Computer Sciences
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have recently developed a conditional variational autoencoder that can produce unique faces for advertisements. Their study is grounded on their previous work, which explored ...
Aug 06, 2018 feature
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Security
Privacy concerns have long swirled around how much information online advertising networks collect about people's browsing, buying and social media habits—typically to sell you something.
Oct 18, 2017
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Scientists from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST) used the mathematical method called automatic differentiation to find the optimal fit of experimental data up to four times faster. This research can be applied ...
Oct 12, 2021
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Software
Apple is following through on its pledge to crack down on Facebook and other snoopy apps that secretly shadow people on their iPhones in order to target more advertising at users.
Apr 26, 2021
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Security
Around one year ago, the security research company Confiant revealed a threat actor group called Tag Barnakle that targeted Revive Adserver instances on a mass scale. Now, however, Confiant has discovered that their publicization ...
Apr 21, 2021 report
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Internet
Academics, journalists and First Amendment lawyers are rallying behind New York University researchers in a showdown with Facebook over its demand that they halt the collection of data showing who is being micro-targeted ...
Oct 24, 2020
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Security
By this time, news stories have made words like bugs, viruses and malware familiar and by all means frequent, as computer users scramble to self-educate on how to avoid falling victim to a range of security invasions.
Jan 27, 2019 weblog
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Now this seems curious. A company files a patent application for a system that it never intends to use. Why bother? Facebook, the company that filed, has its reasons but first let us see what the patent is all about. Facebook ...
Jul 02, 2018 weblog
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Software
Microsoft Edge will not natively block ads. Microsoft has reacted to outside reports that Edge was going to acquire an integrated ad blocker.
Apr 04, 2016 weblog
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Consumer & Gadgets
Advertisements on a voice assistant like Alexa or Siri may be more effective if the assistant is viewed as the medium for the ad, not the source. However, user motives play a role in how these persuasive messages are received, ...
May 02, 2022
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