Facebook accounts and telephone records can be used to pinpoint the best individuals to vaccinate to stop a disease outbreak in its tracks, researchers said Wednesday.
Mathematics
Jan 3, 2018
0
173
From smartphone messaging tailored for tikes to computers for classrooms, technology titans are weaving their way into childhoods to form lifelong bonds, raising hackles of advocacy groups.
Internet
Dec 10, 2017
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92
Not only are immediate friendships an important aspect of our life, but so are our extended acquaintances and friends' of friends connections, according to new Oxford University research. The findings shed light on how social ...
Social Sciences
Nov 14, 2017
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269
Twitter announced Tuesday it would double the limit for tweets to 280 characters, a bid to draw in more users and boost engagement at the social network.
Internet
Nov 8, 2017
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59
After an election year marked by heated exchanges and the distribution of fake news, Twitter bots earned a bad reputation—but not all bots are bad, suggests a new study co-authored by Emilio Ferrara, a USC Information Sciences ...
Internet
Sep 22, 2017
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99
Facebook's interest in China has led it to discreetly create a photo-sharing application released there without the social network's brand being attached.
Internet
Aug 12, 2017
2
93
Applying big data analysis to mineralogy offers a way to predict minerals missing from those known to science, where to find them, and where to find new deposits of valuable minerals such as gold and copper, according to ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 1, 2017
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608
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
3
305
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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63
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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