Internet
Evaluating the usability of open-source software (OSS), software that is made freely available to developers worldwide, generally entails analyzing the feedback and comments of those who used it. Processing and understanding ...
Energy & Green Tech
Almost 2,500 miles and numerous differences in size, culture, and climate separate Los Angeles, California, from Tehuantepec, Mexico. At the same time, these places share striking similarities when it comes to ambitions for ...
Sep 25, 2023
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Computer Sciences
In January 2017, Reddit users read about an alleged case of terrorism in a Spanish supermarket. What they didn't know was that nearly every detail of the stories, taken from several tabloid publications and amplified by Reddit's ...
Aug 2, 2023
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Internet
Trolls, haters, flamers and other ugly characters are, unfortunately, a fact of life across much of the internet. Their ugliness ruins social media networks and sites like Reddit and Wikipedia.
Jun 28, 2022
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Computer Sciences
People serving time in prison or jail in the United States, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world, are almost constantly being monitored. The surveillance even stretches into communications between inmates ...
May 12, 2021
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Internet
With many indigenous languages worldwide becoming endangered due to a dwindling number of native speakers, Google has introduced the app Woolaroo which focuses on learning these languages. The idea for the app stemmed from ...
Computer Sciences
Citizens from the island of Aneityum in the Republic of Vanuatu are working with faculty from Binghamton University, State University of New York to test their true value as humans.
Jun 17, 2019
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Business
Michigan residents overwhelmingly want more solar power.
Mar 8, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Building transmission lines is often controversial. Farmers who agree to host new lines on their property may be paid, while other community members protest against the visual intrusion. Pushback against new lines has slowed ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Internet
In the 2018 documentary "The Cleaners," a young man in Manila, Philippines, explains his work as a content moderator: "We see the pictures on the screen. You then go through the pictures and delete those that don't meet the ...
Oct 24, 2023
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