Twitter has provided updated details on its investigation into Russian election interference on its platform in 2016. Its identification of more than 13,000 more Russian-linked bots that made election-related tweets puts the total over 50,000. In... Twitter updates total of Russia-linked election bots to 50,000This entry was posted in Government Social TC and tagged twitter on January 19, 2018 by Devin Coldewey
Things aren’t going well down at the ol’ nano-factory. They’re having trouble getting all those tiny workers to synchronize and move quickly together. But leave it to the Germans to get things running smoothly! All it took was a... These high-speed ‘nano-cranes’ could form molecular assembly linesThis entry was posted in Gadgets robotics TC on January 19, 2018 by Devin Coldewey
Things aren’t going well down at the ol’ nano-factory. They’re having trouble getting all those tiny workers to synchronize and move quickly together. But leave it to the Germans to get things running smoothly! All it took was a... These high-speed ‘nano-cranes’ could form molecular assembly linesThis entry was posted in Gadgets robotics TC on January 19, 2018 by Devin Coldewey
Today, “Masters Of The Sun” debuts at Sundance Film Festival with the backing of Oculus and becomes available on Gear VR headsets. While Facebook’s VR division recently shut down its in-house Story Studio, Oculus has traded the ... Inside Oculus and Black Eyed Peas’ VR comic bookThis entry was posted in Apps Mobile Oculus TC Virtual reality on January 19, 2018 by Josh Constine
Facebook is gearing up to prioritize news content by publishers a group of Facebook users have deemed trustworthy. Facebook head of News Feed Adam Mosseri said the company surveyed “a diverse and representative sample” of U.S.-based p... Facebook’s latest News Feed update will prioritize trustworthy publishersThis entry was posted in Mark Zuckerberg news feed Social TC and tagged facebook on January 19, 2018 by Megan Rose Dickey
Yahoo Finance today launched a new app called Tanda that allows small groups of either five or nine people to save money together for short-term goals. The app uses the concept of a “money pool” – that is, everyone participating... Yahoo Finance launches social savings app Tanda, an alternative to ...This entry was posted in Android apps Apps Finance iOS apps Mobile savings Social social apps TC Yahoo on January 19, 2018 by Sarah Perez
If you gave your credit card number to OnePlus sometime between mid-November and last week, your card may have been comprised. The smartphone maker confirmed this morning through its online forum that upwards of 40,000 customers may have had thei... OnePlus confirms up to 40,000 customers were impacted by credit ...This entry was posted in hack hardware Mobile OnePlus on January 19, 2018 by Brian Heater
In 2009, Facebook was just getting popular with moms and grandmas. People were playing Farmville. Twitter was just becoming mainstream. And Foursquare launched on to the scene. Back then, Foursquare was just another social network, letting users ... Foursquare is finally proving its (dollar) valueThis entry was posted in Apps Enterprise Social Startups TC on January 19, 2018 by Jordan Crook
Apple announced this morning it’s bringing its “Everyone Can Code” program to 70 more colleges and universities across Europe. The program, which Apple designed to help students learn how to build apps, launched in May 2017 but ... Apple’s ‘Everyone Can Code’ program expands more broadly in EuropeThis entry was posted in developers Education Mobile and tagged apple on January 19, 2018 by Sarah Perez
The classic problem of how teachers should devote resources to their students, such as helping students that are struggling in specific areas, is one that’s still ever-present — but it needs a deceptively-simple approach to making tha... Clever looks to give teachers and students an easy-to-track progress ...This entry was posted in Mobile Startups TC on January 19, 2018 by Matthew Lynley