How Social Media Is Upending College Life During the Israel-Gaza War by zzzeek

Mainstream platforms, and popular websites built for students, are at the heart of Gen Z discourse about Israel and Gaza. But with anonymity the norm and fake social media users becoming more prevalent, some forums are inflaming tensions at universities. By Alexandra S. Levine, Forbes Staff Kathleen Margaret Connelly has inflammatory thoughts about the Israel-Gaza

ByHackTechNovember 11, 20230Comments

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Why Did Social Media Go to War Against Writers? by blueridge

Discover more from The Honest BrokerA trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted GioiaOver 74,000 subscribers Below I look at some surprising ways Substack has changed the media (and social media) landscape. This gives me a good excuse to recommend the new Substack app. It’s now my go-to source for informed

ByHackTechOctober 5, 20230Comments

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Who Owns Your Social Media Handles? by mooreds

In today’s age of social media dominance, our online identities have become integral to both our personal lives and professional endeavors. From connecting with friends and family to building brands and businesses, platforms like Twitter and Instagram have given us the power to create digital personas that resonate with others where your user handle serves

ByHackTechSeptember 10, 20230Comments

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Show HN: Media viewer and converter server, over 200 formats supported by keepamovin

Visit us on GitHub The Future of Secure Document Viewing is Here! 🎉 Convert documents into spectacular images for each page, and view them securely in your browser! No downloads, no third-party apps—just pure, joyful, Zero Trust goodness! Proudly part of the BrowserBox Pro cloud browser product by Dosyago. 🌈 Why You’ll Love Chai 🌈

ByHackTechSeptember 7, 20230Comments

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News Media Are a Useful Tool to Educate the Public on Piracy Risks and Threats by gslin

Home > Anti-Piracy > Tackling online piracy isn’t an easy task. In addition to dismantling illicit sites and services, the public at large should be made aware of the associated risks and threats. According to the Premier League, news media can be helpful to spread these messages. However, the lines between reporting news and serving

ByHackTechSeptember 4, 20230Comments

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Is social media making America’s murder surge worse? by fortran77

Is social media making America’s murder surge worse?Illustration by Erik CarterThis article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here.One fall evening in 2020, Jarell Jackson and Shahjahan McCaskill were chatting in Jackson’s Hyundai

ByHackTechAugust 9, 20230Comments

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AlterEgo – MIT Media Lab by johntb86

AlterEgo is a non-invasive, wearable, peripheral neural interface that allows humans to converse in natural language with machines, artificial intelligence assistants, services, and other people without any voice—without opening their mouth, and without externally observable movements—simply by articulating words internally. The feedback to the user is given through audio, via bone conduction, without disrupting the user’s

ByHackTechJuly 19, 20230Comments

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With the rise of AI, social media platforms face storm of misinformation in 2024 by rntn

New York CNN — Last month, a video posted to Twitter by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign used images that appeared to be generated by artificial intelligence showing former President Donald Trump hugging Dr. Anthony Fauci. The images, which appeared designed to criticize Trump for not firing the nation’s top infectious disease specialist, were

ByHackTechJuly 17, 20230Comments

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Social Media is broken. Can we fix it? [video] by janandonly

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ByHackTechJuly 13, 20230Comments

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Stop using em in media queries by CGamesPlay

CSS media queries are used to create responsive layouts. Conventional wisdom tells us that we should use relative font sizes to specify layout dimensions, because that improves accessibility, however this wisdom is outdated in the current browser landscape. Here’s an example of a media query in vanilla CSS: #navigation-sidebar { display: none; } @media (min-width:

ByHackTechMay 19, 20230Comments

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