Disney 'metaverse' begins to take shape
Walt Disney Co. has brought its characters to life in its theme parks and expanded its franchises through streaming services.
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Love it and leave it: Social media effects explored by researchers
Social media platforms now cope with a sobered-up user base. Users are aware the platforms can render them lab rats for marketeers. They are also in a sobered-up world, hearing out critics who suggest excessive use is replacing ...
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Why Google, Bing and other search engines' embrace of generative AI threatens $68 billion SEO industry
Google, Microsoft and others boast that generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT will make searching the internet better than ever for users. For example, rather than having to wade through a sea of URLs, users ...
Oct 23, 2023
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The virtual made real: New technology for the media of the future
Moving images in the newspaper as in Harry Potter, or digital weather forecasts in the Bern dialect? New media technology is transforming journalism. The Media Technology Center at ETH Zurich supports media companies on their ...
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California law would make tech giants pay for news
A proposed law requiring internet giants to pay for news stories moved forward in California on Friday, despite Facebook owner Meta threatening to pull news from its platform if it passes.
Jun 3, 2023
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The modern world is fast becoming a wireless, infrared world
Optics-based technologies such as optical fibers have strongly influenced the age of wired communication. Now they look set to revolutionize wireless communications as well and solve key issues with traditional radio-based ...
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Bitcoin transaction delays: Is block size increase the final answer?
The good news: the Bitcoin network had not reached the widely predicted saturation point as recently feared. The bad news: The spam that caused the problem is suggesting to some Bitcoin watchers that saturation is not that ...
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Using machine learning to detect unreliable Facebook pages
A growing number of companies and individuals worldwide are creating Facebook pages for marketing and advertising purposes. This is because Facebook offers the possibility to communicate to potential or existing customers ...
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One Tech Tip: Too many passwords to remember? Try using a password manager
Everyone has too many passwords. The credentials we need to remember to navigate online life keep multiplying, not just for frequently used email, banking, social media, Netflix and Spotify logins, but also, say, the little-known ...
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Facebook patent talk: Seeing who is rich, poor, in the middle
"Socioeconomic group classification based on user features," is a title that evokes an uh-oh just as much as an oh-really.
