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......»»
Twitter users were unable to view tweets in latest service disruption under Musk
Twitter's timeline page appeared to experience a prolonged outage on Wednesday morning, marking the latest service disruption for the platform under new owner Elon Musk......»»
It’s not just you – Twitter is down for users around the world
Twitter is currently down for many people around the world, with users unable to view new tweets in their timeline or post to others......»»
US is reviewing Huawei export license policy amid rising congressional scrutiny of China
The US government is reviewing a policy that permits certain US exports to continue to Huawei, despite an overall push by the Trump and Biden administrations to block the Chinese telecommunications giant from receiving American technology......»»
Social media posts around solar geoengineering "spill over" into conspiracy theories
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have analyzed more than 800,000 tweets and found that negative emotions expressed about geoengineering—the idea that the climate can be altered using technology—can easily fall into conspiracy......»»
LastPass breach: Hacker accessed corporate vault by compromising senior developer’s home PC
LastPass is, once again, telling customers about a security incident related to the August 2022 breach of its development environment and subsequent unauthorized access to the company’s third-party cloud storage service that hosted backups: .....»»
Telling time on the moon
A new era of lunar exploration is on the rise, with dozens of moon missions planned for the coming decade. Europe is in the forefront here, contributing to building the Gateway lunar station and the Orion spacecraft—set to return humans to our natu.....»»
How to make a nuclear clock tick
While not primarily useful for telling the time, nuclear clocks could allow scientists to test humankind's fundamental understanding of how reality works......»»
Don’t worry about AI breaking out of its box—worry about us breaking in
Opinion: The worst human impulses will find plenty of uses for generative AI. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Rob Reid is a venture capitalist, New York Times-bestselling science fiction author, deep-sc.....»»
How linguistic diversity in English-language fiction reveals resistance and tension
Linguistic diversity, like other types of diversity, can enrich life. It's a truism that languages and cultures are closely allied. Some believe that language imposes its own unique perceptual grid on its users......»»
AI-generated comic artwork loses US Copyright protection
Zarya images "not protected by copyright." Words and arrangement remain protected. Enlarge / The cover of "Zarya of the Dawn," a comic book created using Midjourney AI image synthesis in 2022. (credit: Kris Kashtanova) O.....»»
US Copyright Office withdraws copyright for AI-generated comic artwork
Zarya images "not protected by copyright." Words and arrangement remain protected. Enlarge / The cover of "Zarya of the Dawn," a comic book created using Midjourney AI image synthesis in 2022. (credit: Kris Kashtanova) O.....»»
Federal agency proposes California spotted owl protection
Federal wildlife officials on Wednesday announced a proposal to classify one of two dwindling California spotted owl populations as endangered after a lawsuit by conservation groups required the government to reassess a Trump administration decision.....»»
Apple granted patent for color-changing Apple Watch band, controlled by an app
It sounds like science fiction, but Apple has been granted a patent for a color-changing Apple Watch band – with different color combinations selectable from a Watch app. The patent even describes the band being able to display “icons, shapes, a.....»»
No surprise — graphics cards have gotten twice as expensive since 2020
If you have a feeling that graphics cards are pretty expensive these days, you're not wrong. Comparing sales data from 2020 to 2023 is very telling......»»
In the far-from-diverse publishing industry, sensitivity readers are vital, says researcher
Publishing houses have set the cat among the pigeons. They have introduced "sensitivity readers." Some authors are claiming this amounts to censorship. But what is the truth of this relatively new practice?.....»»
These 26 words "created the internet." Now the Supreme Court may be coming for them
Congress, the White House and now the US Supreme Court are all focusing their attention on a federal law that's long served as a legal shield for online platforms......»»
EPA moves to restore rule on mercury from power plants
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday reaffirmed the basis for a rule that requires "significant reductions" in mercury and other harmful pollutants from power plants, reversing a move late in former President Donald Trump's administration to.....»»
Trilingual study shows how non-native languages interact with each other when multilinguals talk
People who speak more than two languages are more likely to mistakenly use words from the language they're least proficient in, new research has shown......»»
It"s just another marketing scheme. "De-influencers" tell you what to buy by telling you what not to buy
Tucked in between videos of friends, family or silly dances and pranks are promoted advertisements, often not labeled, to get users to buy the latest products. A simple scroll through TikTok can garner thousands of videos of everyday people reviewing.....»»
Report: Musk had Twitter engineers boost his tweets after Biden got more views
Musk reportedly gets "power user multiplier" to rank his tweets above others. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Samuel Corum) Twitter CEO Elon Musk had Twitter engineers set up a "special system" to boost his tweets after.....»»