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A California bill that would force tech companies such as Facebook and Google to pay publishers for news content has been put on hold in the Legislature until 2024. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-california-bill-requiring-big-tech.html Internet Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:43:00 EDT news608481773 ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and The Associated Press said Thursday that they've made a deal for the artificial intelligence company to license AP's archive of news stories. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-chatgpt-maker-openai-ap-news-stories.html Internet Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:05:06 EDT news608475903 Google launched its AI chatbot Bard in the European Union and several more nations on Thursday, entering a key market in its race against Microsoft-backed ChatGPT after a delay over data privacy concerns. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-google-chatgpt-rival-bard-eu.html Internet Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:16:48 EDT news608462203 Celebrities, lawmakers, brands and everyday social media users are flocking to Meta's freshly minted app Threads to connect with their followers, including many Twitter refugees tired of the drama surrounding Elon Musk's raucous oversight of that platform. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-reluctant-twitter-users-flocking-meta.html Internet Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:52:59 EDT news608226773 A law that props up the news industry has turned Canada into the latest battleground for global tech giants that are pushing back against governments trying to curb their dominance. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-future-digital-news-canada.html Internet Mon, 10 Jul 2023 16:30:02 EDT news608224306 The European Commission said Monday it has adopted a new legal framework to protect Europeans' personal data in exchanges with the United States—its third attempt to get past legal challenges. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-eu-framework.html Internet Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:26:04 EDT news608221561 With great power comes great responsibility. In terms of the internet, power is found in the multitude of information available to users everywhere—but who is responsible for making sure the information out there is good and true? https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-internet-dark-side-machines.html Internet Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:22:28 EDT news608221342 When looking for a new type of book, movie, or restaurant, your search may suggest a title or venue you've already purchased or experienced. This is because the artificial intelligence tools many companies rely on push users into a "filter bubble," resulting in recommendations identical, or very similar to, what has been previously purchased. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-algorithm.html Internet Mon, 10 Jul 2023 13:36:03 EDT news608214961 The Threads app launched by Instagram as a rival to Twitter has signed up more than 100 million users in less than five days, data tracking websites said on Monday, smashing the record of AI tool ChatGPT for fastest-growing consumer app. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-twitter-rival-threads-million-users-1.html Internet Mon, 10 Jul 2023 04:22:55 EDT news608181772 Just how similar is Instagram's chatty new app, Threads, to Twitter? https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-clone-competitor-users-lawyers-twitter.html Internet Sat, 08 Jul 2023 06:42:58 EDT news608017375 Meta-owned Facebook has handed US users the controls over fact-checked content, in a potentially significant move that the platform says will give them more power over its algorithm but some analysts insist could benefit purveyors of misinformation. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-facebook-fact-checking-users.html Internet Fri, 07 Jul 2023 03:37:58 EDT news607919874 Threads, a text-based app built by Meta to rival Twitter, is live. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-threads-meta-twitter-rival.html Internet Thu, 06 Jul 2023 23:00:02 EDT news607881389 More than 30 million people have downloaded Threads, Meta's rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-tens-millions-twitter-rival-threads.html Internet Thu, 06 Jul 2023 20:10:01 EDT news607881913 Threads, Mark Zuckerberg's Instagram-based challenge to dethrone Elon Musk's troubled Twitter, has already secured tens of millions of downloads, but it remains to be seen whether this Twitter rival will be a winning one. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-threads-meta-twitter-killer.html Internet Thu, 06 Jul 2023 16:55:22 EDT news607881318 Twitter rival Threads—the Meta-owned app seen as a major rival to Elon Musk's troubled microblogging platform—already has 30 million signups, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday morning. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-twitter-rival-threads-million-users.html Internet Thu, 06 Jul 2023 14:08:23 EDT news607871301 Since Elon Musk took over Twitter eight months ago, users irked by the platform's new regime have vowed to move their online presence elsewhere, though the habit has proved hard to break. