Adobe bidding Flash farewell in 2020
Adobe on Tuesday said its Flash software that served up video and online games for decades will be killed off over the next three years.
Internet
Jul 25, 2017
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News tagged with social networking
Target 'best connected neighbors' to stop spread of infection in developing countries
Our lives benefit from social networks: the contact and dialogue between family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. However these networks can also cost lives by transmitting infection or misinformation, particularly in ...
Computer Sciences
Jul 24, 2017
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Messages with moral-emotional words are more likely to go viral on social media
Tweets about political topics that include moral and emotional language are more likely to spread within the ideological networks of the sender, a team of researchers has found. Its study, which examined Twitter messages ...
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2017
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Information overload fuels 'fake news': study
"Fake news" has become a troubling phenomenon, allegedly used to manipulate voters and fuel a rise in global populism. In one case, it inspired a man to shoot up a Washington pizzeria.
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2017
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Analysis says social networking services may foster users' negative perceptions about their own popularity, happiness
A study led by computer scientists at Indiana University has found that people with the most connections on social media are also happier. This may cause most social media users to not only regard themselves as less popular ...
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2017
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Groundbreaking discovery of early human life in ancient Peru
A-tisket, A-tasket. You can tell a lot from a basket. Especially if it comes from the ruins of an ancient civilization inhabited by humans nearly 15,000 years ago during the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene ages.
Archaeology
May 24, 2017
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Friends help female vampire bats cope with loss
Female vampire bats form strong social bonds with their mothers and daughters as they groom and share regurgitated meals of blood. They also form friendships with less closely related bats. Gerry Carter, post-doctoral fellow ...
Plants & Animals
May 23, 2017
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After the death of a friend, healing in a human social network
Wounds heal - the cells in a body knit over a cut. When a neuron dies, the brain can rewire itself to make up for the loss. And now, new research suggests, something similar seems to happen within a human social network after ...
Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2017
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Facebook out to read minds (Update)
Facebook wants to read your mind.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 19, 2017
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Facebook launches digital assistant 'M' in US
Facebook on Thursday launched its digital assistant named "M" for US users of its Messenger application, ramping up the social network's efforts in artificial intelligence.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 6, 2017
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