Internet
Facebook's green light for political campaigns to pay prominent social media users to spread their messages is highlighting the difficulties around setting rules for the fast-changing world of online political campaigning.
Feb 14, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence-powered writing assistants that autocomplete sentences or offer "smart replies" not only put words into people's mouths, they also put ideas into their heads, according to new research.
May 16, 2023
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Internet
Political groups have been revving up their outreach efforts to reach voters and texting has been all the rage. But for some people, the bombardment of political texts has become as much of a nuisance as robocalls.
Mar 4, 2020
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Internet
"Your early vote has not been recorded," one text message said, with a link for more information.
Oct 11, 2020
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Internet
Elon Musk has suggested charging all users of his social media platform X, which would be the biggest shake-up since he took over the site then known as Twitter last October, but experts say he might struggle to get users ...
Sep 19, 2023
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Business
The thorny national debate about Twitter's future skidded into Silicon Valley's largest local government this month as Santa Clara County grappled over whether it should abandon the increasingly contentious social media platform ...
Dec 27, 2022
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Business
The Commerce Department on Friday is launching the application process for cities to receive a total of $500 million in grants to become technology hubs.
May 12, 2023
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Security
Chinese hackers with a history of state-sponsored espionage have intercepted the text messages of thousands of foreigners in a targeted campaign that planted eavesdropping software on a telecommunications provider's servers, ...
Oct 31, 2019
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Internet
Google's tightening of its political ad policy could help reduce the spread of misinformation on election campaigns, but at a cost for lesser-known candidates.
Nov 22, 2019
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Internet
Twitter said Friday its ban on political ads will exempt "caused-based" messages on topics related to social or environmental issues.
Nov 15, 2019
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