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A conversation about digital copyright reform by https://is.gd/LzFTmd
The European Union is in the process of reforming copyright laws that date back to 2001, as part of a wider strategy to establish a Digital Single Market across the 28 Member States of the bloc, aiming to break down regional barriers to ecommerce.
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In Europe’s Election Season, Tech Vies to Fight Fake News by https://is.gd/cUQwAf
As Europe readies for several elections this year after President Trump’s victory in the United States, Mr. Vlachos, 36, is one of a growing number of technology experts worldwide who are harnessing their skills to tackle misinformation online.
The French electorate heads to the polls in the second round of presidential elections on May 7, followed by votes in Britain and Germany in the coming months. Computer scientists, tech giants and start-ups are using sophisticated algorithms and reams of online data to quickly — and automatically — spot fake news faster than traditional fact-checking groups can.
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What do Indians do on the internet? by https://is.gd/rT6PJw
Internet-savvy Indians are hooked to Google, Facebook, and Amazon, a report released by media management company GroupM says. An average Indian with internet access spends over 200 minutes monthly on search engine Google, the report says.
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Instagram powers Taco Bell’s innovation machine — and it’s completely changing the fast-food menu as we know it by https://is.gd/QDjoZN
The company’s social media team closely watches the brand’s Twitter to keep an eye out for customers who are disappointed by cheese that isn’t as stretchy as what is portrayed in ads. n many ways, social media platforms like Instagram are also powering Taco Bell’s innovation engine and determining what’s on the fast-food chain’s menu.
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Upcoming.org founder relaunches site four years after Yahoo shut it down by https://is.gd/6Awbo1
Before events were posted on Facebook, the place to find social activities on the internet back in the early 2000s was Upcoming.org. Founded by Andy Baio, the site combined an event calendar with social networking where everything was primarily sourced from the community.
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How Google Home Trained Me to Look Stupid in Social Situations by https://is.gd/mkQQv8
Technology gets a lot of guff from critics. Whether it’s taking our jobs, ruining conversation, or damning an entire generation of Millennials to future neck problems, technology gets a bad wrap for a lot of different reasons.
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Why Facebook Keeps Beating Every Rival: It’s the Network, of Course by https://is.gd/NkBZQR
The tech world just witnessed a robbery. The heist was so brazen you kind of had to admire it, even if it was pulled off with all the grace of a gas station stickup. Facebook barged into Snapchat’s happy Venice Beach, Calif. mansion, took a solid inventory of the goods, then lifted the crown jewels. First a version of Stories, the fun slide-show format that Snapchat created, appeared last year on Instagram, owned by Facebook. Then Snapchat’s features made their way to WhatsApp and Messenger, Facebook’s chat apps. A couple of weeks ago they got to the big leagues — Facebook’s main app — and the heist was complete.
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This Tool Temporarily Mutes Twitter Accounts Of Anyone Who Uses Words You’re Sick Of by https://is.gd/TL1YPU
Twitter is a weird social network, and while there are plenty of tools for muting an account or keyword entirely, Supermute takes a different approach. Enter a keyword or phrase into Supermute, and it then mutes any account with that phrase for a set duration of time.
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Why can’t Karen Sandler get the source code for her pacemaker? by https://is.gd/kXRkfk
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration threatened legal action against Abbott Laboratories after researchers demonstrated that some of its heart-monitoring devices were insecure and could be hacked. It’s not a new problem.
It’s not a new problem. The white hat hacker Barnaby Jack showed in 2011 how insulin pumps could be remotely hijacked by a hacker, and the lack of adequate cybersecurity regulations for medical devices has been well-documented.
But none of this has gotten Karen Sandler any closer to getting the source code for her pacemaker.
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