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Jul 22, 2020
Foreign manipulation campaigns on social media can be spotted by looking at clues in the timing and length of posts and the URLs they contain. Scientists focused on troll posts made on Twitter between December 2015 and December 2018 and on Reddit between July 2015 and December 2016.
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Jun 12, 2020
The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that originated in China has claimed an estimated 100,000 lives in the United States, while a different sort of pandemic is spreading online against Asian Americans, particularly of Chinese descent.
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May 28, 2020
Posts on the Chinese social media site Weibo about covid symptoms and diagnoses accurately predicted cases 14 days ahead of official statistics
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Feb 12, 2020
Many teens are victims of digital dating abuse (use of technology to harass a romantic partner) –and boys get the brunt of it. The study showed that males were significantly more likely to have experienced digital dating abuse and physical aggression compared to females.
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Jan 23, 2020
Scientists have developed the world's first fully coupled AI chip that can solve the traveling salesman problem for 22 cities instantly, something that would take about 1,200 years for a high-performance von Neumann CPU
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Nov 28, 2019
Researchers Get ‘Glimpse Into A Human Mind’ As It Makes Choices In Groups, Social Media. In large groups of essentially anonymous members, people make choices based on a model of the “mind of the group” and an evolving simulation of how a choice will affect that theorized mind.
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Nov 14, 2019
A machine-learning algorithm can help select the best channel for communication over a wireless network of resource-constrained devices, i.e, battery powered devices like smart phones, laptops, smart locks, etc.
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Jun 15, 2019
USC study finds e-cigarette cartoon ads may increase likelihood of vaping. Research suggests that exposure to cartoon-based advertisements for e-cigarettes is related to greater potential for young adults to use the products in the future.
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Jun 12, 2019
Study suggests that scientists who participated as hosts for Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions on the r/science subreddit generally had positive experiences and "are interested in continuing to use this platform as a tool for public engagement".
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May 22, 2019
Research shows many abuse victims prefer to text for help
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Apr 27, 2019
The dead may outnumber the living on Facebook within 50 years, suggests a new study, which predicts that at least 1.4 billion members will die before 2100, so the dead could outnumber the living by 2070, giving rise to new and difficult questions around who has the right to all this data.
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Apr 23, 2019
A new longitudinal study conducted in Norway looked at how playing video games affects the social skills of 6- to 12-year-olds. It found that playing the games affected youth differently by age and gender, but that generally speaking, gaming was not associated with social development.
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Apr 20, 2019
Study from real-estate marketing firm Clever found that home values increased nearly $23,000 in cities that allow retail cannabis dispensaries. Happy 4/20
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Apr 15, 2019
Abundance of information narrows our collective attention span, suggests a new study, which found that our collective attention span is indeed narrowing, and that this effect occurs, not only on social media, but also across diverse domains including books, web searches, movie popularity, and more.
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Apr 05, 2019
Data from more than 17,000 teenagers show little evidence of a relationship between screen time and well-being in adolescents. The study casts doubt on the widely accepted notion that spending time online, gaming, or watching TV, especially before bedtime, can damage young people's mental health.
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