out if you have allergies. >> we are following your tuesday morning commute. four lanes. and everybody

navigation apps can get you out of a traffic jam. but some are fighting to keep you off their street. >> and first tonight, here comes the rain. warm weather comes with a tradeoff that wi be a very soggy end of week. good evening, everyone, i'm jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington. >> temperatures are expect to soar into the 60s and you need an umbrella. kate bilo is tracking the warm. >> it will rain tonight through tomorrow and even into saturday morning. rights now the mild air is in place. take a look at temperatures across the region. 57 in philadelphia right now. 56 in reading and if you look towards trenton it's 52 and millville 56 degrees well above arm for this time of year. temperatures actually risen in the past hour or so as that warm, moist air surms in from the south. but here comes the rain. we have showers already trying to creep into the region. a whole lot more where that came from look back to the west and see heavy rain across central and western pennsylvania batch number one that impacts us through the midday hou

we know if we charge people for our app we could be making more money.ut we've decided no the to do that. instead we put an ad at the end of every lesson. we also allow people to really, really don't like ads you can pay to remove ads. the main thing we think about is how can we provide a better service to our users. so that's the conversations we have here every day is how can we teach better? we do look at other apps, for inspiration. but they're not direct competitors. for example we look at games for inspiration. we try to look up but not down. one of the big turning points for the company was when we hired our first manager. somebody who had actual management experience. we only had like 25 people or something. and it was almost a revolt. people were like we're going to have managers? that is so corporate. but it made a huge difference. we were able to hire somebody who was a director of engineering at google and she came. i've learned a lot about management from somebody who has basically managed many more people than me. so hiring people who are b

this an app for that. >> yes there is. you can lie about a lot of things in dating profiles not that you should. it's tough to alter dna and that's what one new app hopes will set it apart. >> when looking for love many dive into digital dating pool. >> tinder, match.com, eharmony. >> and what if you could mack splash using gene pool. >> that would be cool. >> interesting in a lot of way. >> enter fair more a new app that matches users based on chemicals released from our body that can trigger attraction. >> seems advanced. >> i think people will be skeptical. >> using cheek swab they say it processes dna hoping in on 11 gaenz that impact attraction and uses information from social media. >> more information you can add the better. >> singles out the there think it's worth a shot. >> some expert say they're not sure since many factors impact cop pat bit and there's privacy concerns. >> i don't trust big corp raiings and i would not want to give them dna. >> your information is everywhere one more thing. >> if they get it r

this an app for that. >> yes there is. you can lie about a lot of things in dating profiles not that you should. it's tough to alter dna and that's what one new app hopes will set it apart. >> when looking for love many dive into digital dating pool. >> tinder, match.com, eharmony. >> and what if you could mack splash using gene pool. >> that would be cool. >> interesting in a lot of way. >> enter fair more a new app that matches users based on chemicals released from our body that can trigger attraction. >> seems advanced. >> i think people will be skeptical. >> using cheek swab they say it processes dna hoping in on 11 gaenz that impact attraction and uses information from social media. >> more information you can add the better. >> singles out the there think it's worth a shot. >> some expert say they're not sure since many factors impact cop pat bit and there's privacy concerns. >> i don't trust big corp raiings and i would not want to give them dna. >> your information is everywhere one more thing. >> if they get it r

and it exploded and we became a top overall app for quite a while. most of the markets around the globe and then finally about the time we had a call from sequoia capital and said he like what is going on and why do we help and why don't you move this to palo alto and i wasn't there too much longer and about the time zello was really the brainchild of a guy alex was the founder and cto and he and his team had done such great work from st. petersburg, russia so we had used amazing development team and i tried to get a handful of people tune in with some success and he was the hotel. i'm out at tune in and he starts to get traction with zello which i was seemingly drawn to because it's a different kind of radio and it's called a social radio but instead of being one dimension it can be that but it's about life conversation and peer conversation and when you listen to zello any channels you hear the power in it that people they call them zello campouts and tens of thousands of these communities come together. it's a pretty easy decision to be able to he

that's what this app is being called, an advertising free facebook app targeted to 6 to 12-year-old kids. facebook says it took steps to be responsible with the app including giving parents tools to control their children's social media use. but those against the app sent mark zuckerberg a letter showing social media can be damaging to young people. here's one quote. younger children are simply not ready to have social media accounts. they're not old enough to navigate the complexities of online relationships. which often lead to misunderstandings and conflicts even among more mature users. they go on to point to studies that show social media use is tied to higher rates of depression. no reaction yet from zuckerberg who is a father of two. reporting live in menlo park, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> on to a huge step after the devastating wildfires. >> crews have finished the removal process in coffey park. as of friday the army corps of engineers has completed 58% of total cleanup. workers had to clean debris from 13 properties in coffey park. crews started to rebuild the first home i

