Technology

Students attend a Ukrainian language and literature lesson at a school in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk in 2016. In 2018, students in four cities across Ukraine received training to help them identify disinformation, propaganda and hate speech.

Students In Ukraine Learn How To Spot Fake Stories, Propaganda And Hate Speech

6:25pm March 22, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

A new report says students who received media literacy training were 18 percent better at identifying false reports than students without the lessons. Girls gained more knowledge than boys.

Leading Anti-Terror Technologist Says Suspend Facebook Live Following Mosque Shootings

5:50pm March 22, 2019

by Aarti Shahani

A creator of anti-terror software says the re-uploading of the New Zealand mosque shootings video on Facebook is "absolutely inexcusable" because "we have the technology to stop it."

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World News

Investigators Probe Software's Role In Deadly Boeing 737 Max Crashes

7:25am March 22, 2019

by Martin Kaste

The probe of two Boeing plane crashes is focused, for the moment, on software. We examine how software has become a common fix for problems with hardware across industries, and how it can go too far.

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Facebook Stored Millions Of User Passwords In Plain, Readable Text

11:44pm March 21, 2019

by Sasha Ingber

The information was held in a readable format within the company's internal data storage systems. Facebook says it "found no evidence to date" of abuse.

European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager says Google broke the law for roughly 10 years by restricting how business partners deal with rivals in search advertising.

World News

EU Fines Google $1.7 Billion Over 'Abusive' Online Ad Strategies

3:57pm March 20, 2019

by Bill Chappell

For years, AdSense contracts gave Google a wide range of control, including how its rivals' search ads would appear — and their size, color and font, the EU says.

The German headquarters of Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei in Duesseldorf, Germany. The U.S. says it may stop sharing intelligence with Germany if it adopts Huawei's 5G technology.

World News

Despite U.S. Pressure, Germany Refuses To Exclude Huawei's 5G Technology

7:31am March 20, 2019

by Joanna Kakissis

The U.S. says it may stop sharing intelligence with Germany if it adopts Chinese firm Huawei's 5G technology. But the threats haven't swayed Germany, which says it can set its own security standards.

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Politics & Government

Facebook Apologizes For Banning Trump's Social Media Director

6:37am March 20, 2019

by Aarti Shahani

Facebook temporarily banned Dan Scavino, President Trump's social media director, from posting comments. Facebook says his postings were flagged by an algorithm.

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After Lawsuits, Facebook Announces Changes To Alleged Discriminatory Ad Targeting

7:38pm March 19, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Facebook had given online advertisers tools to exclude users from viewing their ads on the basis of race, gender and other federally protected characteristics. Now Facebook is changing that.

The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory is made up of two detectors, this one in Livingston, La., and one near Hanford, Wash. The detectors use giant arms in the shape of an "L" to measure tiny ripples in the fabric of the universe.

Science

Massive U.S. Machines That Hunt For Ripples In Space-Time Just Got An Upgrade

4:40pm March 19, 2019

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The twin sites in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory are about to go back online. New hardware should make them able to sense more colliding black holes and other cosmic events.

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Al Noor mosque is shaded by clouds in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Tuesday.

World News

Facebook Admits Mosque Shooting Video Was Viewed At Least 4,000 Times

10:20am March 19, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The video was viewed about 4,000 times before Facebook removed it. Then the social media platform had to contend with more than a million attempted re-uploads.