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-twitter-rivals-pile-meta-threads.html Internet Thu, 06 Jul 2023 05:06:23 EDT news607838780 More than 10 million people have signed up to Threads, Meta's rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the Facebook parent's CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-twitter-rival-threads-mn-users.html Internet Thu, 06 Jul 2023 03:48:15 EDT news607834089 Facebook owner Meta's new Threads app, meant to rival Twitter, will not be available in the European Union when it launches Thursday because of regulatory concerns, a source close to the company said. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-meta-twitter-like-threads-app-europe.html Internet Wed, 05 Jul 2023 14:55:35 EDT news607787733 A US federal court on Tuesday restricted some top officials and agencies of President Joe Biden's administration from meeting and communicating with social media companies to moderate their content, a ruling that could curtail government efforts to fight online falsehoods. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-court-limits-contacts-social-media.html Internet Wed, 05 Jul 2023 04:00:01 EDT news607747950 Elon Musk spent the weekend further alienating Twitter users with more drastic changes to the social media giant, and he is facing a new challenge as tech nemesis Mark Zuckerberg prepares to launch a rival app this week. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-twitter-chaos-door-meta-rival.html Internet Tue, 04 Jul 2023 07:31:54 EDT news607674709 Meta is poised to unveil a new app that appears to mimic Twitter—a direct challenge to the social media platform owned by Elon Musk. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-facebook-owner-meta-twitter-like-threads.html Internet Tue, 04 Jul 2023 03:57:44 EDT news607661862 Twitter has announced that TweetDeck, a popular program that allows users to monitor several accounts at once, will be available only to "verified" users from next month. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-twitter-limit-tweetdeck-users.html Internet Tue, 04 Jul 2023 03:53:11 EDT news607661588 Sweden on Monday ordered four companies to stop using a Google tool that measures and analyses web traffic as doing so transfers personal data to the United States, fining one company the equivalent of more than $1.1 million. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-sweden-companies-google-tool.html Internet Mon, 03 Jul 2023 14:07:50 EDT news607612067 TikTok and Instagram users can scroll with abandon. But Twitter owner Elon Musk has put new curfews on his digital town square, the latest drastic change to the social media platform that could further drive away advertisers and undermine its cultural influence as a trendsetter. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-elon-musk-limits-tweets-users.html Internet Mon, 03 Jul 2023 14:05:38 EDT news607611932 Elon Musk announced Saturday that Twitter would temporarily restrict how many tweets users could read per day, in a move meant to tamp down on the use of the site's data by artificial intelligence companies. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-ai-tussle-twitter-restricts-users.html Internet Sat, 01 Jul 2023 17:06:49 EDT news607450005 Fiber optics is now the fastest and most reliable technology to deliver internet connection. Data is transmitted through fast-traveling pulses of light that bounce off the walls of the fiber cables to allow the signal to travel further with less attenuation. However, fiber data transmission is subject to dispersion, or signal degradation from impairments in the optical fiber. This causes different wavelengths of light to travel at various speeds, spreading the signal over time and causing errors. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-chip-based-dispersion-compensation-faster-fiber.html Internet Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:08:23 EDT news607273699 Google said Thursday it will remove links to Canadian news on its platforms across Canada over a new law that will require digital giants to compensate media outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-google-news-links-canada-online.html Internet Thu, 29 Jun 2023 16:02:13 EDT news607273328 Numerous government agencies, including the FBI, Department of Defense, National Security Agency, Treasury Department, Defense Intelligence Agency, Navy and Coast Guard, have purchased vast amounts of U.S. citizens' personal information from commercial data brokers. The revelation was published in a partially declassified, internal Office of the Director of National Intelligence report released on June 9, 2023. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-agencies-buy-vast-quantities-personal.html Internet Thu, 29 Jun 2023 11:06:05 EDT news607255557 On the verge of tears, Nathan Nkunzimana recalled watching a video of a child being molested and another of a woman being killed. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-facebook-content-moderators-kenya-torture.html Internet Thu, 29 Jun 2023 05:15:33 EDT news607234527 The EU has reached an agreement giving users greater access to their data and control over how the digital information is used by companies. https://techxplore.com/news/2023-06-eu-users.html Internet Wed, 28 Jun 2023 07:15:04 EDT news607155299