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Является ли Биткойн технологическим запасом? Часть вторая
Если Биткойн станет технологическим запасом крипто-пространства, то это прекрасно, а если нет, то во всяком случае, более широкой финансовой системой, что позволит пространству для роста сети быть огромным, если предположить прогресс в масштабировании решений. дальше »
2019-5-28 21:03 | |
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Leave your DSLR at home: The Huawei P30 Pro is the only camera a traveller needs
A few weeks ago, when my colleagues were busy listening to Mark Zuckerberg yanking about a ‘Privacy-first future’ of Facebook, I was exploring the streets of Europe, drinking fresh beer. The iPhone Xs, with my main SIM card, was one of the phones I was carrying for the trip. дальше »
2019-5-24 14:53 | |
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Facebook is launching a ‘global’ cryptocurrency in 2020 – we’re all doomed
Rumors that Facebook has been working on a cryptocurrency haven’t exactly flown under the radar. And with the latest revelation, the Facebook cryptocurrency machine looks set to step up a gear. дальше »
2019-5-24 14:36 | |
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Fake Facebook accounts are influencing African elections
Facebook has issued a statement on how it removed fake accounts originating from Israel that ran Facebook Pages, Groups and Instagram accounts that carried false information looking to influence elections in several African countries. дальше »
2019-5-24 12:26 | |
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Google and Facebook are gonna hate Apple’s new privacy-preserving online ads
Apple has outlined a new plan to make online ads private. A new Safari feature, called Privacy Preserving Ad Click Attribution, aims to stop ads from tracking you across the web. The company says the proposed solution will allow advertisers to measure the effectiveness of their ad campaigns on the web without compromising on your privacy. дальше »
2019-5-23 12:50 | |
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Data Breach Report From Instagram Raises Concerns About Upcoming Facebook’s Digital Currency
Facebook, the most popular social network in the world, has been affected by different data leaks over the last years. This has harmed users and individuals that had data stored on their platform. Now, the security researcher Anurag Sen discovered that there was a public Amazon Web Services (AWS) database that had the information of […] дальше »
2019-5-21 18:33 | |
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Instagram Data Breach Reports Prove You Should Skip Facebook’s Crypto
By CCN: Another day, another Facebook data leak affecting millions of dubious users. This time around, security researcher Anurag Sen discovered a public Amazon Web Services (AWS) database containing the contact information of more than 49 million Instagram accounts, TechCrunch reports. дальше »
2019-5-21 00:35 | |
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Moonday Mornings: Banks pour $50M into blockchain, Bitcoin gets on CBS’ 60 Minutes
Another weekend, another batch of stories you might’ve missed. Or as we like to put it: welcome back to another edition of Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain stories. дальше »
2019-5-20 12:07 | |
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Facebook tweaks News Feed to favor close friends and ‘worthwhile’ content
Facebook’s biggest money-spinner is its News Feed, and the company has announced yet another key change to the algorithm. In a fresh announcement, the social network said that it’s leveraging new signals such as user surveys to prioritize posts from close friends and content you might find worthwhile. дальше »
2019-5-17 16:28 | |
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Facebook changes its News Feed algorithm to favor close friends
Facebook’s biggest money-spinner is its News Feed, and the company has announced yet another key change to the algorithm. In a fresh announcement, the social network said that it’s leveraging new signals such as user surveys to prioritize posts from close friends and content you might find worthwhile. дальше »
2019-5-17 16:28 | |
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Here’s why your Facebook groups went secret overnight
Over the last day, you may have noticed that several of your Facebook groups have switched their settings to “Secret,” for no apparent reason. That may have been to avoid the attentions of a particular virulent group inserting itself into other communities solely for the purpose of getting them banned. дальше »
2019-5-16 22:20 | |
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The most compelling tech tools to assist the visually impaired
In our ongoing series, High Contrast, we’re looking at how assistive technology can help people with disabilities overcome challenges in their lives, and the pioneers innovating in solutions to make everyday tools more accessible. дальше »
2019-5-16 17:06 | |
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White House launches social media survey to collect Conservative tears
