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28 per cent of Americans get their "news" from YouTube
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Now you know why they make such stupid decisions

In a study the Pew Research Center released today, 26 percent of US adults said they now get their news from YouTube.

Chinese working on a home operating system
Published in News
Friday, 13 December 2019 10:56

Chinese working on a home operating system


Part of the glorious plan to rip out foreign software

The two biggest OS (operating system) makers in China announced plans last week to unite and jointly build a new "domestic operating system".

Facebook starts paying for news
Published in News
Friday, 25 October 2019 11:10

Facebook starts paying for news


Shares stand with News Corp

News Corp CEO Robert Thomson is expected to begin praising the Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as the social notworker has agreed to start paying for news.

AI can't check for fake news
Published in AI
Friday, 18 October 2019 09:35

AI can't check for fake news

 

You need humans to tell a flat earth, anti-vax, 5G conspiracy theory from the real thing

Hopes that we might be able to use machine learning to distinguish the sheep from the goats in the news have been dashed by two papers released by MIT boffins.

Russian outfit claims to be legit news outlet
Published in News
Wednesday, 21 November 2018 11:57

Russian outfit claims to be legit news outlet


We are not Putin's mouthpiece, and we want its Facebook account back

A Russian company whose accountant was charged by federal prosecutors for attempting to meddle in US elections has sued Facebook claiming it is a legitimate news outlet and wants its account back.

FCC broadband panel chair arrested in $250 million fraud case
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FCC boss Ajit Pai appears to have built his own swamp

The former chair of a panel organised by FCC boss Ajit Pai to advise the agency on broadband matters has been arrested for alleged fraud. Elizabeth Ann Pierce, the former CEO of Quintillion Networks, was appointed by Pai last April to chair the committee.

AI is still half baked
Published in News
Friday, 09 February 2018 12:01

AI is still half baked


Deep learning is shallower and more hyped than Italian television

AI is set to be a massive disappointment for those who think it is going to take over the world.

Man uses DDoS attacks to censor news he didn’t like
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No he was not an AMD, Nvidia, Intel or Apple fanboy

A 32-year-old Seattle man is in hot water after claims he launched a DDoS attack on a US-based legal services website to force it to remove a link about his past criminal conduct.

After firing humans Facebook news is all lies
Published in News
Thursday, 13 October 2016 12:12

After firing humans Facebook news is all lies


You probably were not expecting this

Social Notworking outfit Facebook got into trouble when it was claimed that humans picking the news were biased against US conservatives, so the humans were replaced by an algorithm.

TV news takes a turn for the worst
Published in News
Tuesday, 29 September 2015 15:09

TV news takes a turn for the worst


Apple fanboys replace real cameras with iPhones

There is always a great danger when an Apple fanboy gets control of a hardware budget and a Swiss television station is going to find out the hard way.