Facebook launches parent-controlled Messenger app for kids
Facebook is coming for your kids.
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Bitcoin hits new records, heads for $10,000 as bubble fears grow
Bitcoin soared to fresh records Tuesday, putting it on course for $10,000, but the virtual currency's stratospheric rise has fuelled fears of a bubble after a 10-fold increase this year.
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Nov 28, 2017
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Twitter to double tweet limit to 280 characters (Update)
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.
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Nov 8, 2017
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Future of news: bracing for next wave of technology
If you think technology has shaken up the news media—just wait, you haven't seen anything yet.
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Oct 7, 2017
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AOL Instant Messenger to sign off
AOL Instant Messenger, one of the pioneering chat applications of the internet's early days, will be shut down December 15, the company said Friday.
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Oct 6, 2017
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Twitter aims to boost appeal with new 280-character tweet limit
Twitter is testing allowing tweets to be expanded to 280 characters—double the existing limit—in the latest effort to boost flagging growth at the social network.
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Sep 27, 2017
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Twitter bots for good: Study reveals how information spreads on social media
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 ...
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Sep 22, 2017
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Fake Facebook 'like' networks exploited code flaw to create millions of bogus 'likes'
A thriving ecosystem of websites that allow users to automatically generate millions of fake "likes" and comments on Facebook has been documented by researchers at the University of Iowa.
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Sep 9, 2017
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Forget oil, Russia goes crazy for cryptocurrency
Standing in a warehouse in a Moscow suburb, Dmitry Marinichev tries to speak over the deafening hum of hundreds of computers stacked on shelves hard at work mining for crypto money.
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Aug 16, 2017
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Facebook discretely fields China photo-sharing app
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.
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Aug 12, 2017
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