Facebook data: How to download all the information Facebook stores on YOU

Facebook stores almost every single action users have had with the social network since they’ve joined it. Everything from the adverts you’ve clicked on, the events you’ve been invited to and the friends you have deleted is stored by Mark Zuckerberg’s firm. The data is, in essence, the history of your time with Facebook. The […]

Audi takes V2I Traffic Light Information system to Washington, D.C.

Audi announced Washington, D.C., as the seventh U.S. metropolitan area for the rollout of its Traffic Light Information (TLI) system. When a driver in a TLI-equipped Audi stops at a red light, the vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technology pulls stoplight data from Traffic Technology Services servers to let the driver know when the light will turn green. […]

Datavized uses WebVR to map information across devices

Datavized is a VR startup with a data visualization platform designed to display across all devices using WebVR. Right now Datavized needs geographically-coded data to represent on a globe that it displays across all devices, with a drag and drop tool to turn spreadsheets into interactive 3D maps. The software can still accept spreadsheets without…Read More

YouTube plans ‘information cues’ to combat hoaxes

During a talk at SXSW 2018, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki revealed one way her company will push back against the spread of misinformation. “Information cues” including a text box linking to a third party source like Wikipedia could appear under some videos that could debunk hoaxes around “widely accepted events” like the moon landing. While […]

Do you take more time to process information? It could be one of the signs of this disease

Dementia is an umbrella term for a collection of symptoms that results from damage to the brain caused by different diseases – for example Alzheimer’s disease. Vascular dementia is a common type of dementia that is caused by reduced blood flow to the brain. This kind of dementia can have symptoms similar to Alzheimer’s and […]

Mining data on cab rides to show how business information flows

AS COMPUTING power has grown, it has become easier to uncover information hidden inside datasets that seem totally unconnected. Some recent studies have used this approach to reveal business-related information flows. One linked the movements of 18th-century share prices with the arrival of ships bringing news. Another looked at the relationship between business activity and […]

Porn age-verification a ‘treasure trove of information’, privacy groups warn

New laws requiring porn sites to verify users’ ages will make a data breach “inevitable,” a leading privacy advocacy group claims. Open Rights Group says new age-verification software carries a “treasure” of private information. As fresh legislation surrounding age verification on porn sites comes into effect next month, Open Rights Group (ORG) has raised concern […]

Obesity crisis: Putting nutritional information on menus may cut calorie intake

A new review of evidence found that nutritional labelling on menus may reduce a person’s calorie intake. Researchers found that labelling on menus in restaurants led to a reduction of 47 calories purchased. Assuming an average meal of 600 kcal, labelling on menus would reduce the number of calories purchased per meal by 7.8 per […]

Your Information May Have Been Leaked Wednesday During a Chase Security Glitch

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