Facebook fights influence-for-hire campaigns
Facebook said Thursday that it had taken down nine deceptive online campaigns as marketing firms make a business of using fake accounts to sway opinions.
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Consumer & Gadgets
Airtags from Apple: Do they actually make life easier?
When you're a parent, it's easy to lose things: your keys, your wallet, or Buttons.
May 6, 2021
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Internet
Bad Twitter crops begone: Vertical photos will now look 'bigger and better'
Your vertical photos will start to look a lot better when scrolling through feeds on Twitter.
May 6, 2021
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Internet
Google introduces Woolaroo, a tool for learning indigenous languages
With many indigenous languages worldwide becoming endangered due to a dwindling number of native speakers, Google has introduced the app Woolaroo which focuses on learning these languages. The idea for the app stemmed from ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
An on-skin device to measure sweat—rate, loss and temperature—in real-time
Monitoring sweat-related dynamics, such as sweat rate, cumulative sweat loss and sweat temperature over time could help doctors to diagnose thermoregulatory disorders and other illnesses related to heat stress. However, there ...
Energy & Green Tech
Researchers unveil roadmap to expand New York solar energy, meet green goals
Solar-power developers need to explore using lower-quality agricultural land for solar energy, incentivize dual-use (combined agriculture and solar) options, avoid concentrated solar development and engage communities early ...
May 6, 2021
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Software
Animal Crossing among 4 inductees to Video Game Hall of Fame
The World Video Game Hall of Fame on Thursday inducted the groundbreaking Microsoft Flight Simulator, franchise-inspiring Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? award-winning StarCraft and Animal Crossing, whose popularity ...
May 6, 2021
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Telecom
NY: Broadband cos paid for 8.5M fake net neutrality comments
The Office of the New York Attorney General said in a new report that a campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions of fake comments supporting the 2017 repeal of net neutrality.
May 6, 2021
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Pioneering study explores passengers' experiences of self-driving cars in winter conditions
Trust, safety and security are the most important factors affecting passengers' attitudes towards self-driving cars. Younger people felt their personal security to be significantly better than older people.
May 6, 2021
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Computer Sciences
T-GPS processes a graph with a trillion edges on a single computer
A KAIST research team has developed a new technology that enables the processing of a large-scale graph algorithm without storing the graph in the main memory or on disk. Named as T-GPS (Trillion-scale Graph Processing Simulation) ...
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