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In Wake of Uproar Over Facebook’s Emotional Manipulation Study, Bioethics Scholars Say New Rules Are a “Moral Imperative”

In Wake of Uproar Over Facebook’s Emotional Manipulation Study, Bioethics Scholars Say New Rules Are a “Moral Imperative”

In a digital world where many adults remember a time before personal computers and the internet existed, its not surprising that ethics policies and practices are still catching up to the te... Read more

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The Future Could Work, if We Let It

The Future Could Work, if We Let It

One persistent criticism of the tech industry is that it no longer works on big ideas. For all of Silicon Valley’s talk of changing the world, critics say, Google and Facebook mainly hire ar... Read more

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As Data Overflows Online, Researchers Grapple With Ethics

As Data Overflows Online, Researchers Grapple With Ethics

Scholars are exhilarated by the prospect of tapping into the vast troves of personal data collected by Facebook, Google, Amazon and a host of start-ups, which they say could transform social... Read more

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No-wait data centers

No-wait data centers

New system could reduce data-transmission delays across server farms by 99.6 percent Big websites usually maintain their own “data centers,” banks of tens or even hundreds of tho... Read more

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Decentralised networks could save democracy

Decentralised networks could save democracy

Democratic movements can flourish online, but just as easily get censored. A group of researchers is developing solutions to the vulnerabilities and privacy problems with using big social me... Read more

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Why Teens Are Innovators Of A New Public Form Of Privacy

Why Teens Are Innovators Of A New Public Form Of Privacy

It may seem like teens are always over-sharing without a thought. But in a world where opting out of online culture is hardly an option, many take a far more sophisticated view of privacy th... Read more

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Smart object recognition algorithm doesn’t need humans

Smart object recognition algorithm doesn't need humans

Highly accurate system learns to decipher images on its own If we’ve learned anything from post-apocalyptic movies it’s that computers eventually become self-aware and try to eliminate human... Read more

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In Search of . . . Time Travelers

In Search of . . . Time Travelers

It started over a poker game. Astrophysicist Robert Nemiroff and his students were playing cards (for chips) last summer, chatting about Facebook. They wondered: If there were time travelers... Read more

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Metadata Not Anonymous at All, Stanford Researchers Show

Metadata Not Anonymous at All, Stanford Researchers Show

If you’re not concerned about government surveillance of your phone because the National Security Agency (NSA) only collects metadata, think again. A study from Stanford University sho... Read more

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New algorithm finds you, even in untagged photos

New algorithm finds you, even in untagged photos

A new algorithm designed at the University of Toronto has the power to profoundly change the way we find photos among the billions on social media sites such as Facebook and Flickr. This mon... Read more

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Slacktivism: ‘Liking’ on Facebook may mean less giving

Slacktivism: ‘Liking’ on Facebook may mean less giving

Clicking a ‘Like’ button on Facebook can make people less likely to donate to a cause in the future, says research from UBC’s Sauder School of Business. Would-be donors skip giving when offe... Read more

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Seeking Online Refuge From Spying Eyes

Seeking Online Refuge From Spying Eyes

It’s a troubling image, one that some fear might not be limited to works of fiction. Consider this scene in “The Circle,” Dave Eggers’s new novel that imagines a dystopian future dominated b... Read more

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Viral Content With a Liberal Bent

Viral Content With a Liberal Bent

There is conventional wisdom about what kind of material will go viral on the Internet: celebrity slide shows, lists like 10 tips for losing belly fat, and quirky kitten antics. Then there i... Read more

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One Million Acts of Innovation Attacks Youth Unemployment in Canada With Their Program “Flourish”

One Million Acts of Innovation Attacks Youth Unemployment in Canada With Their Program “Flourish”

Flourish is a program for students or recent graduates of colleges and universities who want to use their creative skills to help interesting companies grow. It is unique in the way it train... Read more

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Jack Ma to Join Tech Moguls in Backing Medical Research Prize

Jack Ma to Join Tech Moguls in Backing Medical Research Prize

Yuri Milner, the Russian entrepreneur and investor, attracted some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names to join him in starting a life sciences prize this year. Now, he has wooed a titan from C... Read more

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