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This tech would let Facebook and Google stop fake news now
The financial services industry already has antifraud tools that, coupled with established spam detection tools, could put an end to Russian efforts to influence our elections
How live streaming is reinventing education
You no longer need to be stuck in a classroom to learn. Take your learning on the go with you
Consumers and blockchain: lots of promise, many hurdles
Blockchain is the talk of the town right now with new and exciting applications and opportunities in the horizon, but when it comes to consumer acceptance and adoption, it will be a while until we see its true value—and face
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How the dark web has gone corporate
Some criminals on the dark web are taking their cues from the practices of corporate IT. Illicit offerings run the gamut from code that buyers have to implement themselves to turnkey solutions and consulting services.
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What's next in IoT innovations?
Tom Soderstrom talks about the cutting-edge work happening at Jet Propulsion Lab in the evolving field of internet of things.
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Mingis on Tech: The lowdown on Cisco Live
Network World's Brandon Butler checks in from Las Vegas, where this week's Cisco Live is under way. The big story: Cisco's efforts to move from hardware to software, security and "intent-based networking."
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Watch: Vint Cerf on inventing the Internet, defending Al Gore
In this far-ranging interview from 2001, "Father of the Internet" Vinton Cerf recalls having to "shove TCP down people's throats" and lobby for government permission to commercialize the 'Net.
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Conservative group takes credit for anti-net neutrality comments
A conservative group took credit for a barrage of anti-net neutrality comments posted on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's website this week, but it denied generating fake activism
Uber offers taxi service, not software as a service, says EU court official
The Advocate General's opinion, if followed by the court, could mean disruption for Uber and companies like it across Europe
Bot-generated comments swamp FCC, urging overturn of net neutrality
The comments in support of the FCC plan to gut net neutrality rules don't appear to be the work of real people
FCC hit with DDoS attacks after John Oliver takes on net neutrality -- again
The agency's website slowed to a crawl late Sunday and early Monday
Congress joins the FCC to kill net neutrality
The campaign of misinformation heats up, and Verizon explains this week how it’s a huge fan of the open internet
Why online etiquette matters -- and why IT leaders should care
High-tech analyst and author Scott Steinberg offers ideas for navigating social media networks with grace and discusses the crucial role CIOs play in promoting -- and enforcing -- good behavior online
Microsoft to cut update ties between Edge and Windows 10
Report asserts Edge will receive feature updates via the Windows Store starting this fall, another move in the company's campaign to rescue browser from shrinking share
Should you dump Chrome for Firefox?
Also in today’s open source roundup: Linux.com reviews Endless OS, and a Microsoft employee combines Linux and surfing.
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