check the app for the bus schedule. nbc 10 is the only place you can watch the battle of the birds, high flying eagles versus the falcons. could want count on our pregame show to get you ready. >> devastating wild fires residents are scrambling once again to find safety. >> we are following the latest fallout over d ooraca. >>> and a gorgeous day ahead of us. i'm tracking rain, wind, temperatures in the 60s. we'll have your ten day on 10 coming up. >>> the mud slides continue. we show you the scene in california. >> reporter: crews are expecting to spend most of the day clearing the mud and debris as the search for survivors continues. the coast guard was called in to help we vith evacuations. last month flamed scorched more than 280,000 acres. this is what they warned us about after firefighters saved what they could protect during the biggest wild fire in history. back to you. >> oprah winfrey posted mud at her house. helicopters hovered over her home. >>> mother nature has been busy. one of the strongest earthqua s e

apps.is is happening so quickly we might have already sent out all of that information and had everybody in this room where before the first 911 call comes in. so we are talking about possibly ten to 15 minutes of improvement in response time in some of these incidents. that's major when you are dealing with these kinds of incidents. the app pulls information from various sources, in vehicle sensors, tv cameras, information from driving apps. it factors in what day of the year it is, the time of day and the weather. responding to incidents rapidly is one thing, but the point is to be able to predict them before they happen so the responders can be better prepared and in the right location. we look at the historical data, running through algorithms to develop patterns that are merging. by develop patterns that are merging. by doing that we can look forward in time to identify where these incidents are likely to occur. u nfortu nately, incidents are likely to occur. unfortunately, the app was

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or other traffic apps that routes them through leonia.nce the main streets get clogged start sending commuters through residential side streets. mayor juda siegler. >> they have an app. >> reporter:s look like on the once quiet streets of leonia. their plan. receive strict the streets during rush hour, just to leonia residents. have a hang tag in your car. or get a ticket. >> not talking $20. >> no, $200. $200 has some teeth. >> from medford massachusetts to california, communities have become victims of the traffic apps, as leonia's police chief discovered if you pass a law the app will remove side streets from the menu of short cuts. >> people will do whatever the app tells them to do t it's scary sometimes. up aup at it is what the app tops telling them to do that should make life less scary. off awe in 1,000 feet stay off to the right. >> jim axlerod, leonia, new jersey. >>> up next, meet mr. d, a high school music teacher making a difference for kids in one of the nation's most troubled cities. >>> we end in camden, new jersey, acros

dot com will include your best tips in the episode that was the app shot. and like always at the end of shift exit the internet find of the week today it's all about internet world's german artist philip look creates moves crazy sequences that play with no beginnings or whatever so last year he created more than fifty loops like these different one each week he join them together and make them into one long clip. if you know what is the name of the hypnotic well it's already captivated more than thirty five thousand users on vimeo. back on the year can be pretty cool after all eleven and next week the american sacking has made a splash with his magic tricks online with him normal situations turn into by which he wants and he has millions of you tube fast digital magic next time on shift. because the bundesliga highlights. their fate with consequences loses some aspects color and sucks coach marcus du sautoy. away when the where the backyard shots play on bell is stunning go help save a person trying. to go next. are you seeing double. no reason to panic. to

where is on the kindle app have to the app store and download it.ny people who went download the kindle app specifically because of the way it synchronizes amazon's system and also because it's quite a bit that are in terms of functionality. now apple is stepping back and saying we want to play back in this game and this app is quite a bit nicer in terms of its design and functionality. i think it will definitely get more people to use the app. in the worst case it shows the company's continued dedication to the platform. so apple will definitely try to attract people back to the platform in the first case. what about the danger of apple obstructing amazon making its apps better? >> absolutely not. it's two different playing field. amazon will continue to update their app on a regular basis. google is doing so as well. they announced a new audiobook feature just a few days ago. apple will continue updating theirs. i don't think apple would have it'season or even away, not even something on the table for them to obstruct amazon or anyone else. shery:

stay on top with the abc7 news app. looks like they have a good handle on it but we'll keep you updated. >>> thank you for joining us. our other top story. gunfire on a bay area freeway that happened early this morning on interstate 280 in san francisco. three people were shot. they drove themselves to the hospital. abc7 news reporter tiffany wilson live at chp headquarters in san francisco with this developing story. >> reporter: good morning. chp says it's impossible to tell whether the shooting was targeted at this point. the victims were also inside a black escalade, five people inside, three suffered gunshot wounds. all are expected to survive. the glow of flares greeted early morning commuters trying to make their way south on 280 today. everybody was exited at lemany boulevard. >> we collected quite a bit of evidence from the scene, including shell casings. >> reporter: officers started receiving calls about the shooting at 2:50 this will morning. three people suffered gunshot wounds. the victims drove themselves

