Twitter Is Bringing Its ‘Read Before You Retweet’ Prompt to All Users
Twitter Is Bringing Its ‘Read Before You Retweet’ Prompt to All Users
Twitter says it’s working on bringing its “read the article before you retweet it” prompt to all users “soon.” The company began testing the prompt in June, which shows up when people go to retweet a story they haven’t clicked through to actually read…
Shell Reportedly to Slash Oil and Gas Production Costs to Focus More on Renewables
Royal Dutch Shell is looking to slash up to 40 per cent off the cost of producing oil and gas in a major drive to save cash so it can overhaul its business and focus more on renewable energy and power markets, sources told Reuters…
Facebook’s Former Director of Monetization Says Facebook Intentionally Made Its Product as Addictive as Cigarettes — and Now He Fears It Could Cause ‘Civil War’
Facebook’s former director of monetization Tim Kendall says he had a role in making Facebook as addictive as cigarettes — and worries that Facebook could be just as damaging to its users…
Bill Gates Thinks AI Taking Everyone’s Jobs Could Be a Good Thing
Bill Gates, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, thinks that artificial intelligence will take over a lot of jobs and ultimately will be a good thing…
Instead of Optimizing Work, Technology Has Created a Nonstop Barrage of Notifications and Interactions. Six Months Into a Pandemic, It’s Worse Than Ever
The first thing I hear in the morning is my SleepCycle app, which is supposedly monitoring my movements in order to “gently” wake me as I emerge from sleep. I swipe it off and see the first alerts from the various news apps on my phone: bad things, getting worse. I check the Covid numbers in my county, then in my mom’s county. As I lie in bed, my thumb goes to Instagram for truly unknown reasons, but I’m less interested in seeing what others have posted than how many people have liked whatever photo I posted the night before. I check my personal email. I check my work email. I deleted the Twitter app off my phone, but don’t worry: You can always just open Chrome and go to Twitter.com…
AI System Detects Loneliness in Natural Speech Patterns
A new proof of concept study, led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, has demonstrated how speech-analyzing artificial intelligence tools can effectively predict the level of loneliness in older adults…
The Age of Electric Cars Is Dawning Ahead of Schedule
FRANKFURT — An electric Volkswagen ID.3 for the same price as a Golf. A Tesla Model 3 that costs as much as a BMW 3 Series. A Renault Zoe electric subcompact whose monthly lease payment might equal a nice dinner for two in Paris…