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May 22, 2019
Desperate for the dopamine hit that comes with social media likes and shares, people are going to increasingly extreme measures to get immediate notification gratification. As a result, many people post first and ask questions later—only to find that their choices come back to haunt them.
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May 22, 2019
Small businesses need to constantly be driving revenue growth as they gain and lose customers in a competitive marketplace. Entrepreneurs need to commit to marketing as a key discipline to drive awareness and sales.
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May 22, 2019
The fourth in the series of letters from dead-end media, Mat Zucker shares a letter from a Linkedin cold-call.
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May 22, 2019
Facebook is being flooded with far-right fake news ahead of the EU elections, the campaign group Avaaz has revealed.
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May 21, 2019
According to Dove, 70% of women say they they do not feel represented in media. Here is what these women are doing to help change that.
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May 21, 2019
Having an online business is quite possibly one of the greatest ways to make a living. Being able to create an income with just a computer and a phone is a freedom like none other. It's a ton of work, don't get me wrong, but you get to forgo a commute, office politics, showers…
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May 21, 2019
Retailers have redesigned stores for the eyeballs of Instagram; now Betabrand is doing the same for ears with their new immersive retail experience: Podcast Theatre.
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May 21, 2019
Retailers have redesigned stores for the eyeballs of Instagram; now Betabrand is doing the same for ears with their new immersive retail experience: Podcast Theatre.
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May 21, 2019
Messaging challenges associated with severe weather and forecast "bust" declarations.
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May 21, 2019
Pornhub has released a new site traffic infographic that shows what the Top 20 Cities around the world like to watch, while generally on mobile devices.
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May 20, 2019
The notion of privacy has been shifting in recent decades, especially where internet use intersects with capitalism. While users are careful about what pictures they share, many still voluntarily give away their private information. This article examines the blind faith in tech privacy today.
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May 19, 2019
When I interviewed stage and screen actress Ashley Bell about her new documentary "Love and Bananas: An Elephant's Story," about the plight of Asian elephants, when she won the Women in the Green Economy Leadership Award from Earth Day Network, she gave career advice that applies to any field.
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May 19, 2019
When I interviewed stage and screen actress Ashley Bell about her new documentary "Love and Bananas: An Elephant's Story," about the plight of Asian elephants, when she won the Women in the Green Economy Leadership Award from Earth Day Network, she gave career advice that applies to any field.
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May 19, 2019
Giving the popularity of AI, many companies throw resources at an opportunity that doesn't materialize. In this article, I share thoughts from Kipp Bodnar, CMO of Hubspot, regarding how marketers can distinguish between hype and reality
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May 19, 2019
Here's why the U.S. just experienced its wettest 12-month stretch on record, and yes, climate change is a part of the discussion.
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May 17, 2019
The next time your friends show you a photo of themselves riding an elephant, you might wince after watching Ashley Bell's documentary. It's the story of rescuing Asian elephants from the cruelty they endure for our "entertainment." Bell calls it "an action adventure story," yet it's so much more.
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May 17, 2019
The next time your friends show you a photo of themselves riding an elephant, you might wince after watching Ashley Bell's documentary. It's the story of rescuing Asian elephants from the cruelty they endure for our "entertainment." Bell calls it "an action adventure story," yet it's so much more.
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May 17, 2019
You might say Lehr has come a long way since playing the role that made him a wildly famous guy that no one knew. You might even say he's evolved.
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May 17, 2019
A recent weather satellite image shows how Hurricane Michael ravaged vegetation in Georgia.
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May 17, 2019
Grumpy Cat inspired the meme culture of today in a way only a cat could- by detesting everything.
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May 17, 2019
Experts from Forbes Technology Council offer tips on how to keep your personal information safe online.
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May 17, 2019
Anyone who has started a business can attest to the fact that there are a lot of things they do daily that have nothing to do with their core competency.
Here are a few things that no one told me when I became an entrepreneur.
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May 17, 2019
The scientific context behind why the U.S. just had its wettest 12 months and yes, climate change is a part of the discussion.
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May 16, 2019
Drawn in by the headlines that young people are oversensitive narcissists embarrassed by their behavior? Here's what the study really says.
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May 16, 2019
Nonprofits should not shy away from using the new Instagram Stories donate sticker/button, but the most clever nonprofits will help build out a set of creators/influencers that want to share about the organizational mission and needs on their own Instagram Stories pages.
