Avatarwillie priceAvatarAvatarThe Motherboard Guide to Avoiding State Surveillanceverified_publisherVICE - Sarah JeongA straightforward guide to privacy, messaging, and keeping yourself safe from passive and active surveillance. This is excerpted from the Motherboard Guide to Not Getting Hacked, our comprehensive guide to digital security. We recommend you read that entire guide if you are generally looking to …
Avatarwillie priceAvatarAvatarWatchdog app reveals list of absurd teen texting codesverified_publisherTNW - Rachel KaserIs this what the kids are doing these days? Teen/parent watchdog app Bark.us released a list of abbreviations and acronyms it has gathered that are popular among teens. No surprise, most of them are about naughty things like sex and drugs. It’s not exactly new — I’ve seen similar versions of the …
Avatarwillie priceFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTwitter to issue new safety rules post McGowan-sparked protestthehindu.com - PTIIn the backdrop of the #WomenBoycottTwitter protest, sparked by actor Rose McGowan, Twitter has decided to roll out new safety rules in the “next few …
Avatarwillie priceAvatarAvatarStanford researchers built a 'gaydar' for photos — and it reveals something disturbing about facial recognition technologyverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Hilary BrueckFacial recognition technology may catch a lot more in a photo than a winning smile or sparkling eyes. Psychologist Michal Kosinski and his colleague Yilun Wang at the Stanford Graduate School of Business caused a stir last month when they suggested that artificial intelligence could apply a sort of …
Avatarwillie priceAvatarAvatarFollowing criticism, Twitter CEO says 'new rules' on abusive tweets coming soonABC NewsThe social media company's CEO said — -- Twitter has come under fire in recent days for what some critics claim is a permissive attitude toward …
Avatarwillie priceAvatarAvatarStop dragging kids away from their screensverified_publisherTNW - Boris Veldhuijzen van ZantenEvery parent thinks it’s healthy for their kids to play outside. I want it for my kids, my parents wanted it for me, and my grandparents wanted the same for my parents. Right now, it’s a hot topic among parents that mobile phones are turning kids into zombies who tune out and do nothing else but …
Avatarwillie priceFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAn App That Allows You To Identify Any Plant With A Pictureneatorama.com - Zeon SantosShazam changed our music lovin' lives by allowing us to find out the artist or title of virtually any song playing by letting the app "listen" and …
Avatarwillie priceAvatarAvatar8 Reasons Why Happy Couples Rarely Share Their Relationship Statuses on Social Mediaverified_publisherInc Magazine - John RamptonNorthwestern University found those who posted more frequently about their partner actually feel insecure in their relationship. I'm sure I'm not the only one who gets a little annoyed by that couple on social media. You know who I'm talking about. Their profile pictures are selfies of them together …
Avatarwillie priceFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCheck Out This Free Online News Literacy Course – BillMoyers.combillmoyers.com - Michael SpikesThese days, when people ask how I’m doing, I tell them that I’m ready to tear my hair out, since the terms “fake news” and “post-truth” have now …
Avatarwillie priceAvatarAvatarA guide to staying online if the internet or social media gets blocked in your countryverified_publisherQuartz - Abdi Latif DahirFor digital rights activists, an important milestone came in 2016 with the adoption of the UN Human Rights Council resolution on promoting and protecting the freedom of users online. Yet, 51 intentional disruptions of the internet and electronic communications took place in the first 10 months of …
Avatarwillie priceAvatarAvatarHow to deep clean your social media for 2017Daily Dot - [email protected]Scrub the things you regret from your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram feeds. BY ALEJANDRO ALBA Many people will use the new year as an excuse to sport …
Avatarwillie priceAvatarAvatarWe already have a Muslim registry. It’s called Facebookverified_publisherQuartz - Michael J. CorenOn several occasions during his campaign, US president-elect Donald Trump alluded to the idea of building a database of Muslims in the US. His position has veered between tracking refugees (nearly half of those admitted to the US this year are Muslim, according to the Pew Research Center) to …