New Facebook algorithm update attempts to quell “engagement bait” posts
Posts that only want your clicks won't appear as often on news feeds any more.
View Article“There will be a [Senate] vote” to reinstate net neutrality, Schumer says
Congress could block net neutrality repeal, but Democrats face tough odds.
View ArticleAfter firestorm, CDC director says terms like “science-based” are not banned
Friday night report set off an uproar, but officials say it was “mischaracterization.”
View ArticleResilient plc selected by BT Group to bring call recording to its UK Inbound...
London, 19th December 2017 - Resilient plc today announced that it has been selected by BT to provide call recording services to customers of its non-geographic numbering services.The services are...
View ArticleCompiler to convert Go language to JavaScript
Developers wanting to use the Google Go language, aka Golang, for web programming can try the beta open source Joy compiler, which promises—when it reaches production release—to turn Go code into...
View ArticleThe new UI: Developing for wheel and voice in Windows 10
Microsoft has long been a driver of alternate user interaction models on the PC; its first mouse shipped back in 1983, two years before Windows appeared and a year before the Apple Macintosh made the...
View ArticleHow the end of net neutrality will affect enterprise cloud computing
I hate writing about politics because the topic is so polarizing. However, I’ve had enough questions about the net neutrality issue that I felt InfoWorld readers needed some preliminary guidance about...
View ArticleHMS Queen Elizabeth has sprung a leak and everyone’s all a-tizzy
200 litres an hour? Fetch the kettle, we could fill it from that New British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has sprung a leak.The warship takes on around 200 litres of water per hour thanks to a...
View ArticleNew York City moves to create accountability for algorithms
City Council passes bill addressing algorithmic discrimination in city government.
View ArticleForeign Office confirms WannaCry culprit: It woz the Norks wot done it
Notorious Lazarus Group said to be behind attack The Foreign Office Minister Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon has confirmed North Korea was behind the WannaCry ransomware incident.…
View ArticleTalkTalk banbans TeamTeamviewerviewer againagain
Remote access programme blocked for second time by ISP TalkTalk customers who need to use remote desktop tools are on the warpath after their ISP blocked TeamViewer for the second time this year,...
View ArticleFacebook’s new facial recognition feature finds you in untagged photos
So you can keep track of your online persona.
View ArticleGoogle brings a Chrome… installer… to the Microsoft Store
The browser itself isn't a store app. Just the installer.
View ArticleSkyrocketing fees are fundamentally changing bitcoin
Fees as high as $28 are destroying bitcoin's value for small payments.
View ArticleObama didn’t force FCC to impose net neutrality, investigation found
Ajit Pai still thinks Obama's call for net neutrality rules amounted to an order.
View ArticleGhostery, uBlock lead the anti-track pack
Privacy Badger grazes on cookies, but DoNotTrack? Nobody cares Looking for browser privacy? A group of researchers in France and Japan say RequestPolicyContinued and NoScript have the toughest...
View ArticleJulia vs. Python: Julia language rises for data science
Of the many use cases Python covers, data analytics has become perhaps the biggest and most significant.The Python ecosystem is loaded with libraries, tools, and applications that make the work of...
View ArticleHow to implement a recommender system
Balazs Horanyi is an engineer and data scientist at Stream. These days, when it comes to capturing and holding an audience’s attention you must deliver the most relevant content possible. Whether...
View ArticleWhat’s new in HTML5.2
HTML5.2, an upgrade to the core HTML5 specification providing the structure of webpages, is now released by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and includes enhancements for security and commerce.The...
View Article$50 off PlayStation 4 Slim 1TB Console: Star Wars Battlefront II Bundle –...
Right now Amazon has the PS4 Slim 1TB console, Star Wars Battlefront II bundle for $50 off its typical list price, so you can buy it now for $249.This bundle will vault you into the greatest galactic...
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