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Facebook will not delete videos of violent death, abortion and self-harm, leaked guidelines show
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 21.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | censorship, Facebook
Summary | Facebook doesn't want to deleter posts about violent death, abortion, and self-harm; the group doesn't want to censor anyone. Leaked documents revealed some of Facebook's rules in terms of violent content. For instance, videos of abortion are allowed but nuditiy is not. Pictures of animal abuse can also be shared.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone, charts showing FB's montly active users, laptop screen displaying Facebook's login page,
Image Tags | chart, computer/laptop, Facebook, hand(s), smartphone
'Robot intelligence is dangerous': Expert's warning after Facebook AI 'develop their own language'
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 1.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, threat
Summary | Facebook's bots Bob and Alice were shut down after they created their own language. The new form of communication was more efficient for Bob and Alice, but in creating this new language, they didn't accomplish their task (i.e. learn how to negotiate like humans). Robotics Professor Kevin Warwick thinks we should be careful and not think this is not dangerous.
Image Description | Photograph of a robot, and black silhouette of a person holding a phone displaying the Facebook app.
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), smartphone
How mobile tech is changing the way SMEs work
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 18.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | A speech and language therapist decided to create Mable Therapy; it uses mobile technology to help therapists interact with their patients. Now, users can chat online and use the video conference tool. Teachers can also deliver sessions and track pupils' progress.
Image Description | Photograph of a woman's hands holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | hand(s), smartphone
Chatbot tips for brands that want to get ahead of the game
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 2.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, marketing
Summary | Chatbots mimic human conversation, and a lot of companies are using them to interact with their customers. Four experts working for CNN, Modiface, Quartz, and Mastercard talk about their experiences with chatbots (advantages, challenges, and future).
Image Description | Photograph of a woman's hands holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), smartphone
'My electronic Swiss army knife': readers on 10 years of the iPhone
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 29.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | Guardian readers talk about the smartphone/iPhone revolution. They explain their personal experiences with smartphones and digital devices and how they've changed their lives.
Image Description | Photographs of hands using smartphones, an egg, a hand holding a smartphone, and Steve Jobs holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | hand(s), male(s), smartphone
I need to escape from the planet of the apps
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 21.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | The author talks about her experience with apps and constant notifications. Alerts constantly come from apps and it's starting to bother her. Even though she turned off push notifications, she still gets too many notifications, day and night. Those alerts telling her that she hasn't practiced her Italian or that matches on dating apps are about to expire make her feel guilty and bad about herself. Those apps also encourage obsessive habits, which is not good.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | hand(s), smartphone
Islamic State releases children's mobile app 'to teach Arabic'
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 11.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, smartphone
Summary | The Islamic State released a new app for children where they can learn Arabic. They can learn words such as ‘tank’, ‘gun’ and ‘rocket’.
Image Description | Photograph of a hand holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | hand(s), smartphone
How Hate Groups Forced Online Platforms to Reveal Their True Nature
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 21.8.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | censorship, politics, social media, threat
Summary | Ever since the fatal Unite the Right protest in Charlotteville, social media and other internet companies seem to be washing their hands from any connection with far-right groups. Facebook has deleted such groups off of their platform, Reddit has done the same, Spotify is deleting white supremacist music from their libraries, and so on. Now far-right groups are building online alternatives for themselves and lamenting the censorship they have been victimized by.
Image Description | Illustration of hands around some crumpled-up paper.
Image Tags | hand(s)
'Bring your own device': weighing up the business benefits
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 23.1.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | Some businesses let their employees bring their own devices (e.g. laptop) at work. This is called BYOD (Bring your own device). This way, companies can save money, and it's also more convenient for employees to carry one device instead of two. In order to avoid any problems, companies that work with BYOD need to come up with good employee agreements, and use cloud-based services. The article also lists several examples of BYOD companies and explains the (dis)advantages of the method.
Image Description | Portraits of four men, and photograph of people's hands using a tablet, a smartphone, and a laptop.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, hand(s), male(s), smartphone, tablet
'Siri, I was raped': Study finds smartphone assistants unable to respond to help in a crisis
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 15.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, research/study
Summary | Smartphone personal assistants have been tested and they seem to be unable to respond well to help in a crisis (e.g. suicide, rape, abuse). Developers need to do more in order to improve those personal assistants.
Image Description | Photograph of a smartphone screen displaying the message "what can I help you with?", woman hiding her face with her hands, man speaking to his phone, man hiding his face with his hands, a woman's hands using a smartphone
Image Tags | female(s), hand(s), male(s), smartphone
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