Trump"s Tweets: telling truth from fiction from the words he used

Social media has supercharged the spread of information—and misinformation, which presents significant challenges when trying to distinguish between fact and fiction on social media platforms like Twitter......»»

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informationweekJan 28th, 2022

Five common English words we don"t know the origins of—including "boy" and "dog"

The naming process, the act of naming the items of the world, is as old as the first words spoken by our ancestors. We can reconstruct the stages of this process through etymology, which studies the historical development of the lexicon of a language.....»»

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physorgRelated NewsJul 5th, 2024

Words such as racist slurs can literally hurt—here"s the science

Rishi Sunak, the British prime minister, recently spoke of feeling hurt and angry at racist comments made about him during the UK election campaign. Anyone who's experienced racist or other discriminatory language is likely to know what this is like......»»

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theglobeandmailRelated NewsJul 4th, 2024

Study examines online intimidation targeting state election administrators

In the lead-up to the 2022 U.S. midterm elections, Arizona's chief election officer Katie Hobbs received far more harassing messages on Twitter than any of her counterparts in other states. More than 30% of all tweets directed at her, along with comm.....»»

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New Poll Finds 1 Democrat Absolutely Trouncing Trump

New Poll Finds 1 Democrat Absolutely Trouncing Trump.....»»

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pcmagRelated NewsJul 3rd, 2024

Apple may add some text effects to iMessage in iOS 18

Apple's changes to iMessage in iOS 18 could introduce new text effects, which may include stylized text that could be sent to Android users.iMessage on an iPhoneUsers of iMessage will be familiar with the way the app handles certain words within a me.....»»

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appleinsiderRelated NewsJun 1st, 2024

iMessage in iOS 18 to bring animations and text effects to individual words—is rich text support coming?

Apple’s upcoming iOS 18 release is expected to be one of the iPhone’s biggest software updates ever. Today a new report highlights an enhancement set to be added to one of Apple’s most popular apps: Messages. more….....»»

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theglobeandmailRelated NewsMay 31st, 2024

Apple may add some effects to text to iMessage in iOS 18

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appleinsiderRelated NewsMay 31st, 2024

Elon Musk could become U.S. policy adviser if Trump wins election, report says

The two have discussed ways for Musk, who runs the social media platform X as well as SpaceX and Tesla, to have "formal input and influence" over economic and border security policies, according to The Wall Street Journal......»»

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autonewsRelated NewsMay 29th, 2024

Study shows relatively low number of superspreaders responsible for large portion of misinformation on Twitter

A small team of social media analysts at Indiana University has found that a major portion of tweets spreading disinformation are sent by a surprisingly small percentage of a given userbase......»»

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