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May 16, 2019
In an age of increasing stress, thanks in part to social media, the National Conflict Resolution Center is leveraging both serialized and live video on YouTube and Facebook to spread messages of peaceful, civil conflict management and resolution.
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May 16, 2019
Alison Rosenthal spent years helping make Facebook into the powerful network we know today. Now she wants to shake up venture capital as part of a new wave of ex-Facebook investors who look different than the past.
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May 16, 2019
The Trump administration has made a provocative move against the anti-extremist policies of online platforms by encouraging users who have been censored to complain.
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May 16, 2019
Google looks likely to remove one of my most-used Google Photos features.
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May 15, 2019
Social media's revenue model has been largely predicated on surveillance capitalism and developing platforms to keep our attention by leveraging negative emotions; however, advances in A.I., coupled with blockchain, could disrupt this trend, returning data sovereignty to users.
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May 15, 2019
Why the emergence of 5G could set us back years in weather forecast accuracy and warning the public.
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May 15, 2019
Ten uncommon LinkedIn tips from ten different experts.
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May 15, 2019
Facebook is reportedly working on its own cryptocurrency and it could have big benefits for the world's financially excluded. But if the company wants to address this massive market, it will need to learn lessons from the startups that are already serving them and focus on inclusive use cases.
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May 15, 2019
As Game of Thrones comes to an end, here's the best of GoT YouTube to watch before it does.
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May 14, 2019
Why shouldn't the mall owners become stakeholders in all aspects of unified commerce? Think of it as open-source retailing.
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May 14, 2019
VidCon, the Viacom-owned social-media industry gathering, announced the lineup for its 10th annual conference this July in Anaheim. Top execs from YouTube, TikTok, Snap, Instagram, Complex, World Wrestling Entertainment, World of Wonders and many others will speak.
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May 14, 2019
Building a strong personal brand and growing your network are key strategies for success in 2019. While each of these can be difficult to do, both are not insurmountable. Here are five strategies to build your brand while simultaneously growing your network.
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May 14, 2019
A pro-Iran group has been faking news websites to spread misinformation about Israel and Saudi Arabia.
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May 14, 2019
This article examines the nexus between mHealth technology specific to Alzheimer's Disease and culture. How might new technology help bridge the divide which separates those struggling with the reality of dementia from the rest of society?
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May 14, 2019
A vulnerability allowed attackers to inject commercial Israeli spyware onto people's phones. Here's what happened and what to do
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May 14, 2019
A vulnerability allowed attackers to inject spyware onto people's phones. Here's what happened and what to do
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May 14, 2019
A vulnerability allowed attackers to inject commercial Israeli spyware onto people's phones. Here's what happened and what to do
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May 14, 2019
A vulnerability allowed attackers to inject commercial Israeli spyware onto people's phones. Here's what happened and what to do
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May 13, 2019
Facebook's rush to make our data available to academics around the world to mine reminds us that all its talk about privacy has been merely empty words.
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May 13, 2019
What might happen if social media enforced a minimum length on posts rather than a maximum and required us to tone down inflammatory emotional rhetoric in favor of clinical discourse?
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May 13, 2019
Researchers from the Booth School of Business showed that time heals the wounds caused by envy and that other people's good times inspire the most jealousy in the days and weeks preceding the event.
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May 13, 2019
Researchers from the Booth School of Business showed that time heals the wounds caused by envy and that other people's good times inspire the most jealousy in the days and weeks preceding the event.
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May 13, 2019
Are social algorithms ensuring we are deluged with hate and our deepest and darkest fears in order to maintain us in a state of perpetual fear and anger that will maximize our likelihood of consuming and engaging with content and producing our own responses in turn?
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May 13, 2019
You were having a nice day. You finally nestled into your desk at work, your phone was at 91%, and you had some sort of warm beverage. You had second day hair and fun plans for later. And then you got the notification: Your boss just followed you on Instagram.
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May 13, 2019
Mat Zucker talks about designing digital marketing and experiences around user goals, versus traditional roles.
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May 13, 2019
The world of art has always been the preserve of galleries and auction houses, with the likes of Christie's and Sotheby's responsible for 80% of global valuables fetching ÂŁ1 million (c.$1.3 million) or more at auction. Now British artist Lincoln Townley wants to shake it up with an art exchange.
