Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and founder of the World Wide Web Foundation, says it is “too easy” for misinformation to spread on the Internet. In a letter posted online Saturday, marking 28 years since Berners-Lee submitted his proposal that would lead to the creation of the world wide web, he outlined three trends that he finds concerning, including the spread of “fake news.”
Category: Computer Science
WikiLeaks CIA Files: Are They Real and Are They a Risk?
A supporter of WikiLeaks founder julian Assange holds a copy of The WikiLeaks Files outside the Ecuadorian embassy in central London, Britain Feb. 5, 2016. WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents that the anti-secrecy organization said were classified files revealing scores of secrets about CIA hacking tools used to break into targeted computers, cellphones and even smart TVs.
Why Google once claimed that Obama was staging a coup
Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events Google’s reputation is built on its algorithms, which are increasingly being used to give answers out of the search engine’s index of results. But what used to be a list – the first page of results – has become simpler over the past couple of years: Sometimes, Google extracts one result that it thinks will best answer whatever it is you’re asking, and puts that answer in a featured section right at the top of your results.
How Marine training helped a talking dinosaur come to market – CNET
CEO of smart-toy startup credits time in the Marine Corps Reserves for skills he took to the tech and toy industries. “They are really good at making decisions quickly, and without a lot of information available, which in the startup world is extremely helpful,” said Coolidge, who has successfully applied his US Marine Corps Reserve training to the market battle in the AI toy arena.
No. 7: Conway brings stable leadership to ECSU
This week marks roughly one year since the University of North Carolina system announced the abrupt departure of Stacey Franklin Jones. In her stead stepped longtime Fayetteville State University administrator Thomas Conway, who on Jan. 1 became ECSU’s fourth chancellor in less than three years.
Biz Break: Reaction to Oraclea s results is a study in its transition
What’s Inside Oracle’s Stocking? Well, on Friday, it was a lot of coal. At least that’s what Oracle’s investors gave the business-software behemoth after its latest quarterly results.