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YouTube’s algorithm recommends videos that violate its own policies

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YouTube’s algorithm recommends videos that violate its own policies

A study of user-reported YouTube videos found that the platform recommends videos that have misinformation, show violent or graphic content or contain hate speech

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Streamlined JPEG XL images could cut global data use by 30 per cent

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Streamlined JPEG XL images could cut global data use by 30 per cent

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Banning extreme views on YouTube really does help stop their spread

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Banning extreme views on YouTube really does help stop their spread

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Widespread internet outage linked to cloud service provider Fastly

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Widespread internet outage linked to cloud service provider Fastly

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What does Wi-Fi stand for?

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What does Wi-Fi stand for?

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Reading about Firefox makes it seem a faster web browser than Chrome

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Wikipedia has seen a spike in people editing pages during the pandemic

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Wikipedia has seen a spike in people editing pages during the pandemic

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Mobile gambling has boomed in recent years

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Our study of gambling and its harms shows it's time to intervene

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Drones have been used to send quantum internet signals

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Quantum internet signals beamed between drones a kilometre apart

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Hordes of automated bots run the internet – can we bring them to heel?

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Hordes of automated bots run the internet – can we bring them to heel?

Roaming chunks of code, pre-programmed to perform all manner of tasks, shape the web and our experience of it. What are they up to? And as they get smarter, how can we regain control?

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Google's AI can keep Loon balloons flying for over 300 days in a row

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Most Zoombombing is not done by external hackers – they're inside jobs

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How wholesome memes could save us all

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The internet's crumbling infrastructure is leaving us all insecure

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