The Trump administration on Wednesday launched launched a new tool where pissed off Conservatives can whine about social media bias. So long as they’re legal citizens, anyway. For Conservatives like Trump, a man who rose to prominence on the backs of the social networks he’s now convinced are out to get him, the argument isn’t a new one. дальше »
2019-5-16 04:56 | |
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Facebook finally takes steps to limit abusive live streamers
Almost two months after a horrific terrorist attack in New Zealand, Facebook‘s finally taking some concrete steps to stop the abuse of its live streaming feature. Today, the social network introduced a new ‘one strike’ policy to ban users who violate its community guidelines. дальше »
2019-5-15 11:15 | |
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Marketers shouldn’t base their plans on click-bait — get the real data
Simon Kemp is a global thought leader in digital marketing, CEO of Kepios, and the author of Hootsuite and We Are Social’s renowned Global Digital reports. In his talk ‘Don’t believe the hype: what people are really doing online’ at TNW2019 he explained how the imminent “social media apocalypse” that’s been proclaimed news stories is far from being true. дальше »
2019-5-9 18:55 | |
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Google’s case for privacy is more convincing than Facebook’s
Google, the search giant which has made its business to make money off our digital habits, is getting serious about privacy. The company, at its annual Google I/O developers conference yesterday, announced a number of fancy software updates, in addition to unveiling new hardware like Nest Hub Max and cheaper versions of its Pixel smartphone. дальше »
2019-5-8 15:46 | |
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How this music YouTube series succeeds at ‘dancing about architecture’
If you look past the raft of misattributed, inspirational quotes plastered over your uncle’s Facebook profile, there are actually some gems out there. You know, phrases that, well, contain actual wisdom. дальше »
2019-5-7 18:22 | |
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Facebook’s approach to fighting fake news is admirable, but not sustainable
With the huge EU elections around the corner, the issue of fake news has started to crop up again in headlines — and Facebook seems determined to make up for its mistakes from when the platform was abused in the 2016 US Presidential election. дальше »
2019-5-7 17:19 | |
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Facebook contract workers look at your private posts to help train its AI
A new report from Reuters has revealed how contract workers for Facebook and Instagram are looking at your private posts to help the social media platforms train their AI systems. Reuters suggests contractors are annotating the posts based on five “dimensions”: the content of the post (selfie, food, landmarks), the occasion of the post (life event, activity), expressive elements (opinion, feelings), author’s intent (to plan an event, making a joke, inspire others) and the post’s setting (home, school, work, outdoors). дальше »
2019-5-6 18:07 | |
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Facebook Developing Crypto Payment Platform
Facebook is reportedly looking to create a payment system that uses a stablecoin of its own design. The system will allow users to purchase goods on Facebook and other websites. The social media giant is also developing a checkout platform to be used across the web. дальше »
2019-5-3 18:00 | |
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Facebook is developing a fiat-backed stablecoin payment system
While details have remained scarce, Facebook’s plans to create its own cryptocurrency have not exactly been secret. But with its latest announcement, Facebook looks to be developing its own stablecoin-backed payment system, The Wall Street Journal reports. дальше »
2019-5-3 11:00 | |
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Online extremism is taking a mental toll on researchers studying it
Social media platforms do an indispensable job of connecting us with our families, friends and like-minded people. But of late, they have also become conduits for bad actors to hijack users’ attention to manipulate news, spew conspiracy theories, and propagate toxic viewpoints with an intent to radicalize impressionable minds. дальше »
2019-5-3 10:36 | |
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Want a blockchain job in big tech? This course might help you land one
What do Facebook, Visa, Shell, IBM, and EY have in common (other than being stupid rich)? They’re all hiring blockchain talent. Indeed, blockchain jobs are popping up all over the place these days. дальше »
2019-5-2 18:11 | |
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How Facebook and Google are using algorithms to predict your next thought
Advertisements follow you everywhere. Google and Facebook have become the de facto diarchs, mining your online attention to track every single move to serve their needs. While it’s becoming increasingly impossible to quench the big tech’s thirst for user data, collect they must in order to sell ads, and for them to thrive and grow. дальше »
2019-5-2 15:52 | |
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Revenge of the nerds: Facebook is developing human-level AI to fight bullying
