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Facebook travaille sur la télépathie entre les ordinateurs et les hommes
(Facebook is working on telepathic communication between computers and human beings)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 20.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, brain, Facebook
Summary | One of Facebook's labs wants to create a program that would allow people to type words from people's thoughts. The goal of the technology would be to convert brain signals into words. If the lab can do that, people might be able to share their thoughts independently from the language they speak (concepts would be directly translated).
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La «dictée par la pensée» sur laquelle travaille Facebook n'est pas encore pour demain
(The "mind dictation", on which Facebook is working, is not for tomorrow)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 17.4.2017
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, brain, Facebook
Summary | At a Facebook conference on April 19th, it was announced that Facebook is working on a new project that should allow people to type directly from their mind/thoughts. Researchers want to decode language in order to allow people to type their thoughts. The goal would be to type 100 words per minute based on a person's thoughts. Decoding language directly from the brain is difficult. Moreover, Facebook is facing a major difficulty with the sensor technology they want to develop. Finally, besides technical difficulties, there are also ethical ones.
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« Lol » est mort, vive le « haha » !
("Lol" is dead, long lives "haha"!)
Newspaper | Le Monde
Date | 12.8.2015
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook, gender, research/study
Summary | According to Facebook analysts, "lol" is dying out. In their study, they found out that only 1,9% of internet users use "lol" and 51,4% of them use "haha". Laughing emojis are used by 33,7% of internet users. "Lol" seems to be used by 30-year old men whereas emojis are mostly used by females under 20.
Image Description | Photograph of a dictionary page with a big LOL in the middle of the page.
Image Tags | dictionary
C'est tu, que tu le veuilles ou non
(It is 'you', whether you want it or not)
Newspaper | Le Matin
Date | 30.7.2016
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | Facebook, politeness
Summary | A Migros customer complained because an employee from Migros used the "tu" form (familiar 'you') instead of "vous" (formal 'you') when replying to the customer on a Facebook post. The customer does not understand why a Migros employee would talk to her online using the "tu" form, as if there are only young people on social media. It might be one of Migros' strategies to get closer to its customers. Nevertheless, a cashier should not use "tu" when addressing a customer. The more 'light-hearted' tone of the internet does not mean one cannot be polite.
Image Description | Photograph of a Migros customer with shopping carts, and screenshot of a Facebook chat between an employee and a customer.
Image Tags | Facebook, female(s)
“Pic speech”: le parler ado
(“Pic speech": teen talk)
Newspaper | La Tribune de Genève
Date | 30.5.2015
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook, language threat, selfie, Snapchat, social media, WhatsApp, youth
Summary | Nowadays teenagers mostly express themselves through visual modes (e.g. Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Snapchat) and thus create their own language: “pic speech”. Images do not necessarily replace words; young people claim that words are still important since they contextualize images. Regarding emojis, teenagers use them for their “affective” purpose. This new language is a way for youth to become autonomous and emancipate themselves.
Image Description | Series of screenshots of different teenagers' snaps (selfie + Face Paint feature).
Image Tags | male(s), Snapchat
On rigole toujours mais on ne LOL plus
(We still laugh but we don't LOL anymore)
Newspaper | 20 minutes
Date | 10.8.2015
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | emojis, Facebook, research/study, youth
Summary | According to a Facebook study investigating the different ways to translate “laugh” online, the use of “lol” is outdated. People prefer using “haha” or “hehe”, and 34% of participants would rather use emojis, especially young people. Only 2% of participants still use “lol”, and they are a little bit older; their average age is 30.
Image Description | Digital image of the "face with tears of joy" emoji.
Image Tags | emojis
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