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hospitalfor a number of unintended pregnancies they say were linked to the app. defended the product, saying that as with any form of contraception it isn't100% effective. they are now launching an internal investigation, however. and i bet you didn't expect the latest nintendo offering to include, well, a whole lot of cardboard. the latest add—ons for the switch console are cardboard packs, turning the controllers into a fishing rod, a motorbike and even a robot suit. gimmick or brilliant? finally, a rescue with a difference. a drone was used to save two swimmers in trouble off the coast of new south wales in australia. lifeguards were being trained to use the rescue drone when practice suddenly became reality and the drone was launched, dropping a flotation device to the teenagers. the whole rescue took just 70 seconds. in this trendy part of downtown las vegas, these passengers are waiting to hop on a special kind of ride. for the past two months, french autonomous vehicle company navya has been offering free bus rides to the public. admittedly, it doesn't tra

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and new year's eve. >> new year's day alone $300 million in the app store. that's a new record. >>> alexa will soon offer extra help around the kitchen. >> if you own an amazon echo you'll be able to control your microwave with your voice but you must have a smart microwave integrated with alexa say. they plan to add other appliances later. and if you're looking for love, try a dating app this weekend like tinder, fumble, match, say there's always a surge the sunday after new year's day. >> you need a solid profile with photos that show you smiling with no kids or pets. >> way to be woman: so, greg, it's a lot to take in. woman 2: and i know that's hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. hi, blake! my dad has cancer. woman: and i know how hard that is to hear. but you're in the right place. man: and dr. pascal and her team, they know what to do. they know what to do. the doctors know what to do. so here's the plan. first off, we're going to give you all... (voice fading away) >>> thinking about heading to tahoe, it looks quiet right now. dropping to 6

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the app tells them to do and it's scary sometimes. >> it's what the apps stops telling them to do thatry here. >> in 1,000 feet, stay to the right. >> reporter: jim axelrod, cbs news, leonia, new jersey. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," a so-caclose-up look so-called d.r.e.a.m.ers. >>> plus, details of a new report out today that shows millions of americans may be exposed to radioactive elements in their drinking water at unsafe levels. >>> and in the ongoing series "a more perfect union," we'll meet volunteers who have helped the h hurricane harvey victims. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. i'm anne-marie green. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ ♪ you can smell it. you can almost taste it. you know exactly what you want. your instincts demand it. give them a reason to rejoice. tonight, get your longhorn favorites. like our outlaw ribeye, parmesan crusted chicken or the longhorn salmon. ♪ ♪ the feeling. the flavor. the place. longhorn steakhouse. you can't fake steak. longhorn steakhouse. i had this chest cold, but my med

new messenger kids app. facebook says it created the app to g >>> more than a hundred public health advocates are calling on facebook to pull the plug on the facebook messenger kids app. facebook says they created it to give kids a safe place to connect with friends and family. but now more on the new worries. >> reporter: christa has been using the facebook messenger kids app since it was released in december. the 6-year-old's father, bret, signed her up. he is a technical cord ator as a charter school in -- coordinator at a charter school in sarasota, florida, likes that he can stream library who they with talk to thai way. messenger kids has to be set up through a parent's facebook account because children under 13 still are not allowed to have their own. the app was created be with the help of child development experts. it has no buttons for sharing, commenting or liking posts. a facebook spokesperson told "cbs this morning" we continue to be focused on making messenger kid business the best experience i

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you can also stream it through our abc7 news app. >>> they are calling on facebook to pull an app aimed at children off the market. they say the messaenger kids ap is a threat to kids. amy hollyfield with more. >> reporter: those advocates sent a letter to facebook saying they need to pull the plug on this. there are 97 signatures on that letter from individuals and nonprofits. we just interviewed one person who signed that letter, a professor at uc-berkeley. he told us about his many concerns, including the fact there are studies showing social media leads to depression among teenagers and this technology is for children. >> we need to discourage kids from using the starter product. this is essentially like candy cigarettes. this is a starter product to get them hooked on social media which will lead to more screen time. screen time has been associated with increase the rates of obesity in children. >> reporter: the product is a facebook app called messenger kids targeting 6 to 12 years old. they say it helps kids communicate with parents and stay in touch with far away relatives. face

an app called digital detach creates time blockouts blocks you out of all apps except for texting oralling. >> reporter: go for a walk without your phone it's a start to that healthy separation. one step at a time to find a digital balance. >> like the 90s going for a walk without your phone. >> one step at a time. >> i love there's an app so you can detox from technology. there's an app for everything. >> i'll try a few things, but i don't know about the walk without the phone. 5al a.m., much more to come on "action news" saturday morning, buttery goodness details on the work that went into creating the sculpture for the pennsylvania farm show stay warm with new films in theaters, we have a preview of the film mollyies' game. ,000 in america last year. we need to stand up and say enough. the only way this problem is going to be solved is if we raise our voices. choose help over helplessness, hope over hopelessness. make sure that the lives we've lost will not have been lost in vain. addiction is a disease. when you ask for help, help is there for you. if gravity's your biggest fan,