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Credit: University of Otago Instagram users who post self-harm content online are choosing ambiguous hashtags in an attempt to circumvent the social media platform's ban on harmful content, a researcher at the University of Otago,…

Academic meeting embraces zombie apocalypse, spans the sciences, the arts and the scary What do cellular systems in the human body and social behaviors of people have in common with zombies? If you dare to attend the Zombie Apocalypse…

The Greyhound framework, named after the breed of dogs known for their hunting abilities, was designed and implemented by an SUTD-led research team to systematically sniff out security lapses in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth enabled devices.Credit:…

Credit: Lancaster University Physicists from Lancaster University have established why objects moving through superfluid helium-3 lack a speed limit in a continuation of earlier Lancaster research. Helium-3 is a rare isotope of…

Leading venue for mobile computing and wireless networking research goes virtual The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Mobility of Systems, Users, Data and Computing (SIGMOBILE) will hold its International…

NYU Ad Observatory, developed at NYU Tandon in association with GW's Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics, will increase social media ad transparency ahead of the 2020 electionsCredit: Laura Edelson BROOKLYN, New York, Tuesday,…

Credit: CRANN, and Trinity College Dublin. Researchers at CRANN and the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin have discovered that a new material can act as a super-fast magnetic switch. When struck by successive ultra-short…

New policies, technologies could help make sense of flood of information PITTSBURGH--The science community has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with such a flurry of research studies that it is hard for anyone to digest them all,…

Constantly evolving Netflix has changed the face of entertainment on a global scaleCredit: FlixPatrol Media studies expert Professor Amanda Lotz, from QUT’s Digital Media Research Centre, said there is a lot of misunderstanding about…

ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University engineers and researchers are designing the nation's first statewide Internet of Things public infrastructure. Thanks to a $1.5 million grant awarded by the National Science Foundation, Cornell faculty…

Initiative aims to build literacy, diversity in the field LOWELL, Mass. - A team of teachers and researchers led by UMass Lowell is developing a computer science curriculum for middle-schoolers to introduce the field to students from…

New research exposes full spectrum of misinformation online, reveals even well-meaning vaccine proponents can spread misleading information In a new paper published in the Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, researchers from the…

The Medical University of South Carolina rapidly adapted telehealth technologies to meet the needs of its patients during the pandemic, report researchers in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics AssociationCredit: Sarah Pack,…

Credit: Thorsten Mohr, Saarland Universität People infer things beyond what is literally said - and everyone makes his or her own assumptions. This fact poses a major difficulty for computers. For her research project on this…

CATONSVILLE, MD, September 3, 2020 - Social media has forever changed our society and how people do business. A 2013 report by J.D. Power found nearly two-thirds of customers have used a company's social media site to connect with…

Arturo Azcorra, director of IMDEA Networks, professor at UC3M (Carlos III University of Madrid) and vice-president of 5TONIC emphasized the importance of supporting research in SpainCredit: AMETIC The 34th Digital Economy and…

Dirk Hovy, Bocconi University, has won a 1.5 million euro ERC Starting Grant. His project introduces demographic factors into language processing systems to improve algorithmic performance, avoid racism and sexism and enable new…

'Trolls' have been around almost as long as the Internet, but 'Incels' are a more recent and distinctly different, more aggressive cyber sub-culture which warrants more study according to Australian researchers While 'trolls' have been…

Emotional support from parents--and specifically, how teens perceive their relationships with their parents--associated with cyberbullying behaviors Adolescents who perceive their parents to be loving and supportive are less likely to…

A multifaceted approach is the best way to address election infrastructure security, say researchersCredit: Photo courtesy of the IU Kelley School of Business BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- With just over two months before the 2020 election,…