Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that a lack of action by US authorities on fake political content on the platform after the 2016 US election helped pave the way for a subsequent avalanche of online disinformation.
Internet
Jun 27, 2019
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Executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter faced questioning by a House panel Wednesday on their efforts to stanch terrorist content and viral misinformation on their social media platforms.
Internet
Jun 26, 2019
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Advances in communication technology have had a major impact in all sorts of industries, but perhaps none bigger than in education. Now, anyone from around the world can listen live to a Nobel Prize laureate lecture or earn ...
Software
Jun 14, 2019
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Facebook has curbed access to a controversial feature allowing searches of the vast content within the social network—a tool which raised privacy concerns but was also used for research and investigative journalism.
Internet
Jun 14, 2019
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Food's texture affects whether it is eaten, liked or rejected, according to Penn State researchers, who say some people are better at detecting even minor differences in consistency because their tongues can perceive particle ...
Other
Jun 13, 2019
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Three weeks after Facebook refused to remove a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring her words, Mark Zuckerberg is getting a taste of his own medicine: fake footage showing him gloating over his one-man domination ...
Internet
Jun 12, 2019
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Every parent knows the frustration of responding to a baby's cries, wondering if their child is hungry, wet, tired, in need of a hug, or perhaps even in pain. A group of researchers in U.S. has devised a new artificial intelligence ...
Machine learning & AI
Jun 6, 2019
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Today microcontrollers can be found in almost any technical device, from washing machines to blood pressure meters and wearables. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS have developed ...
Engineering
Jun 3, 2019
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Facebook's former security chief is disagreeing with calls to break up the social network.
Internet
May 24, 2019
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Facebook removed more than 3 billion fake accounts from October to March, twice as many as the previous six months, the company said Thursday.
Internet
May 23, 2019
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