Russia Moves To Block LinkedIn Over Personal Data Storage Location
LinkedIn has more than 433 million members in 200 countries, including Russia — but it doesn't have offices there.
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Can Someone Please Explain The Mannequin Challenge?
Coming after previous Internet sensations like the Running Man Challenge, the Mannequin Challenge involves people standing still. So, they're not moving, but people are obsessed with watching them.
Does It Matter When A White CEO Says 'Black Lives Matter'?
The CEO of AT&T, along with Ben & Jerry's and Starbucks, have waded into the rough waters of race. We ask some experts whether that makes a difference, and the answer is ... complicated.
Charges Filed Against 'Playboy' Model Who Body-Shamed Woman At Gym
On the same day she posted the image, Dani Mathers apologized, saying she had meant to send the image in a private conversation on Snapchat.
Google 'Fiber' Rollback Halts Expansion Plans For High-Speed Internet In 8 Cities
For five years, Google and its parent company Alphabet have been spending heavily on an ambitious project to extend lightning-fast internet across the country. That project is ending in 8 metro areas.
Researchers Develop Glasses Frames That Fool Facial Recognition Technology
Want to fool facial recognition software? Try some groovy glasses. It turns out patterned glasses can lead the program to misidentify people.
Learning In The Age Of Digital Distraction
The new book The Distracted Mind: Ancient Brains In A High-Tech World makes the case for managing the tsunami of digital distractions to aid how we learn, absorb information and live.
An Experiment Shows How Quickly The Internet Of Things Can Be Hacked
Reporter Andrew McGill set up a fake Internet-connected toaster to see how long it would take hackers to find it. He thought it would take days, but to his surprise it was under attack within minutes.
Alaskan 'Ice Monster' Sparks Imaginations Online
An employee with the Bureau of Land Management in Alaska took a video of undulating ice in the Chena River — and added a creepy soundtrack. Facebook users took care of the rest.
Turn On, Tune In, Transcribe: U.N. Develops Radio-Listening Tool
In rural Uganda, "radio is everything," as one journalist puts it. So the U.N., hoping to hear more rural voices, used a tiny amount of data to build speech recognition software for new languages.