Internet
Apr 14, 2019
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp back up after massive outage
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were temporarily down early Sunday.
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Cell & Microbiology
Apr 5, 2019
Cell lesson: better coordinated than isolated
A new study led by Juana Díez, principal investigator of the Department of Experimental and Health Sciences (DCEXS) at UPF, has found a new system in cells that makes them more robust against possible alterations in the expression ...
Materials Science
Apr 3, 2019
Scientists discover how RNA poII maintains accurate transcription with super computer
The message of life is encoded in our genomic DNA through transcription of messenger RNAs and translation of proteins to perform cellular functions. To ensure accurate transcription—a process that transcribes genomic DNA ...
Space Exploration
Mar 25, 2019
Exploring Mercury in a new book
Up until 2008, only one spacecraft had ever visited the planet Mercury, and it didn't linger long. NASA's Mariner 10 mission flew past the tiny world three times in the 1970s, giving humanity a helpful but limited glimpse ...
Internet
Mar 14, 2019
Facebook's 'pivot' is less about privacy and more about profits
Facebook's founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's latest promise is that his social media conglomerate will become a "privacy-focused" one. By turns lauded and lambasted, this move does not quite address users' primary problems ...
Internet
Mar 9, 2019
What Facebook's 'privacy vision' really means
Mark Zuckerberg's abrupt Wednesday declaration of a new "privacy vision " for social networking was for many people a sort of Rorschach test.
Internet
Mar 6, 2019
Zuckerberg promises a privacy-friendly Facebook, sort of (Update)
Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook will start to emphasize new privacy-shielding messaging services, a shift apparently intended to blunt both criticism of the company's data handling and potential antitrust action.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 26, 2019
Researchers find the immune system's unknown messenger
Researchers can now explain how a cell that is being attacked by bacteria or viruses specifically manages to 'sound the alarm' among its neighbouring cells so they can react with a quick response.
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2019
Study: With Twitter, race of the messenger matters
When NFL player Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial injustice, the ensuing debate took traditional and social media by storm. University of Kansas researchers have ...
Internet
Feb 22, 2019
Mark Zuckerberg talks privacy, accidentally disses Facebook Portal
Talking about the future of technology, which is Mark Zuckerberg's personal challenge this year, can be hard, as the Facebook CEO has found out over the years—whether it's before Congress or on television.
