The Guardian has published details of Facebook’s content moderation guidelines covering controversial issues such as violence, hate speech and self-harm culled from more than 100 internal training manuals, spreadsheets and flowcharts that
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Instagram Location Stories appear in Explore. Is Story Search coming?
It’s taking Instagram less and less time to copy Snapchat. Less than two months after Snapchat launched its Stories Search feature for seeing what’s going on at a location or
Quora tests video answers to steal Q&A from YouTube
Newly-minted unicorn Quora has even bigger ambitions than text questions-and-answers. And it’s not going to let video giants or startups disrupt its future. This week Quora began testing video answers,
Netflix is creating a movie starring Rihanna and Lupita Nyong’o, thanks mostly to Twitter
Netflix is about to make all of our dreams come true. It’s turning into a reality what started as a meme about Academy Award-winning actress Lupita Nyong’o and Grammy Award-winning singer Rihanna
Twitter brings on a new lead for its live video business
Another new hire for Twitter was announced today, but this one is tied more closely to its big push into live video as part of its efforts to differentiate itself from
Self-ventilating workout suit keeps athletes cool and dry
The researchers have also fashioned a running shoe with an inner layer of similar cell-lined flaps to air out and wick away moisture. Details of both designs are published in
First-ever global study finds massive health care inequity
“What we have found about health care access and quality is disturbing,” said Dr. Christopher Murray, senior author of the study and Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and
Insects resist genetic methods to control disease spread, study finds
The research, reported in the journal Science Advances, combines advanced genetic and statistical analyses to show how certain genetic and behavioral qualities in disease-carrying insects, like mosquitoes, make these species
Caution urged in using PRP or stem cells to treat young athletes’ injuries
“While regenerative medicine appears to have promise in many areas of medicine, little is known about the safety or effectiveness of these treatments for bone, cartilage, ligament or muscle tissue
Traffic-related air pollution linked to DNA damage in children
Young people with asthma also have evidence of telomere shortening, according to the preliminary research by John R. Balmes, MD, of University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues. They write, “Our
Instagram Location Stories appear in Explore. Is Story Search Coming?
It’s taking Instagram less and less time to copy Snapchat. Less than two months after Snapchat launched its Stories Search feature for seeing what’s going on at a location or
Triple play boosting value of renewable fuel could tip market in favor of biomass
Winning that competition — or at least leveling the economic playing field — requires a leap forward. And by developing a new process for obtaining not one, but three high-value
Patients’ own fat tissue can help treat joint problems
Orthopedic physicians at Rush University Medical Center are the first sports medicine specialists in the Midwest to offer treatment with the device, called Lipogems, used at the time of arthroscopic
Wearable Devices Communicate Vital Brain Activity Information
Rosalind Picard, ScD, FIEEE and her team at MIT pioneered the use of wearable technology to recognize changes in human emotion. They have made several new discoveries, including that autonomic
Practical clinical trials can help find alternatives to opioids
While the national death toll from opioid overdoses is staggering, Lynn DeBar, PhD, senior investigator, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research said that a small minority of pain patients are
