Effective new tool created for discerning fake news
We hear a lot about fake news, but do we know it when we see it?
Aug 13, 2020
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Google improves document, food scanning on app for visually impaired
Google announced a boost to its Lookout app that will further assist visually impaired or blind users. Lookout allows users to point their camera at objects and then tell them what it sees. And it lets users scan text and ...
Aug 12, 2020 report
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How open data could tame Big Tech's power and avoid a breakup
On July 29, the heads of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google testified (virtually) in front of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee to defend their dominant market positions in advertising (Facebook ...
Aug 06, 2020
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Twitter users may have changed their behavior after contact with Russian trolls
In the lead up to the 2016 presidential election, thousands of Twitter users changed their behavior after coming in contact with social media bots created by a notorious troll farm in Russia—adopting increasingly negative ...
Aug 06, 2020
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Microsoft confirms talks seeking to buy US arm of TikTok
Microsoft confirmed Sunday it is in talks with Chinese company ByteDance to acquire the U.S. arm of its popular video app TikTok and has discussed with President Donald Trump his concerns about security and censorship surrounding ...
Aug 02, 2020
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Facebook bumps up offer to $650 million to settle facial recognition class action
Facebook has agreed to pay $650 million—$100 million more than before—to settle a long-running class-action lawsuit over its use of facial recognition technology.
Jul 24, 2020
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Twitter mirrors attitudes and feelings about COVID-19
Themes of anxiety, depression, and fear of shortages emerge as Rochester researchers continue to mine social media as a reflection of the United States "in the moment."
Jul 24, 2020
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Security
Twitter cryptocurrency scam echoes previous schemes on YouTube
The Bitcoin scam that hackers deployed while breaking into the Twitter Inc. accounts of political leaders and business titans last week closely resembles similar schemes used previously on YouTube.
Jul 23, 2020
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Congress wants Apple, Google to warn users about apps posing 'national security risks'
Congress is asking Apple and Google to warn users about apps that pose "national security risks" days after the government showed interest in banning TikTok.
Jul 17, 2020
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Amazon says email to employees banning TikTok was a mistake (Update)
Roughly five hours after an internal email went out Friday to Amazon employees telling them to delete the popular video app TikTok from their phones, the online retailing giant appeared to backtrack, calling the ban a mistake.
Jul 10, 2020
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