‘Fake news’ spreads faster online than the truth, finds biggest-ever study
Their study, published today in the journal Science, is one of the largest long-term investigation of fake news on social media ever conducted. The role of social media in spreading misinformation, propelled by bots or malicious actors, has been heavily scrutinised since the election of US President … Read More
Young Persons Encouraged to Become Energy Ambassadors
Minister of Science, Energy and Technology, Dr. the Hon. Andrew Wheatley (second left), looks on as Senior Vice President, Customer Service, Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Ramsay McDonald (third left), hands over one of five computers to students of Merl Grove High School (from fourth left), Donneil … Read More
3 Must-Haves for Hybrid Cloud Security
About one-third of finance, operations, sales, and customer service functions are now in the cloud, according to a PwC survey of 10,000 C-level executives. Half of all IT services will be delivered via cloud service providers in 2018, according to the latest Global State of Information Security Survey from … Read …
Irwin Shares Service Story Following Award Win
As a kid, Lindsay Irwin quickly gained insight into customer service and making the shopping experience easy for the consumer. That has helped elevate what Office Experts Office Pro has become in Humboldt. Irwin and his store were awarded for their service at Wednesday's Mark of Excellence gala … Read More
Pink Slips At Snapchat
(RTTNews.com) – Snap Inc. ( SNAP ) is laying off "just over" 120 employees from its engineering team over the next few days. The layoffs were announced in an email to Snap employees by Jerry Hunter, the company's engineering chief. The news was first reported by Cheddar. This is for …
Rumored Apple acquisition of Snapchat parent Snap is not going to happen says market expert
Purchasing Snap would give Apple access to messaging app Snapchat; despite the recent change to the Snapchat UI that caused many users to sign a petition demanding the old Snapchat back, Apple might see the app as a way to become involved in social messaging. In addition, as we pointed …
Ex-teacher accused of sending teen lewd Snapchat messages indicted
Ex-teacher accused of sending teen lewd Snapchat messages indicted. 0. Share. Facebook Twitter … Ryan Harvey, 24, allegedly sent the 15-year-old sexually charged messages via Snapchat and groped the boy's genitals twice, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution previously reported. Harvey was an … Read More
Iran: Telegram Giving Data to US and Israel
In the excerpted article from Tasnim News Agency, a news agency close to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Passive Defense Organization head Gholamreza Jalali accuses Telegram, one of the most popular social media apps in Iran, of active engagement in espionage. While it has been … Read More
These spring break beach destinations in Texas are reading high for fecal bacteria
Oil and water. Peanut butter and pickles. Or, a relaxing beach outing and high fecal bacteria readings. Yuck. But that's exactly what some Texas Gulf Coast beach destinations are plagued with as spring break approaches, according to a website called Texas Beach Watch. Read More
The first brewpub for this North Texas city has soft opening this weekend
When the owners of Turning Point Beer, Bedford's first brewpub, posted about this weekend's soft opening on social media, they never expected tickets to be snatched up in less than three hours. J.P. Goytia, Josh Davis, James Peery and Alex Knight knew that craft beer fans were thirsty for some …