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Facebook embraces algorithms and eschews human headlines in trending topics

Publié: août 27, 2016, 10:39am CEST par Mark Wilson

Facebook's Trending Topics feature has faced a good deal of criticism in recent months, including claims that it showed a liberal bias. A little while back the company announced that it was to change how the feature works, and now there is a further change which sees human headline writers being defenestrated, and algorithms ushered in the front door. What this means is that the Trending Topics list will no longer feature an explanation or description next to it, only the topic heading or hashtag will be displayed. Facebook will no doubt hope that this will help to eliminate future complaints… [Continue Reading]
Opera sync servers hacked, usernames and passwords at risk

Publié: août 27, 2016, 9:37am CEST par Mark Wilson

Opera Software is advising all users of the sync feature of its Opera browser to change their passwords following a security breach. Details are a little scant at the moment, but the company says that servers were breached earlier in the week and user data may have been compromised. Opera Sync is used to synchronize user data between different computers but it is apparently used by under "0.5% of the total Opera user base". However, with a user base of 350 million this means that upwards of 1.7 million people could be affected. Coming shortly after advice from Dropbox to… [Continue Reading]
Microsoft combats hate speech based on gender, disability, religion, age, and more

Publié: août 27, 2016, 4:46am CEST par Brian Fagioli

The internet and web together are two of mankind's greatest inventions. Not only do they put an infinite amount of information at people's fingertips, but they connect the globe too. We may take it for granted, but being able to video chat with someone on the other side of the planet, for example, is downright amazing. While the internet has the ability to bring out the best in humanity, it also shines a light on some of its worst, sadly. In other words, there is a lot of hate on the web, and it can be downright ugly -- just look at YouTube… [Continue Reading]
Ubuntu Linux 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) Beta 1 now available for download (don't talk back)

Publié: août 27, 2016, 12:40am CEST par Brian Fagioli

Linux celebrated a 25th birthday yesterday -- a spectacular open source milestone. For some folks, rather than eat cake, they reflected on how the kernel impacted their lives. For many, Ubuntu would be a big part of the picture -- the desktop OS is wildly popular in the Linux community. Today, the first beta of Ubuntu Linux 16.10 sees release. Once again, a silly animal name is assigned, this time being the letter "Y" for the horned mammal, "Yakkety Yak". This is obviously a play on the classic song "Yakety Yak" by The Coasters. Please be sure not to "talk back" while testing… [Continue Reading]