How to avoid disinformation and misinformation on Facebook and Twitter
George Floyd is not really dead. Billionaire philanthropist George Soros is supplying bricks to protesters.
Jun 3, 2020
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Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs – lessons from the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has spawned an infodemic, a vast and complicated mix of information, misinformation and disinformation.
Jul 24, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Color image encryption using an improved version of stream cipher and chaos
Chaos theory can be used to encrypt, with computational efficiency, a color image, according to work published in the International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing. The non-linear approach described performs far ...
Sep 16, 2022
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Business
The multiple paradoxes of Meta and Mark Zuckerberg
From Facebook's psychological experiments on unwitting users in 2014 to the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018 or the Facebook files in 2021, controversies involving the company have been numerous. Despite an increased demand ...
Mar 2, 2023
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Engineering
Scientists apply control theory in analysis of photochemical reaction dynamics in light therapies
Researchers in China have recently applied control theory for the first time in analyzing the dynamics of the photochemical reactions in light therapies, and developed the first mathematical model of the light-induced singlet ...
May 6, 2022
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The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content
Using YouTube to learn about climate-change-related topics will expose you to video content that mostly opposes worldwide scientific consensus.
Jul 25, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Will artificial intelligence become conscious?
Forget about today's modest incremental advances in artificial intelligence, such as the increasing abilities of cars to drive themselves. Waiting in the wings might be a groundbreaking development: a machine that is aware ...
Dec 8, 2017
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YouTube's algorithms might radicalize people—but we have no idea how they work
Does YouTube create extremists? A recent study caused arguments among scientists by arguing that the algorithms that power the site don't help radicalize people by recommending ever more extreme videos, as has been suggested ...
Jan 22, 2020
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Security
A better kind of cybersecurity strategy
During the opening ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympics, held in PyeongChang, South Korea, Russian hackers launched a cyberattack that disrupted television and internet systems at the games. The incident was resolved quickly, ...
Dec 10, 2020
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Engineering
Images of simulated cities help artificial intelligence to understand real streetscapes
Recent advances in artificial intelligence and deep learning have revolutionized many industries, and might soon help recreate your neighborhood as well. Given images of a landscape, the analysis of deep-learning models can ...
Sep 14, 2023
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