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How Israel-Hamas War Misinformation Is Spreading Online

Experts say social media platforms have been flooded with false claims, adding to the confusion about what is happening on the ground. Earlier this week, Marc Zell, a representative for Republicans Overseas Israel, a U.S.-based poli.....»»

Category: topSource:  timeOct 16th, 2023

Employees should not bear the sole responsibility for learning in remote work

Competence requirements in the workplace are growing at a tremendous pace as technology advances and remote work is becoming increasingly normalized. Work-related formal training, too, increasingly takes place on online platforms. However, online cou.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 15th, 2024

Xiaomi’s POCO Brand to Close Down its Online Stores in Europe

Interestingly enough, POCO's Indian website remains safe. The post Xiaomi’s POCO Brand to Close Down its Online Stores in Europe appeared first on Phandroid. Xiaomi’s POCO sub-brand has undoubtedly been one of the most successf.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved web pages are back online

Wayback Machine back in read-only mode after DDoS, may need further maintenance. The Internet Archive has brought its Wayback Machine back online "in a provisional, read-only mann.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78

Christensen kick-started online culture by inspiring thousands of hobbyist communities. On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

Social media as a teaching tool: South African teachers talk about the new reality

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a shift towards the use of social media platforms in teaching. The South African Department of Basic Education, for one, instructed all schools to adopt online teaching and learning to save the 2020 school year, disr.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

Best Buy laptop deals: Cheap laptops starting at $199

Best Buy is one of the best places to buy a laptop online, and with these Best Buy laptop deals it's one of the best places to save on a new laptop as well......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 14th, 2024

I’ll never watch this harrowing, notorious 40-year-old movie ever again. Here’s why

I watched Threads, a BBC film depicting the devastation inflicted on regular people after a nuclear war, and it's so horrific I vowed never to see it again......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 13th, 2024

Deleting your Facebook may increase your well-being but reduce your political knowledge

Amid widely shared concerns that social media makes people unhappy, spreads misinformation, and polarizes societies, researchers paid randomly selected participants to deactivate their Facebook accounts during an election, then compared them to a ran.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

A movie filmed entirely in Grand Theft Auto Online is coming to theaters

To see or not to see — will you check out Grand Theft Hamlet when it hits theaters?.....»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Scientists track and analyze lofted embers that cause spot fires

In the chaos of a wildfire, heat, wind, flames and fuel interact to produce embers that are lofted into surrounding areas, starting new spot fires and spreading destruction and property loss in California's wildland-urban interface......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Carefully exposing children to more misinformation can make them better fact-checkers, study suggests

In an era when online misinformation is seemingly everywhere and objective facts are often in dispute, UC Berkeley psychologists in a new study have presented a somewhat paradoxical partial solution: Expose young children to more misinformation onlin.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 10th, 2024

Amazon debuts AI ‘Shopping Guides’ for more than 100 product types

Amazon debuted its new AI-powered Shopping Guide feature on Wednesday that is designed to help educated online buyers about their potential purchases......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

X reinstated in Brazil after Musk pays fines, agrees to follow local laws

X blocked accounts and paid $5 million in fines to get back online in Brazil. Brazil's Supreme Court is allowing Elon Musk's X to resume operations, apparently ending a months-lon.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Volvo Deputy CEO Bjorn Annwall to leave amid management shake-up

Bjorn Annwall's departure comes after Volvo lowered its online sales goal and quit the car subscriptions business......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6: everything we know so far

Another year and another Call of Duty title. This time we're taking aim at Call of Duty: Black Ops Gulf War with all the intel we've collected on the new title......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

The MediaTek Dimensity 9400 just raised the bar for Android phones

MediaTek’s latest phone chip is the Dimensity 9400, and this one takes the silicon war to the 3nm turf. But it’s AI goals are an even more ambitious......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 9th, 2024

The political, social and psychological toll of family deaths in war

The hardship of war does not end when the shooting stops, as every wartime death leaves behind family members whose struggle will go on for decades, if not generations. Millions of these bereaved survivors have lost their kin, including parents, chil.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

After years of server issues, LittleBigPlanet 3 is being delisted

LittleBigPlanet 3's online functionality has been struggling for years, so it was only a matter of time before it got delisted......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Column: True champions of diversity stand up to bullies

Ford, and now Toyota, joined a list of companies that retreated on human rights after coming under fire from an online activist......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024

Residual impurities affect the stability of hydrogen atoms in irradiated gibbsite: Study

During Cold War-era plutonium production at what is now the Department of Energy's Hanford Site in Washington State, aluminum was used extensively as fuel cladding material. The waste products generated by fuel processing are currently stored in unde.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 8th, 2024