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Instagram tests using AI, other tools for age verification
Instagram is testing new ways to verify the age of people using its service, including a face-scanning artificial intelligence tool, having mutual friends verify their age or uploading an ID.
Jun 23, 2022
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More Californians are gaining broadband internet access. But Black and Latino households still lag
More Californians are gaining access to broadband internet, but Black and Latino households still lag behind their white counterparts, according to an analysis of the latest available American Community Survey data.
Jun 23, 2022
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Google agrees to pay for beefed-up Wikipedia service
Google has agreed to pay for ramped-up Wikipedia services, part of a growing trend for the US tech giant to strike commercial deals with other web companies.
Jun 22, 2022
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'It's just tragic': After days without internet, cell service, Southwestern residents feel endangered
Within minutes of losing cellphone and internet service, residents in a remote swath of Arizona were quick to come up with theories about why.
Jun 20, 2022
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The battle to build a child-friendly metaverse
As a young woman straps on her vest and headset and becomes immersed in a virtual world, Mainak Chaudhuri talks excitedly about the potential of the technology.
Jun 19, 2022
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A model for the automatic extraction of content from webs and apps
Content management systems or CMSs are the most popular tool for creating content on the internet. In recent years, they have evolved to become the backbone of an increasingly complex ecosystem of websites, mobile apps and ...
Jun 17, 2022
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How we describe the metaverse makes a difference. Today's words could shape tomorrow's reality and who benefits from it
Quick, define the word "metaverse."
Jun 16, 2022
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YouTube Shorts touts 1.5 bn users, taking on TikTok
YouTube on Wednesday said that more than 1.5 billion people monthly tune into its Shorts video service, which competes with global sensation TikTok.
Jun 16, 2022
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It's (not) alive! Google row exposes AI troubles
An internal fight over whether Google built technology with human-like consciousness has spilled into the open, exposing the ambitions and risks inherent in artificial intelligence that can feel all too real.
Jun 15, 2022
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Royal Caribbean may add Elon Musk's Starlink internet service to its cruise ships
Royal Caribbean Group could soon offer Starlink internet on its ships.
Jun 15, 2022
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