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Facebook says 50M user accounts affected by security breach

Facebook reported a major security breach in which 50 million user accounts were accessed by unknown attackers.

Internet Security

Sep 28, 2018
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Facebook admits phone numbers may be used to target ads

Facebook on Thursday confirmed that advertisers were privy to phone numbers given by members of the social network for enhanced security.

Internet

Sep 28, 2018
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New blockchain protocol could improve government and corporate procurement

A new blockchain tool developed by a researcher at the University of Waterloo and a collaborator at Airbus in Germany could make procurement of goods and services safer and more impartial.

Internet

Sep 25, 2018
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Deezer explores AI system for music that matches mood

Deezer is a France-based personal music streaming service. They are ambitious in securing a place in the frontlines of the streaming business. Signs are that they are working on technology that can make a difference for service-seeking ...

Internet

Sep 25, 2018
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Google looking to future after 20 years of search

Google celebrated its 20th birthday Monday, marking two decades in which it has grown from simply a better way to explore the internet to a search engine so woven into daily life its name has become a verb.

Internet Business

Sep 24, 2018
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Study suggests Facebook's war on fake news is gaining ground

In the two years since fake news on the Internet became a full-blown crisis, Facebook has taken numerous steps to curb the flow of misinformation on its site. Under intense political pressure, it's had to put up a fight: ...

Internet

Sep 18, 2018
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Rosetta system unleashed by Facebook can say whoa to offensive memes

When a meme is beyond goofy and crosses the line to outright offensive, is anyone minding the store?

Internet

Sep 13, 2018
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Will EU copyright overhaul 'break' the internet?

EU lawmakers have backed a major overhaul of copyright law that was hailed by some as a much-needed win against Silicon Valley, but its impact on ordinary web-users remains unclear.

Internet

Sep 13, 2018
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Google AI research scientist announces Dataset Search

Google, from Day One, got big by getting into the business of finding information. Years later, Google is talking serious business about datasets. Google is launching a new search engine to help scientists find the datasets ...

Internet

Sep 06, 2018
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Public reports will show Firefox user activity, behavior

If there is one blue-ribbon word that Mozilla team members love, it is "open." And this month marks the new Firefox Public Data Report, which unboxes Firefox user activity and behavior—complementing its older relation ...

Internet

Aug 29, 2018
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Machine learning tool Quicksilver can find overlooked females

Primer's John Bohannon has been discovering people's work and contributions thanks to a machine learning system built at Primer. "It does this much as a human would, if a human could read 500 million news articles, 39 million ...

Internet

Aug 10, 2018
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Holding law enforcement accountable for electronic surveillance

When the FBI filed a court order in 2016 commanding Apple to unlock the San Bernandino shooter's iPhone, the news made headlines across the globe. Yet every day there are tens tens of thousands of of other court orders asking ...

Internet Security

Aug 08, 2018
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Model fuses social media, remote sensing data with goal of identifying nuclear threats

A new computational model allows researchers to draw on normally incompatible data sets, such as satellite imagery and social media posts, to answer questions about what is happening in targeted locations. The researchers ...

Internet

Jul 23, 2018
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Despite digital revolution, distance still matters

Even when people have well-connected social networks beyond their home cities and across state lines, they are still most frequently interacting with people who are very geographically near.

Internet

Jul 18, 2018
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Facebook used less for news as discussion moves towards messaging apps

The use of social media for news has started to fall in a number of key markets after years of continuous growth, according to the seventh annual Digital News Report from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism ...

Internet

Jun 14, 2018
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Squashing cyberbullying: New approach is fast, accurate

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have designed a new technique for spotting nasty personal attacks on social media networks like Instagram.

Internet

Jun 11, 2018
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What's trending in fake news? Tools show which stories go viral, and if 'bots' are to blame

Researchers at the Indiana University Observatory on Social Media have launched upgrades to two tools playing a major role in countering the spread of misinformation online.

Internet

May 17, 2018
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How artificial intelligence can detect – and create – fake news

When Mark Zuckerberg told Congress Facebook would use artificial intelligence to detect fake news posted on the social media site, he wasn't particularly specific about what that meant. Given my own work using image and video ...

Internet

May 03, 2018
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Google and Facebook won't rule the world – if we don't buy their fantasies about big data

From micro-targeted advertisements to Russian social media sleeper agents and doorstep canvassers armed with conversation scripts based on personality profiles, data-driven tools and techniques appear to be providing increasingly ...

Internet

May 03, 2018
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Soft terms like 'open' and 'sharing' don't tell the true story of your data

The Turnbull government today announced the creation of a new National Data Commissioner to oversee the implementation of greater data access and "sharing" in Australia.

Internet Security

May 01, 2018
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Gmail's new 'confidential mode' offers more privacy controls—but don't get too comfortable

In rolling out major updates to Gmail, Google announced Wednesday that the popular email service will soon feature a new "confidential mode" that promises to give users more control over who sees the emails they send, and ...

Internet

Apr 26, 2018
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Delete Facebook? Nope, Facebook is growing

Congratulations everyone: You really showed Facebook.

Internet

Apr 26, 2018
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'Squadbox' uses 'friendsourcing' to better support targets of cyberbullying

Harassment has become ubiquitous on social media and in the online world- Twitter has been under fire for how it handles harassment, YouTube's trending algorithm has occasionally promoted offensive videos, and reporting abuse ...

Internet

Apr 05, 2018
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DNS service announced, puts privacy first

A new service that is offering privacy protection when you browse the web was announced Sunday. The security company Cloudflare is delivering a consumer DNS service called 1.1.1.1.

Internet

Apr 02, 2018
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How Cambridge Analytica's Facebook targeting model really worked – according to the person who built it

The researcher whose work is at the center of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data analysis and political advertising uproar has revealed that his method worked much like the one Netflix uses to recommend movies.

Internet

Mar 30, 2018
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