Meta could become even more dominant in social media with Threads
In less than 48 hours, Meta's Twitter rival Threads has surpassed 70 million sign-ups, upended the social media landscape and appears to have rattled Twitter enough that it is now threatening legal action against Meta......»»
WhatsApp will soon discontinue its old Electron app for macOS
WhatsApp last year launched a new version of its macOS app that was completely rebuilt from scratch. Although users could still use the old Electron-based WhatsApp, Meta has now confirmed that it will soon be discontinued and shut down. more….....»»
Schools urged to teach children how to spot conspiracies and fake news
Young people are as engaged and interested in current affairs as ever, but social media is siloing their opinions and making fake news hard to spot, and schools are the places to tackle this, according to a conspiracy theory expert......»»
Poor people are business owners, too—but myths around poverty and entrepreneurship hold them back, says researcher
Nearly 1 in 5 people in the world lives in poverty. Even in many developed countries such as the U.S., poverty rates exceed 12%. In an age of breathtaking technological progress and dynamic social change, poverty remains stubbornly persistent......»»
Beats teases all-new Powerbeats Pro 2 coming next year
Apple’s Beats brand is teasing the long-awaited refresh to its popular Powerbeats headphones. In a new collaboration with MLB star Shohei Ohtani on social media, Beats gives a brief look at the new Powerbeats Pro 2, which it says will be released s.....»»
RNA editing plays critical role in fruit flies" sense of smell and social interactions
Imagine your DNA as a set of instructions or a recipe book that tells your body how to make everything it needs to function, from proteins to cells. Every time the body needs to build something, it reads these instructions. But sometimes, the body ca.....»»
North Korean hackers’ social engineering tricks
“North Korean malicious cyber actors conducted research on a variety of targets connected to cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over the last several months,” the FBI has warned through a public service announcement. This suggest.....»»
Voting as a social determinant of health
Approximately 244 million Americans will have the opportunity to vote in the 2024 elections. In the 2020 election, an unprecedented 67 percent of those eligible turned out to vote. If turnout reaches that level again, it will result in over 162 milli.....»»
Study highlights importance of social media influencers in information dissemination during mpox outbreak
A recent study shows social media influencers are more important than previously thought when it comes to getting out vital information in a crisis......»»
Meta lobbied for child safety bill to blame Apple, but Apple’s own lobbying got it off the hook
Apple has its share of frenemies, and Meta is certainly one of them. Though the two companies have a mutually beneficial relationship, they have often found themselves in deep points of conflict. The latest drama? Per The Wall Street Journal, Meta lo.....»»
X officially blocked in Brazil; court demands Apple remove it from the App Store [U]
Following a dispute between Elon Musk and the Brazilian Supreme Court, the social network X has been officially banned from Brazil as of this Friday evening. As a result, the court is now demanding that Apple remove X from the Brazilian App Store –.....»»
Facebook ad partner may have tried to listen into your conversations
If you ever thought that Facebook was listening in on your conversations to hit you with targeted advertising, you may have been right.Meta and Google were allegedly clients of an advertiser's open-mic surveillance program.The advertising industry ha.....»»
Chinese influence campaigns targeted US voters, research finds
Chinese backed campaigns pushed propaganda and spam content on social media.....»»
Research reveals huge volume of sports gambling advertising on social media in the US
Sports fans are being bombarded daily with gambling advertising via social media in the United States—and the majority of ads could be in breach of regulations, according to a new study......»»
Poor quality of employment is responsible for UK workers" reliance on foodbanks, study shows
University of Liverpool researchers have published the first-ever peer-reviewed study of workers using foodbanks in the U.K. The study, published in the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, found that the primary reason for workers turning to emerg.....»»
Early exposure to diverse faces helps babies overcome prejudices later in life, study suggests
Babies who have more diverse social contacts in the first years of their life can get over their prejudices more easily by the age of 17. That's according to research published in npj Science of Learning by neuroscientist Saskia Koch of Radboud Unive.....»»
Simulation study explores how gift giving drives social change
New findings provide quantitative criteria for classifying social organizations in human history, together with potential explanatory variables that can be empirically measured for anthropology, history and archaeology, according to a study published.....»»
How new words arise in social media
The more centrally connected someone is within their social media network, the more likely that new words they use will become adopted into mainstream language, according to a new study published in PLOS Complex Systems by Louise Tarrade of École No.....»»
Bugs, performance issues hinder Huawei’s AI chips
Export controls bar import of Nvidia chips, but homegrown alternative is struggling. Enlarge (credit: Barcroft Media | Getty Images) China’s efforts to match US computing power in artificial intelligence are being hamp.....»»
Perception and deception in times of crisis: Characteristics of messages and sources that allow information to spread
The COVID-19 pandemic not only gave us a global health crisis but also an infodemic, a term coined by the World Health Organization (WHO) to describe the overwhelming flood of information—both accurate and misleading—that inundated media channels.....»»
DEI policies work best when they are designed to include everyone and are backed by evidence, says researcher
As the U.S. becomes increasingly polarized, diversity, equity and inclusion—also known as DEI—efforts have been touted as a way to bridge social divides and promote a sense of belonging for everyone, especially for those who have been traditional.....»»