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Doctor Strange 2 release date, trailer, villain, cast, after Avengers 4 and everything you need to know

On the surface,  Doctor Strange 2  was instantly cancelled the minute the title character vanished in a puff of dust during  Infinity War 's shocking closing sequence. But, let's face it, no-one in the MCU stays dead, so we're sure  Avengers 4  will wave some sort of magic wand that'll make Doctor Strange 2  possible. And it's a film we think Marvel desperately needs. So, with that in mind, we've got our hands on the Scoop Stone, to gather together all the latest news on  Doctor Strange 2 . Doctor Strange 2 release date: When will it come out? ©    MARVEL STUDIOS Whoa, whoa, whoa – let's not get ahead of ourselves. Before  Infinity War  came out, Benedict Cumberbatch wasn't sure  Doctor Strange 2 would happen at all. "I know the latest is that I might not make it out of this film alive,"Cumberbatch said. "It's only [written at] the end of the first film, 'Doctor Strange will be back.' I have

How scientists are fighting ‘Deepfake’ celebrity porn videos with AI

Deepfake videos  are getting better and better, and it’s terrifying – there’s an intense community trading fake celebrity porn, and manipulated political speeches are furthering the serious fake news epidemic. ‘Deepfakes’ are AI-edited videos, where a person’s face is superimposed onto another – everyone from Katy Perry to Vladimir Putin has become a victim. Since  Motherboard  first reported on the new trend at the beginning of 2018, an online crackdown against AI-assisted fake porn and other videos has been taking place. Reddit and Gfycat were some of the first platforms to begin a ‘mass purge’ of hardcore clips featuring prominent musicians and actors with their faces mapped onto porn performers. Twitter, Pornhub, and Discord soon followed, labeling the videos as “nonconsensual” – nevertheless, the volume of videos on these networks is huge and proving difficult to contain. Now, researchers at the State University of New York are working on AI to detect and combat Deepfake

Top 10 trending phones of week 24

At a time when the number 1 and 2 remain the same as last week, a new number 3 is still exciting news. That would be the Samsung Galaxy J6, climbing two spots to join the Redmi Note 5 Pro and the Mi 8 on the podium. The OnePlus 6 seems to be bolted in fourth - that's its third week in there after claiming the top spot 4 weeks ago and quickly slipping into second the following one. The biggest gainer this week has to be the Redmi S2 (a.k.a. Redmi Y2) - entering the chart last week in 9th, it's now all the way up in 5th. The Galaxy A6+ (2018) is the second Samsung to climb two spots and we now find it in 6th, nudging the Nokia X6 into 7th. The Redmi Note 5 returns to the Top 10 in 8th spot after being absent for a couple of weeks, and long-time champion from a while back Galaxy J7 Prime makes a surprise appearance in 10th. In between them, we find the Oppo F7, cautiously advancing one spot ahead of its tenth last week. Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro RANK: 1 WA