Facebook might be taking its bullying problem a lot more seriously than you think. Rather than hire more humans to flag troubling content, it plans on developing AI with human level intelligence to do the job. дальше »
2019-5-2 23:47 | |
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Here’s what Facebook announced at its F8 developer keynote
As Facebook continues to weather a string of legal battles and harsh criticism for its never-ending privacy disasters and a generally lackadaisical attitude towards consumer data, the social networking site kicked off its annual F8 annual developer conference at San Jose yesterday. дальше »
2019-5-1 17:28 | |
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Here are the 7 requirements for building ethical AI, according to the EU commission
In October, Amazon had to discontinue an artificial intelligence–powered recruiting tool after it discovered the system was biased against female applicants. In 2016, a ProPublica investigation revealed a recidivism assessment tool that used machine learning was biased against black defendants. дальше »
2019-5-1 14:19 | |
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Facebook’s Secret Crush feature wants to help you find friends who are, like, totally obsessed with you
Facebook announced at its F8 conference today a new feature to its Dating repertoire, this one apparently designed to help single minglers poach potential paramours from their Friends by adding them to an ostensibly private list of people you’re crushing on. дальше »
2019-5-1 03:12 | |
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How Facebook plans to keep your data private while opening it up to researchers
Ever since the 2016 US presidential elections, social network Facebook has been at the receiving end of criticism for its outsized influence on worldwide electoral processes, and threats to democracy from the spread of fake news. дальше »
2019-4-30 16:08 | |
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Can we trust Ireland to enforce GDPR on big tech?
GDPR is complicated business; even people like me who try to keep up with all its developments struggle to understand this mammoth set of European regulations and its effects. I believe one of the main reasons for that is we’ve yet to see a proper GDPR case being brought against big tech companies like Facebook and Google — the companies GDPR should protect us from. дальше »
2019-4-30 14:06 | |
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Dead Facebook users could outnumber the living by 2069
Within the next 50 years, Facebook could feel more like a place for the dead than the living. According to academics from the University of Oxford, by 2069, the dead could outnumber the living on the social network. дальше »
2019-4-29 16:19 | |
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The top social media dos and don’ts for recruiters
It seems like the world is getting more social all the time: social media boasts nearly 3. 2 billion users worldwide, representing a 13 percent increase year-over-year, with Facebook, YouTube, and WhatsApp leading the charge in terms of user bases. дальше »
2019-4-29 05:30 | |
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Facebook clamps down on personality quizzes to plug data leaks
Facebook is taking baby steps to plug data leaks on its platform. In a new blog post that was posted yesterday, the company’s director of product management Eddie O’Neil wrote that it will be subjecting apps with “minimal utility,” such as personality quizzes, to heightened scrutiny and “may not be permitted on the platform. дальше »
2019-4-26 14:56 | |
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Facebook sets aside billions to pay its way through privacy issues
Facebook may be reeling from a string of privacy disasters, but in terms of sheer usage, the social network continues to be unstoppable in its quest for growth. And in its latest earnings report, the company has revealed that it’s happy to throw money at anything that stands in its way. дальше »
2019-4-25 12:59 | |
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Mark Zuckerberg has a podcast now – but you may have already heard it
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just launched a podcast the same day that his company issued its latest quarterly earnings report. But if you’ve been following his public posts on the social network over the few months, you’ve probably already heard the first two episodes. дальше »
2019-4-25 08:43 | |
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WhatsApp is failing to stop the spread of child abuse videos
Facebook-owned WhatsApp continues to be a hotbed for sharing sexual abuse videos in India, according to fresh findings from Cyber Peace Foundation (CPF), a New Delhi-based cyber security and policy think tank that fights against online crimes and warfare. дальше »
2019-4-24 16:32 | |
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Bitcoin hackers threaten to leak masturbation vids if victims don’t pay up
Bitcoin sextortion scams are so 2018, right? Well, there are some hackers out there that would beg to differ. It appears that residents of Norton, a small town in Kansas, US, are being targeted by scammers threatening to release sensitive material unless the victims pay a Bitcoin ransom. дальше »
2019-4-23 11:53 | |
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Live streaming is overdue for an overhaul. Here’s why.
