YouTube starts online hits music video chart
YouTube on Thursday began publishing a chart that tracks top music videos at the popular Google-owned website.
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TikTok: the world's most valuable startup that you've never heard of
Anticipation has long been building about the impending takeover of the tech world by Chinese digital giants like Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, and JD. Efforts so far, however, have been largely disappointing. The most popular ...
Internet
Jan 8, 2019
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We rely on science. Why is it letting us down when we need it most?
Science is suffering from a replication crisis. Too many landmark studies can't be repeated in independent labs, a process crucial to separating flukes and errors from solid results. The consequences are hard to overstate: ...
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Aug 19, 2020
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Who does the electoral college favor?
Simulations from Columbia University researchers show a slight bias toward Trump but less of a tilt than in the 2016 election.
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2020
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Opinion: Popular Science is wrong to get rid of online comments
Popular Science has announced that it will be closing online comments on its news stories. Uncivil commenters have an overly negative effect on readers, it claims, with a small number of negative commenters poisoning the ...
Internet
Sep 30, 2013
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Apps could fence in free-range Internet: US study
The free-ranging Internet is under assault by mobile applications that connect people exclusively to content kept in "walled gardens" online, according to a US study released Thursday.
Internet
Mar 23, 2012
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Habitat is designed to provide stay on the moon, sleeps two
(Phys.org)—People have felt the excitement of seeing their courageous space heroes embark from the Earth to the moon. Those same heroes went up because, beyond completing the journey, they hoped to—in one word— explore. ...
US book lovers embracing digital editions: Pew study
A Pew study released late Wednesday showed that US book lovers are increasingly turning inkless pages.
Internet
Apr 5, 2012
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Do have have a herding instinct?
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study shows that consumers have a herding instinct to follow the crowd. However, this instinct appears to switch off if the product fails to achieve a certain popularity threshold.
Social Sciences
Oct 12, 2010
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Artificial intelligence identifies the musical progression of the Beatles
Music fans and critics know that the music of the Beatles underwent a dramatic transformation in just a few years, but until now there hasn't been a scientific way to measure the progression. That could change now that computer ...
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Jul 24, 2014
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