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May 13, 2019
The world of art has always been the preserve of galleries and auction houses, with the likes of Christie's and Sotheby's responsible for 80% of global valuables fetching ÂŁ1 million (c.$1.3 million) or more at auction. Now British artist Lincoln Townley wants to shake it up with an art exchange.
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May 13, 2019
Twitter reminds us that perhaps Silicon Valley's greatest invention has not been any technological invention, but rather its perfection of the reality distortion field.
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May 13, 2019
Here's why you can't just drop a nuclear bomb in a hurricane to destroy it.
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May 13, 2019
Social media died when it stopped being social and became about making money, when we stopped being users and became products. In reality, we do not need social media?—?or at the very least, social media as we've known it so far.
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May 12, 2019
It's not enough to take responsibility for what you say or how you say it, you also need to make sure you've been understood, says life-coach Remy Blumenfeld who explores the distinction of speaking into someone else's listening.
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May 12, 2019
91% of American adults aged 50 report having a computer and over 80% between the ages of 50 and 64 have smartphones. While the majority of older adults use technology to keep in touch with friends and family, here are some unexpected ways in which this growing demographic engages with tech.
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May 11, 2019
A closer look at both media coverage and search interest shows the phrase "fake news" has steadily faded from interest in the US, but remained stable throughout the rest of the world.
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May 11, 2019
After a quarter century of ceaseless efforts to minimize and even eradicate the very concept of togetherness, the web is pivoting to embrace the concepts and norms it once strove to upend.
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May 11, 2019
Could Facebook's pivot to fostering community through Groups actually help it reinvent its advertising business for this new regulatory climate?
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May 11, 2019
There are important questions. There are really important questions. Then there is this question when you shower.
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May 11, 2019
Rather than governments demanding encryption backdoors, it will likely be technology companies themselves building in those bypasses to ensure the continued flow of our personal data that is the lifeblood of their AI future.
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May 10, 2019
Arthur the cat has gotten a "Game of Thrones" inspired throne fit for a king.
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May 10, 2019
While we are just beginning to explore healthcare apps, this article questions the limits to dental apps that ostensibly teach children good gentle hygiene. Can we simply dispense with real-life lessons and let new tech take over?
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May 10, 2019
While there has been less than the usual Apple "happy talk" in the press recently, the May 11 opening of the spectacular Carnegie Library Store in Washington D.C. should be reason enough to celebrate.
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May 10, 2019
What members of Congress follow climate scientists on Twitter and who are they following?
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May 10, 2019
Millions of people lost power in India after Cyclone Fani. NASA reveals the extent.
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May 09, 2019
Facebook reminds us how little we actually know about the success or failure of Silicon Valley's counter-terrorism efforts.
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May 09, 2019
The current digital infrastructure we all love is also the greatest surveillance machine in the history of mankind. There are countless digital systems that track where we are, where we go, what we eat, what we think, who we like, where we bank, what we know and who we hate, and more. Is that OK?
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May 09, 2019
The drumbeat of concern about the perils of our digital economy just got a lot louder. Facebook co-founder and Mark Zuckerberg college roommate Chris Hughes is now urging that Facebook be broken up.
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May 09, 2019
As Facebook provides additional details of its Disaster Maps' inner workings, it reminds us how it sees our personal data and the limitations even of the most advanced privacy techniques.
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May 09, 2019
With the EU's GDPR in effect for nearly a year, some privacy advocates say enforcement in some quarters - particularly Ireland - is lax. Others counsel patience, saying it takes time to set legal precedents that will withstand the inevitable court challenges.
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May 09, 2019
Most people don't think about the amount of data they generate over the course of a normal day or how it's being used by researchers. We need better guidelines for consent, privacy & confidentiality, ownership, custodianship, and data sharing in order to protect data from being misused.
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May 08, 2019
Target made its first appearance at Newfronts, the Interactive Advertising Bureau's (IAB) Digital Content event last week and unveiled its newly renamed and repositioned Target Media Network. The bold and unconventional graphic identity depicts the ever-changing nature of media communications.
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May 08, 2019
Part 2 of my series about the dumb things people do on LinkedIn.
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May 08, 2019
Millennial beauty influencer and CEO of Live Tinted, Deepical Mutlaya, launched her first beauty product, Huestick, a multitasking makeup product made for every skin tone.
