NEW DELHI: Scientists have developed a new generic algorithm based on machine-learning to detect fake accounts on social network platforms including Facebook and Twitter, an advance with considerable potential for applications in the cyber-security arena.
NEW DELHI: With Karnataka heading for the polls in May, Facebook has announced a third-party fact-checking programme in the state to fight spread of fake news on its platform.
NEW DELHI: Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn on Wednesday rolled out videos for "Sponsored Content" and "Company Pages" to help businesses reach and engage with the right audience.
NEW DELHI: Global chip-maker Intel on Tuesday launched silicon-level cyber threat detection technology to protect customers' data without compromising the performance and minimising the power consumption.
NEW DELHI: "OK Google, wake me up at 8 a.m. and book an appointment with the hair stylist at 10 a.m.," went the instruction to Google Home -- the voice-activated speaker powered by Google Assistant.
SAN FRANCISCO: To help enterprises secure their data and networks against growing cyber attacks, Microsoft has announced new intelligent security tools and technologies for Internet of Things (IoT) and edge devices.
SAN FRANCISCO: US-based dating app "Bumble" has changed its login system and will now allow users to access their profiles by entering phone numbers instead of importing their personal information from Facebook.
LONDON: In what could begin a new era for forensic science, the police in Britain have arrested a drug dealer based on fingerprints they found on a WhatsApp image sent by the criminal to his clients.
The increasing polarisation among media in India -- and perhaps across the world -- has led to an unprecedented trust deficit in everyday news. What was once regarded as the fourth pillar of democracy today finds itself under the scrutiny of citizens as tainted news published with self-securing motives are an everyday occurence in our times.
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook has refreshed its Bookmarks menu to let users navigate, access and make changes to their privacy settings easily. The updates will be rolled out globally over the next two weeks.
TORONTO: A good research pushed through social media -- primarily Twitter -- gets more citations, a team of researchers has found.
SAN FRANCISCO: Google has been working extensively on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and now it has given users a (fun) glimpse of how far natural language processing -- that deals with machine reading comprehension -- in the technology has come.
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple is reportedly working on a gold-colour variant of premium iPhone X as seen in recent photos published by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
SAN FRANCISCO: Apple has firmly denied that it is scrapping or altering iTunes in the near future.