You might have heard about Google’s intention to give worldwide authorities wider access to the personal details of account holders. This is supposedly an effort to counter terrorism. Giving secret services better access to everyone’s private data means an increased chance of catching terrorists and stopping atrocities. Or at least that’s how it appears. Because […]
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News has evolved, and how you read it needs to evolve too. It’s not about going to one site any more. It’s also not about reading through social networks. Reading the news today isn’t as simple as it used to be. There is an information overload that you need to counter. Plenty of sites have […]
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Google is making some serious changes to Search. The main aim is to bury the bad results from bogus sources, promoting accurate results from authoritative sources. Google is also promising to be more transparent about its products, and by announcing this it’s clearly off to a good start. The internet has changed everything. It means […]
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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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News media is a complex topic these days. From biased reporting to fake news that hides the truth, you can’t just read through any old site for your daily updates. There are probably a few sites that you don’t visit, either because their reporting is skewed or you’re just sick of seeing them. Using Google […]
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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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