A scientific take on awesome success of Gangnam video
(Tech Xplore)—When Gangnam Style busted out of its corner of the world in 2012, pundits and everyday people struggled to wonder why it was so catchy and why so liked.
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Robotics
A multi-objective optimization approach for socially aware robot navigation
Mobile robots are gradually making their way into a number of human-populated environments, including hospitals, malls and people's homes. In order for these robots to interact with humans in their surroundings, they should ...
Security
Your 'anonmyized' web browsing history may not be anonymous
Raising further questions about privacy on the internet, researchers from Princeton and Stanford universities have released a study showing that a specific person's online behavior can be identified by linking anonymous web ...
Jan 19, 2017
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Internet
On Twitter, fake news travels faster than true stories: study
A new study by three MIT scholars has found that false news spreads more rapidly on the social network Twitter than real news does - and by a substantial margin.
Mar 8, 2018
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Security
Cybersecurity expert weighs in on AI benefits and risks
Artificial intelligence has been taking the world by storm as the powers of tools such as ChatGPT and others have become available to the public.
Jan 5, 2024
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Computer Sciences
Tricking fake news detectors with malicious user comments
Fake news detectors, which have been deployed by social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook to add warnings to misleading posts, have traditionally flagged online articles as false based on the story's headline or content. ...
Nov 2, 2020
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Internet
Online hate speech could be contained like a computer virus, researchers say
The spread of hate speech via social media could be tackled using the same "quarantine" approach deployed to combat malicious software, according to University of Cambridge researchers.
Dec 18, 2019
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Business
Protecting privacy online begins with tackling 'digital resignation,' say researchers
From smart watches and meditation apps to digital assistants and social media platforms, we interact with technology daily. And some of these technologies have become an essential part of our social and professional lives.
Mar 3, 2023
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Security
LA Unified cyberattack woes and uncertainties could be long-lasting, experts say
Retirees from the Baltimore school system are having trouble with pension and health care payments two years after a ransomware attack. The identity of a child in Toledo, Ohio, is being used to apply for credit months after ...
Oct 11, 2022
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Bad news for fake news: New research helps combat social media misinformation
Rice University researchers have discovered a more efficient way for social media companies to keep misinformation from spreading online using probabilistic filters trained with artificial intelligence.
Dec 10, 2020
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