How to manage your digital afterlife and why it matters
If you were to die tomorrow, what would happen to your Facebook page?
Internet
May 6, 2019
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News tagged with pages
Facebook removes fake accounts tied to Indian political parties, Pakistan's military
Facebook said Monday that it had removed hundreds of pages and accounts linked to government and political organizations in India and Pakistan that misled users about their identities, part of the company's effort to fight ...
Internet
Apr 2, 2019
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Einstein 'puzzle' solved as missing page emerges in new trove
An Albert Einstein "puzzle" has been solved thanks to a missing manuscript page emerging in a trove of his writings newly acquired by Jerusalem's Hebrew University, officials announced Wednesday.
General Physics
Mar 6, 2019
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Dislike: Facebook will appeal German data-use ruling
German authorities ruled Thursday that Facebook should not be allowed to use customer data from other apps and websites to help target advertisements shown on their Facebook pages without their explicit consent, saying it ...
Internet
Feb 7, 2019
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Millions of people like and share junk news on Facebook
Junk news sites with unknown names such as Trendnieuws and Viraal Vandaag reach millions of Dutch people thanks to their Facebook pages. Messages from those pages are much more often shared and liked than messages from pages ...
Internet
Jan 29, 2019
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Facebook closes hundreds of 'inauthentic' Russia-linked pages
Facebook announced Thursday that it has removed more than 500 pages, groups and accounts originating in Russia for engaging in what the social network called "coordinated inauthentic behavior."
Internet
Jan 17, 2019
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Spain approves contested data protection law
The Spanish senate approved Wednesday a controversial online data protection law which critics say will allow political parties to target voters with ads based on their internet browsing history.
Internet
Nov 21, 2018
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As Google turns 20, questions over whether it's too powerful
Twenty years after Larry Page and Sergey Brin set out to organize all of the internet's information, the search engine they named Google has morphed into a dominating force in smartphones, online video, email, maps and much ...
Business
Sep 7, 2018
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Amazon estimated to sell $3.5 billion during Prime Day sale, even after outage
Why did Amazon's site and app go down in the first hour of Prime Day? Amazon's not saying, but the outage shows that online shopping is not yet an infallible replacement for brick and mortar.
Business
Jul 19, 2018
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Eavesdropping on the deep—New live streaming audio from a deep-sea hydrophone
For centuries poets and writers have imagined the depths of the ocean as eerily quiet. But scientists now know that the oceans, and especially coastal areas, are full of sound from both natural and human activities. Starting ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 25, 2018
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