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Already facing an uphill misinformation fight, Facebook loses to scammers, too
Enlarge / A partial screenshot of one of the scam profiles pushing an adult dating scam on Facebook. Responding to critics in the US Congress and elsewhere who say Facebook isn’t doing enough to stop the flow of disinformation, the social network in recent days has purged hundreds of accounts it found were designed to […]
7 regular people who went undercover in high school found teachers face an unprecedented obstacle— and it’s an uphill battle
A&E Seven young adults went undercover as students at a Kansas high school for the show “Undercover High” on A&E. They found that smartphones have made it harder and harder for teachers to do their jobs. Students are constantly distracted by phones in class, even though the school has a no-phone policy. At Highland Park […]
An Uphill Battle
Not long afterKeila Pulinario was released from prison, she was hit by a car while walking to work. Pulinario was pissed off. Before the accident, she’d worked her first post-incarceration job at a culinary company that ran a cafeteria in New York City’s financial district. Afterward, she had to accept that her life wouldn’t be […]
The latest congressional scandal provides Democrats another chance to pick up a seat — but they face an uphill climb
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite Democrats have yet another chance to pick up a congressional seat after the shocking scandal that took down Rep. Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania — but they face quite an uphill climb. Still, they’re confident. “First of all, I think we’re going to win this election,” said Nancy Patton Mills, chair of […]
Many still prefer to work with men over women – and it shows why women face an uphill battle
BI tradeking Almost one in three men said it was “not important at all” to have gender diversity in the workplace, according to a MSN poll for Business Insider. Almost one in four women said the same. About one in five respondents – both men and women – said they prefer to work with men, […]
Google Play is fighting an uphill battle against Android adware
Enlarge (credit: SophosLabs) Google’s official Play marketplace is waging an uphill battle against Android apps that display an unending stream of popup ads even when users try to force them to stop, researchers said Friday. The researchers, from UK-based SophosLabs, said they have found a total of 47 apps in the past week that collectively […]
General Election 2017: Ed Balls warns Jeremy Corbyn faces ‘very steep uphill struggle’
Appearing on Good Morning Britain today, the 50-year-old was asked by host Piers Morgan about the party’s chances of winning. “I think it is a very, very steep uphill task. Very low. After the last couple of years, I didn’t think we would be going out of the European Union, [Emmanuel] Macron would […]
Solving Syria: An Uphill Climb
The author was acting director and deputy director of the CIA from 2000-2004 and now teaches at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Follow him on Twitter at @jmclaughlinSAIS. Was the Trump administration’s attack on Syria a one-off event, or does it signal the start of a broader foreign policy strategy? We […]
Uphill Battle
WASHINGTON — Republicans finally released a draft of their plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act Monday evening, but divisions within their own party indicate the bill will face a rough path to actually becoming law. Conservatives in the House and Senate remain skeptical that the bill makes sufficient changes to the Democratic […]
