This internet tracker can follow your browsing for months even if you use ad blockers, by measuring variations in the quartz crystals in your device’s clock
Source: Web tracker can follow you for months even if you delete your cookies | New Scientist
Predicting Voter Behavior: Twitter vs Polls
Source: Το Τwitter «απειλεί» τους δημοσκόπους | Η Εφημερίδα των Συντακτών
Συμφωνήθηκε η ίδρυση δικτύου για τον εντοπισμό «όπλων προπαγάνδας» που αποκρύπτουν ορθές πληροφορίες.
Source: «Κυνηγούς» ψευδών ειδήσεων ετοιμάζουν οι Βρυξέλλες | Κόσμος | Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ
Data harvesting on Android apps is ‘out of control’ say Oxford researchers
Source: Data harvesting on Android apps is ‘out of control’ say researchers | Metro News
RMIT uses Foursquare check-ins to predict drug busts.
Source: Real-time social media location data used to predict crime – Software – iTnews
“Thomas Jeffrey Hanks started following you.” It was this beguiling message that set off a bizarre chain of events in August that led to the Hellenic Institute of Cultural Diplomacy believing that American actor Tom Hanks would appear at an event it was organizing in Athens.
Source: Fake Tom Hanks fools NGO promising Athens appearance of US star | Life | ekathimerini.com
The Canadian scientist Donna Strickland is an associate professor of physics and astronomy at the University of Waterloo, a former president of the Optical Society and as of Tuesday, one of the winners of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics. But until the hours after Ms Strickland’s win, the physicist did not have her own Wikipedia page as she was not considered significant enough.
Source: Wikipedia criticised after it emerges female Nobel laureate had page rejected | The Independent
Consumer genomics is making it easier than ever to identify individuals from anonymous DNA databases. Even if you’ve never spit in a tube.
Source: Genome Hackers Show No One’s DNA Is Anonymous Anymore | WIRED
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women.
Source: Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that showed bias against women | Reuters
Facebook Inc. said it removed 559 pages and 251 accounts that were coordinating the spread of misinformation and spam in the U.S. — and most originated from within the country.
Source: Facebook Removes 559 Pages, 251 Accounts Spreading U.S. Misinformation – Bloomberg
