Squashing cyberbullying: New approach is fast, accurate
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have designed a new technique for spotting nasty personal attacks on social media networks like Instagram.
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What's trending in fake news? Tools show which stories go viral, and if 'bots' are to blame
Researchers at the Indiana University Observatory on Social Media have launched upgrades to two tools playing a major role in countering the spread of misinformation online.
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'Squadbox' uses 'friendsourcing' to better support targets of cyberbullying
Harassment has become ubiquitous on social media and in the online world- Twitter has been under fire for how it handles harassment, YouTube's trending algorithm has occasionally promoted offensive videos, and reporting abuse ...
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DNS service announced, puts privacy first
A new service that is offering privacy protection when you browse the web was announced Sunday. The security company Cloudflare is delivering a consumer DNS service called 1.1.1.1.
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Ethereum responds to eclipse attacks described by research trio
In a nutshell, three researchers have described in a paper "Low-Resource Eclipse Attacks on Ethereum's Peer-to-Peer Network" that it is possible to carry out an eclipse attack on the Ethereum network. As important, maintainers ...
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Tracker finds nearly half of last year's ICO offerings bit the dust
ICO stands for initial coin offering. A startup sells its own crypto token to raise money.
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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.
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Love actually: Computer model may decode Facebook emoticons
While the trusty "like" button is still the most popular way to signal approval for Facebook posts, a computer model may help users and businesses navigate the increasingly complicated way people are expressing how they feel ...
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Facebook's smartniks come up with Flicks unit of time
Developers aiming to have all video effects in sync just got a real boost.
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Yes you can: Chrome beta will let you mute autoplay video
(Tech Xplore)—Google Chrome beta says happy holidays in a way that will make many people happy. The beta delivers a mute tool for autoplay video. You can get this by downloading the Chrome 64 beta.
