Sandstorm engulfs desert city in China
A wall of sand over 100 metres high swallowed a city on the fringes of the Gobi desert in northwestern China, in scenes reminiscent of a disaster film.
A wall of sand over 100 metres high swallowed a city on the fringes of the Gobi desert in northwestern China, in scenes reminiscent of a disaster film.
Environment
Jul 27, 2021
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(AP) -- The Pulitzer Prize Board has elected its first member representing a primarily online news organization, keeping in step with the board's recent decision to allow entries from more online sites.
Business
Dec 7, 2009
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(AP)—A handful of smartphone apps that began as basic instant messaging services have amassed several hundred million users in Asia in just a couple of years, mounting a challenge to the popularity of online hangouts such ...
Internet
Sep 18, 2012
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Readers pay attention when social media sites label an article as "unverified" or "suspicious," a new study suggests.
Social Sciences
Mar 5, 2021
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YouTube is expected to announce on Wednesday a new program -- dubbed "Musicians Wanted" -- to lure independent musicians to its social networking site.
Internet
Mar 18, 2010
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A study at the Jaume I University in Castellón has verified the decrease in press consumption among young people between the ages of 16 and 30 years, which now stands at 28.8%. What is more, three out of every four individuals ...
Social Sciences
Dec 10, 2012
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There's a price to pay when you get your news and political information from the same place you find funny memes and cat pictures, new research suggests.
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2020
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Think before you click. That's the advice from Alexander Stewart, Professor in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of St Andrews, whose research indicates inattentive readers are more likely to click ...
Social Sciences
Feb 28, 2024
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Internet giant Google has moved to address complaints that it has abused its dominant position and failed to share advertising revenue with Italian newspapers, Italy's antitrust regulator said Friday.
Business
May 14, 2010
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(AP) -- Visitors to the Web sites of newspapers owned by News Corp. will have to start coughing up fees to read the news within the next year, Chairman Rupert Murdoch said.
Internet
Aug 6, 2009
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