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Paper reveals a quarter of the world's internet users rely on infrastructure that is susceptible to attacks
About a quarter of the world's internet users live in countries that are more susceptible than previously thought to targeted attacks on their internet infrastructure. Many of the at-risk countries are located in the Global ...
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Digital inequality: Why can I enter your building, but your website shows me the door?
When people hear the term "accessibility" in the context of disability, most will see images of ramps, automatic doors, elevators, or tactile paving (textured ground which helps vision impaired people navigate public spaces). ...
May 17, 2022
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Facebook: from Harvard dorm to global phenomenon
Key chapters in the history of Facebook, the world's biggest social media application, which marks the tenth anniversary Wednesday of its stock market debut.
May 16, 2022
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An algorithm trained to detect unhappiness on social networks
Researchers have developed an algorithm that can identify the basic needs of users from the text and images they share on social networks. The experts hope this tool will help psychologists to diagnose possible mental health ...
May 13, 2022
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Google is remaking search, maps for the TikTok generation
Alphabet Inc.'s Google unveiled a series of planned upgrades to its search and maps services revealing the company's augmented reality ambitions—and its appeal to a generation of internet users drifting away from the company.
May 12, 2022
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Language matters when Googling controversial people
One of the useful features of search engines like Google is the autocomplete function that enables users to find fast answers to their questions or queries. However, autocomplete search functions are based on ambiguous algorithms ...
May 12, 2022
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Looking for free broadband in Southern California? Here's how to find it
Lower-income Americans now have more options for free high-speed internet access, including at least eight providers that serve Southern California, the White House announced Monday.
May 12, 2022
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Elon Musk could roll back social media moderation, just as we're learning how it can stop misinformation
The US$44 billion (£36 billion) purchase of Twitter by "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk has many people worried. The concern is the site will start moderating content less and spreading misinformation more, especially ...
May 12, 2022
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Google strikes content deals with 300 European publishers
Google said Wednesday that it struck licensing deals with 300 news publishers in Europe in its latest effort to comply with a recently introduced European Union copyright law.
May 11, 2022
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Google gets more multilingual, but will it get the nuance?
About 10 million people speak Quechua, but trying to automatically translate emails and text messages into the most widely spoken Indigenous language family in the Americas was long all but impossible.
May 11, 2022
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Facebook whistleblower works to pass new internet laws
Frances Haugen was cooking dinner one Friday evening when her phone rang. On the other end of the line was the White House.
May 11, 2022
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Running Twitter may be much harder than Elon Musk thinks
On Tuesday, Elon Musk said he would reverse Twitter's ban of former President Donald Trump, who was booted in January 2021 for inciting violence at the U.S. Capitol, should he succeed in acquiring the social platform for ...
May 11, 2022
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