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Disrupting the fake news market
News, Published on 21/03/2022
» After Russia invaded Ukraine, some young Americans created scam Instagram accounts that shared videos and photos about the unfolding events. Pretending to be journalists on the ground, they attracted millions of followers and profited from the ads placed on their pages before they were taken down. It was not an isolated incident; the opportunity to monetise by misleading is the basis of a massive fake news market.
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Poll reveals mixed views on digital economy
Business, Published on 10/04/2019
» Although people in high-growth, emerging economies are positive about their future in the digital economy, they don't feel like their digital needs are being met, says a survey by Dentsu Aegis Network.
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Free news gets scarcer as paywalls tighten
AFP, Published on 27/02/2018
» WASHINGTON: For those looking for free news online, the search is becoming harder.
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The inflexibility of silicon
Life, James Hein, Published on 26/04/2017
» Since the 1950s, silicon has been the basis for our integrated circuits. The changes in component density since then have been staggering, with your smartphone now more powerful than the early supercomputers. Current chips can cram over 10 million transistors into a square millimetre, and these can be scaled in 3D, giving us the storage solutions we have today. The problem for some applications is that silicon is quite rigid, and while it is not going away anytime soon, some applications want processors to be bendy.
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Ad blockers out-flank Facebook
AFP, Published on 12/08/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Ad blockers on Thursday said they foiled a move by Facebook to sidestep software used to stop marketing messages at social network pages visited on desktop computers.
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Facebook sidesteps ad-blocking on desktop computers
AFP, Published on 10/08/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook on Tuesday began letting marketing messages slip past ad-blocking software on desktop computers.
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'Brave' browser draws US newspapers' flak
AFP, Published on 08/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - The largest US newspaper publishers on Thursday threatened legal action to block a California startup's plan for a dedicated "news browser" with its own advertising.
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French media websites take on ad blockers
AFP, Published on 22/03/2016
» PARIS - The websites of several French media outlets joined together Monday requesting or requiring readers to disable ad blocking software to gain access to news content.
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News 'micropayments' site to launch in US
AFP, Published on 10/12/2015
» NEW YORK - Online news startup Blendle, which allows users to make small payments to read individual articles, announced plans Wednesday to launch next year in the United States.
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Mobile ad-blockers growing popularity threatens huge losses
AFP, Published on 11/10/2015
» PARIS - Mobile Internet sites face a new threat as millions download ad-blockers to their phones and tablets, removing pesky adverts but potentially wiping out billions of dollars in advertising revenue.
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