Coming soon to Twitter: More room to tweet
Twitter is making some big changes, at least in the context of 140 characters or fewer.
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May 24, 2016
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Peak friendship—data reveals when you'll be most popular
Making friends can seem easy when you're young. You encounter more new people and have more free time when you're first venturing out into the world than when you're more likely to be settled down with a steady job, a long-term ...
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2016
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Research focuses on understanding and predicting user behavior by mining social media events
Dr. Xia Hu, assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, is collaborating with Arizona State University and Yahoo! to understand user behavior on social media platforms ...
Computer Sciences
Mar 30, 2016
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Microsoft grounds foul-mouthed teen-speak bot
A Microsoft "chatbot" designed to converse like a teenage girl was grounded on Thursday after its artificial intelligence software was coaxed into firing off hateful, racist comments online.
Internet
Mar 24, 2016
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Amazon seeks patent for buying items with a look
Online retail colossus Amazon is seeking a US patent on using selfies—instead of passwords—for shopping when using smartphones.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 15, 2016
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German court rules Facebook like button may break law
Facebook 'like' buttons on commercial websites break German law if users are not warned that their personal data is being shared, a court ruled on Wednesday.
Internet
Mar 9, 2016
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System lets web users share aspects of their browsing history with friends, researchers
Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a new system that allows web users to share self-selected aspects of their online activity with their friends and the general ...
Computer Sciences
Mar 7, 2016
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Researchers devise method to safely share password data
An unfortunate reality for cybersecurity researchers is that real-world data for their research too often comes via a security breach. Now computer scientists have devised a way to let organizations share statistics about ...
Security
Feb 22, 2016
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Twitter lets hot tweets rise to top of timelines
Twitter revamped its timeline Wednesday, allowing the "best" tweets to rise to the top, despite warnings of a revolt from members loyal to the real-time flow of the messaging platform.
Internet
Feb 10, 2016
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Tweets too short? Twitter mulling 10,000 characters: report
Twitter's 140 character limit on tweets has long frustrated and challenged its most verbose users.
Internet
Jan 5, 2016
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