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I've never been called a femme fatale but I've had my share of problems with men in the business world. Now a new study says that attractive businesswomen are viewed as less trustworthy "femme fatales," according to newswise.com. A Washington State University researcher says attractive businesswomen are considered less trustworthy, less truthful and more worthy of being fired than less attractive women, the web site reports. "This 'f emme fatale effect ,' as she and a University of Colorado colleague call it, goes beyond a commonly accepted explanation that attractive women simply aren't seen as fitting in traditionally masculine roles. Rather, the effect taps into more primal feelings of sexual insecurity, jealousy and fear among both men and women." "Highly attractive women can be perceived as dangerous and that matters when we are assessing things like how much we trust them and whether we believe that what they are saying is tru...

Now here's a question. Are human brains vulnerable to voice-morphing attacks? What we're talking about is telling the difference between a human voice, and a morphed (or synthesized) one.  May not seem to matter but what if it's someone pretending to be a lottery official telling you you've won, well, a couple of million? According to newswise.com, a   recent research study led by the  University of Alabama at Birmingham ’s  Department of Computer Science  analyzed the differences in neural activities when users are processing different types of voices, including morphed voices. Huh? The study showed there may not be any statistically significant differences in the way the human brain processes original legitimate speakers versus synthesized speakers , whereas clear differences are visible when encountering legitimate versus different other human speakers — meaning humans are vulnerable to voice imitation attacks . “Our study suggests human users...