Facebook’s fake news crisis deepens
Despite the best efforts of Mark Zuckerberg to downplay Facebook’s role in the election of Donald Trump, the scrutiny of how fake news is spread on the platform has intensified. Buzzfeed News is...
Zuckerberg promises Facebook action over fake news
Mark Zuckerberg has said Facebook will do more to tackle fake news, and again denied it had in any way aided Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. In a post on his Facebook profile Mr...
New Record! Robot Solves Rubik’s Cube in Less Than a Second
Solving a Rubik’s Cube is an impressive feat by itself, but now, a robot can do it in record time, cracking the 3D puzzle about 10 times faster than the human who holds the world record. In...
‘Crazy’ to say Facebook helped Trump win – Zuckerberg
Facing criticism that fake news on Facebook aided the rise of Donald Trump, founder Mark Zuckerberg has strongly defended his network. Speaking on stage at Techonomy, a technology conference in...
What Trump means for tech
Now the shock is beginning to subside, attention is moving to how Donald Trump’s policies will play out over his four, possibly eight-year stint as president. Barack Obama’s policies on...
Call for Prevent-style strategy to stop children engaging in cybercrime
Britain’s cybercrime tsar will formally ask the government to set up a programme based on the controversial Prevent strategy to stop children as young as 12 becoming involved in sophisticated...
Facebook Messenger is testing “Instant Games” like this one from King
Facebook Messenger is preparing to launch a new “Instant Games” platform that will let people play lightweight games against friends. Candy Crush maker King.com is already testing one of these...
How our household devices get hacked and join zombie bot networks in DDoS attacks
The Internet of Things: blessing or curse? That depends on how much you value your privacy against the ability of your fridge to order fresh milk. Either way, we are now more vulnerable to hackers....
