Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Facebook, in Cross Hairs After Election, Is Said to Question Its Influence and other top stories.

  • Facebook, in Cross Hairs After Election, Is Said to Question Its Influence

    Facebook, in Cross Hairs After Election, Is Said to Question Its Influence
    Some employees are worried about the spread of racist and so-called alt-right memes across the network, according to interviews with 10 current and former Facebook employees. Others are asking whether they contributed to a “filter bubble” among users who largely interact with people who share the same beliefs. Even more are reassessing Facebook’s role as a media company and wondering how to stop the distribution of false information. Some employees have been galvanized to send suggestions to pr..
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  • Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare Has An Awesome Event This Weekend

    Call Of Duty: Infinite Warfare Has An Awesome Event This Weekend
    Activision and Infinity Ward unleashed a new event this weekend to help lure people back to Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare after it launched last weekend on November 4th. The event will run up until Monday, so if you want to get in on the goods you'll have to hurry. Gamespot is reporting that the weekend event is for double XP in the Infinite Warfare zombies mode called Zombies In Spaceland. The experience points boost will enable you to join up to three friends in the hilariously gory mode t..
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  • Google's 4K Chromecast Ultra isn't a huge step up from last year's model

    Google's 4K Chromecast Ultra isn't a huge step up from last year's model
    About one week ago, Google started shipping its newest Chromecast device, the Chromecast Ultra, which is capable of streaming 4K and (high-dynamic range) HDR video on 4K displays. It costs $69, which comes out to $35 more than the Chromecast that Google released last year, and the original model that Google started selling in 2013. I’ve had some time to experiment with the new gadget in the past few days, on a 4K TV and a 1080p TV, and I have some initial impressions. I’m sharing them with the ..
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  • Hands On With Snapchat Spectacles

    Hands On With Snapchat Spectacles
    On Thursday morning, I woke up to texts from a friend. "Snapchat Spectacles Venice Beach vending machine. They're here!" Snapchat's Spectacles had arrived via a pop-up vending machine known as a Snapbot. There were long lines and people waited for hours, but my friend managed to get two pairs. Spectacles, revealed in September, are basically connected hipster sunglasses that record video snippets, which are wirelessly saved to your Snapchat Memories. The point? To "make memories, from your persp..
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  • Oregon's energy and climate outlook unmoved by Trump win

    Oregon's energy and climate outlook unmoved by Trump win
    The nation on Tuesday elected a president who describes man-made climate change as "a hoax" and green energy as "an expensive way to make tree huggers feel good about themselves." Donald Trump's win on Tuesday sent shares of renewable energy companies tumbling, and coal companies soaring. It also sent shock waves reverberating through the environmental community. Trump has pledged to dump the Paris climate accords, throw out President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan and declaw the Environmenta..
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  • Apple iPhone 8 vs iPhone 7: Apple to Skip the iPhone 7s? Specs, Features and Price Compared

    Apple iPhone 8 vs iPhone 7: Apple to Skip the iPhone 7s? Specs, Features and Price Compared
    Will the iPhone 8 come out next year? Fans are looking forward to a faster and more unique installment.(Photo: Photo: Apple/YouTube) The iPhone 7 has just been released but many Apple fans are already anticipating the next smartphone offering of the company. Next year will be another exciting year for Apple as it is believed to skip releasing the iPhone 7s and proceed with the iPhone 8. With the rumored release of the iPhone 8 next year, many iPhone users are now curious on how it will be c..
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