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12 Nov How President Trump took 'fake news' into the mainstream

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What began as a way to describe misinformation was quickly diverted into a propaganda tool. The BBC's Dave Lee examines how "fake news" went mainstream. Source: BBC Technology News...

12 Nov What is fake news and how can you identify it?

Posted at 00:28h in Uncategorised by Leanne

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Fake news is not only news that you disagree with. It can also very closely mimic real news stories. Source: BBC Technology News...

12 Nov The digital epidemic killing Indians

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India has seen a rise in public lynching's caused by social media messages spreading fake news. Source: BBC Technology News...

11 Nov Alibaba Singles Day sales frenzy surpasses records

Posted at 20:44h in Uncategorised by Leanne

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The Chinese firm's shopping bonanza day saw customers spend a record $30.8bn. Source: BBC Technology News...

11 Nov What do tampons and WWI have in common?

Posted at 00:06h in Uncategorised by Leanne

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Tampons, drones and more surprising innovations from World War One that changed the world. Source: BBC Technology News...

10 Nov Meeting Kosovo's clickbait merchants

Posted at 01:37h in Uncategorised by Leanne

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Western web-users lap up misinformation online - these are the shady "merchants" who push it on Facebook. Source: BBC Technology News...

09 Nov Man sent letter bomb to Bitcoin firm 'over password reset'

Posted at 14:48h in Uncategorised by Leanne

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UK police believe the Swede sent the "potentially lethal" bomb after a password reset request was refused. Source: BBC Technology News...

09 Nov US man pleads guilty to game hacking charges

Posted at 12:06h in Uncategorised by Leanne

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Gamers were prevented from playing for hours by attacks that targeted popular titles Source: BBC Technology News...

09 Nov Chinese headmaster fired over secret coin mining at school

Posted at 10:05h in Uncategorised by Leanne

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A stack of crypto-currency mining machines was found after teachers complained about excessive noise. Source: BBC Technology News...

09 Nov Byte: Vine creator to launch new video-looping app

Posted at 09:53h in Uncategorised by Leanne

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It's been two years since Vine was binned by Twitter, but its creator says the successor is coming. Source: BBC Technology News...