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May 08, 2019
Millennial beauty influencer and CEO of Live Tinted, Deepical Mutlaya, launched her first beauty product, Huestick, a multitasking makeup product made for every skin tone.
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May 08, 2019
Facebook has already prepared for what could be the biggest civil fine levied by the U.S. government in history and set aside $3 billion dollars. All of this stems from the Cambridge Analytica fallout, which exploited Facebook's data of black adults its largest user group and 87 million Americans.
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May 08, 2019
Public interest advocate Harold Feld has a new book on tech regulation, which means we all need to stop what we're doing and take note. In "The Case for the Digital Platform Act," Feld lays the foundation for a major regulatory intervention in the tech platform space.
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May 08, 2019
When Jared Leto walks up the steps at the Met Gala, in a custom-made Gucci gown, carrying his own head, well, heads turn. Hearing that his 3D printed head reportedly cost around $11,000, might stun you a bit more, but here's how you can probably 3D print one on your own for about $500 or less.
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May 08, 2019
Facebook plans to add around 100 people to its WhatsApp teams in London and Dublin.
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May 07, 2019
The typical influencer rarely (as in never) discloses compensation or connection to the brand she promotes. She just acts like a fan. In the eyes of the law, this is deceptive and illegal advertising.
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May 07, 2019
The complexity of data modeling, and ontology creation, gives rise to whether it is better to borrow, buy or build your ontologies
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May 07, 2019
A new top-level domain option called .inc just may be the cure to your domain name ills.
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May 07, 2019
YouPorn today launches Jedy Vales, its virtual brand ambassador, created to interact with your sexually explicit messages so real humans don't have to.
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May 06, 2019
If we truly hope to understand misinformation, disinformation, "fake news" and foreign influence, we must let go of the idea that they are somehow products of our modern world and look beyond the data that we have most easily at hand.
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May 06, 2019
As we rush towards an ever more Orwellian world of surveillance and censorship, perhaps we might all take the time to reread 1984 in order to better understand the world we are rushing towards.
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May 06, 2019
Trackers in a chat service that is 'respectful of your digital rights and concerned about your privacy?' I reached out to Purism to find out what's happening with Librem One Chat.
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May 06, 2019
Trackers in a chat service that is 'respectful of your digital rights and concerned about your privacy?' I reached out to Purism to find out what's happening with Librem One Chat.
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May 06, 2019
AI is thought to be only data-driven these days. Let's take a balanced look at AI over time and consider algorithms and process.
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May 06, 2019
In the absence of technologies that could make such mass surveillance tractable we never even contemplated the ramifications of all-seeing omnipresent government monitoring. Now that society stands on the cusp of such tools becoming available, what might this future dystopia look like?
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May 06, 2019
Apparently, Facebook is popular mainly because it's old.
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May 06, 2019
Algorithmic moderation might at first glance seem like the ultimate solution to all of the online world's evils, but in reality we must ask whether it is merely the first step towards 1984.
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May 06, 2019
With a heavy if not exclusive focus on video offerings at the 2019 IAB NewFronts for advertisers, what I found most intriguing was how differently-situated presenters positioned themselves in drawing upon the best of video's past while shaping its future.
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May 06, 2019
Facebook's move to the edge will create a useful public relations story for it but do little to constrain the ability of governments to repurpose its global surveillance empire to Orwellian ends.
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May 06, 2019
The average American consumes more than 12 hours a day in smart phones, computers and televisions. Taking a toll on young adults and babies mental and physical health. But it was a surprise to learn that Baby Boomers are not much different, using phones the same amount and having the same effects.
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May 06, 2019
The average American consumes more than 12 hours a day in smart phones, computers and televisions. Taking a toll on young adults and babies mental and physical health. But it was a surprise to learn that Baby Boomers are not much different, using phones the same amount and having the same effects.
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May 06, 2019
Yes, cities affect surface temperature. No, that changes nothing about climate warming. In fact, it creates a bigger concern.
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May 06, 2019
Platforms are changing the world. Are they making the world well?
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May 05, 2019
Could Facebook's move towards shifting its content moderation algorithms from its centralized datacenters out to users' phones help it transition to a new era of localized content rules that more closely reflect the world's rich diversity?
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