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The founder of the world wide web, the English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, has expressed his concerns about some developments that threaten the open nature of the internet. For example, he is concerned about the large-scale data…

The founder of the World Wide Web, the English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, has expressed concern about some developments that threaten the open nature of the Internet. For example, he is concerned about the large-scale data…

For years, Uber has reportedly deployed a software tool to identify officials investigating the taxi service. Inspectors were barred from requesting rides by the tool, called Greyball.The news comes from The New York Times, which has…

Microsoft has released a first version of Beam, an application that makes it possible to stream game images so that others can watch. This puts the company in competition with Twitch, which is used by many gamers.Beam is available to…

Carnegie Mellon University has developed an app that recommends specific application permissions based on users' privacy preferences. This is to enable more effective control of app permissions.The application, called Privacy Assistant,…

Facebook is partnering with a number of major news organizations in France to prevent fake news from being published on the social media platform. The initiative will be launched in the run-up to the upcoming French presidential elections…

Andrus Ansip, EU Commissioner for the Digital Market, says social media companies should become more active in the fight against fake news. He believes that companies should regulate this themselves, but that the EU is prepared to…

Facebook is testing in Ireland with the Stories feature, which allows users to watch montages of each other's videos and photos from the past 24 hours. The feature comes from Snapchat and Facebook introduced it to Instagram before.In the…

Facebook is testing in Ireland with the Stories feature, which allows users to watch montages of each other's videos and photos from the past 24 hours. The feature comes from Snapchat and Facebook introduced it to Instagram before.In the…

Google has expanded the capabilities of its search engine with support for punctuation marks. Among other things, this makes it easier to enter searches related to computer science. Previously, punctuation marks were filtered out of the…