It’s that time of the year when your interest veers towards Amazon, but it’s also that time of year where you can get befuddled by fake Amazon reviews. Have you learned to spot them yet? The Review Index (in beta as of this writing) can help you buy that perfect electronic gadget without wondering whether all those […]
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Don’t trust that 5-star review or rating on Amazon to make up your mind about a product. There’s a good chance it’s a fake (i.e. a commissioned review by the seller). The only way to find a true opinion is to learn how to spot these fakes. Amazon has faced this problem for some time […]
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Microsoft is jumping on the fake news bandwagon, adding a “Fact Check” label to Bing. Facebook enacted a crackdown on fake news months ago, and Google soon followed suit. And now, Microsoft is joining the party. And you’ll soon see the fruits of these labors in Bing search results. It’s getting increasingly difficult to tell […]
Continue ReadingWhat if your VPN didn’t really connect you to a server in a “safe” country? What if, instead, some of those servers were actually elsewhere? Wonder no more: it’s happening now. Read the full article: How Fake Virtual VPN Servers Are Destroying Your Privacy MakeUseOf
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Facebook is continuing its fight back against fake news. While Facebook doesn’t produce fake news, it’s at least partly responsible for its dissemination. When you see a story on Facebook it’s very easy to take it at face value rather than investigate further. And that’s not good. Facebook started its crackdown on fake news in […]
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Facebook has a fake news problem in need of fixing. Unfortunately, determining what is real, what is fake, what is opinion, and what is satire is an incredibly tricky job. It’s no wonder then that Facebook is turning to its users to help it fix the problem. The recent U.S. Presidential Election revealed a big […]
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