For a while, it seemed like live streaming was going to be the future. Social media platforms like Facebook introduced a way for people to share their experiences in the moment, and some dedicated streaming platforms arose purely to satisfy the world’s demands for live streaming. дальше »
2019-4-19 06:39 | |
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BlackBerry Messenger is shutting down after nearly 14 years (unless you pay)
Before there was WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, or WeChat, there was BlackBerry Messenger. Launched in August of 2005, BBM was the first popular mobile chat to pull people away from text messages or desktop clients. дальше »
2019-4-19 03:53 | |
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Facebook exposed millions more Instagram passwords than we realized
Facebook today revealed it’d discovered millions of improperly secured passwords on its server. So, you know… business as usual. Facebook revealed in March it’d discovered a cache of Facebook passwords being stored in plain text form — meaning several thousand Facebook employees who had access could have read them at any time. дальше »
2019-4-19 01:53 | |
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Facebook uploaded 1.5 million people’s email contacts without permission
Welcome to the latest episode of “Facebook’s Daily Screw-up. ” Following a report from Business Insider yesterday, the company confirmed it had uploaded more 1. 5 million users’ contact lists without their permission when they signed up for the service starting in May 2016. дальше »
2019-4-18 10:03 | |
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How to activate Facebook Messenger’s new dark mode, no emoji required
In March, Facebook teased Messenger’s long-awaited dark mode. Users could unlock the feature by simply sending a crescent moon emoji to one of their friends. And now, after a month of public experimentation, the feature is receiving a wide release and can be unlocked simply by activating a toggle. дальше »
2019-4-16 20:49 | |
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Jumbo is an iPhone app that clears your old tweets and Google searches
There’s an insane amount of news every day about social networks screwing up and compromising user data. So, it’s advisable that you keep your privacy settings in check to avoid giving away any information unintentionally. дальше »
2019-4-15 16:15 | |
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Facebook may soon let you chat with friends on mobile without Messenger
Five years ago, Facebook began encouraging users to use its standalone Messenger app to chat with their contacts, instead of using the built-in feature in the social network’s mobile apps. It appears that it’s now looking to bring messaging back to the primary Facebook app experience – which indicates a change in strategy for keeping users engaged on the platform App researcher Jane Manchun Wong tweeted a screenshot of a Facebook feature in the works, which shows a new tab for messaging people right within the social network’s app. дальше »
2019-4-12 10:48 | |
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Facebook’s AI prevents deceased users’ profiles from popping up in your suggestions
It’s hard to cope with the loss of a loved one, and it’s harder when their profile pops up on Facebook as a suggestion, as if they were still alive. Now, the social network is using AI to make sure that the profile of the deceased doesn’t “appear in a painful way,” along with some new tools for memorialization for remembering them. дальше »
2019-4-10 10:42 | |
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Yes, there’s a subreddit that skewers those targeted Facebook t-shirt ads
Facebook ads are usually weird and funny when they’re not showing off spooky knowledge of your life and hobbies. Those targeted ads for graphic t-shirts somehow manage to be all three — and a subreddit is celebrating them in all their bizarre glory. дальше »
2019-4-8 22:35 | |
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Why Facebook will have a hard time becoming the next WeChat
Mark Zuckerberg recently posted an article that got a great deal of attention entitled “A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking. ” He said the platform would focus on simple, private interactions and blending functions for Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. дальше »
2019-4-6 16:30 | |
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ContentsDeal project is putting copyright on the blockchain
The internet is pretty great. It’s given us things like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, and Tumblr. For the creative folks among us, there’s a wealth of opportunity to distribute, share, and get feedback on your creations. дальше »
2019-4-5 12:16 | |
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Facebook data leak (yeah, another one) allegedly exposes passwords, likes, etc
Flip that board that says “It’s been _ days since we found a massive pile of unsecured Facebook data” right back to zero, and get ready to reset your passwords again just to be safe. Security researchers discovered hundreds of millions of records on publicly-accessible Amazon cloud servers — including names, passwords, comments, likes, and all the other stuff we should all just assume has already leaked at some point. дальше »
2019-4-4 00:23 | |
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