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Pesky Bots Behind 10% Of All Website Traffic, Claims New Study
We all knew there were plenty of bots lurking around online causing mischief, but new research has shed light on just how many ‘fake’ internet users there are – apparently, as much as 10% of all web traffic may in fact be driven by bots capable of mimicking humans by posting comments and even entering ...
Apple Says Sorry For Maps Disaster (Don’t Use It, In Other Words)
Apple CEO Tim Cook has issued a groveling apology over the Apple Maps debacle, following a wave of criticism from frustrated customers who have been quick voice their displeasure with the new application. In his open letter to Apple customers, Cook acknowledged that thousands of customers were unhappy with the software and reiterated his pledge ...
Google Brazil President Takes Down Controversial Video After Arrest
Just hours after his brief arrest on Wednesday night, Google’s president of operations in Brazil has announced that the web company will remove a controversial YouTube video that slanders a mayoral candidate in that country. Fabio Jose Silva Coelho said in a statement that he had no choice left but to take down the controversial ...
Today’s The Data: Human Face of Big Data App Launched
One of the most ambitious and exciting big data projects ever conceived kicks off today, with the launch of a new smartphone application that encourages people across the world to take part and share their thoughts and ideas on what it means to be human. The Human Face of Big Data project, led by world-renowned ...
Big Data Meets The Beautiful Game
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world by some distance, but for all the media attention and money it attracts, the game has remained staunchly against the adoption of technology, consistently rejecting calls for video replays to be introduced despite other sport’s widespread adoption of them. But not everyone is towing the line. ...
Future Big Data: And a Sustainable One At That
As the world becomes more polluted, populated and congested, and as our resources become ever more depleted, humanity is fast reaching the point where sustainable living will become essential to its very survival. Sustainability – the practice of ensuring that we have, and will continue to have, the resources, materials and water we need to ...
A New Pandemic: ZeroAccess Botnet Takes Over The World
We all know that computer viruses can spread like wildfire, but what with cybersecurity scares hitting the headlines seemingly every other day, people easily become complacent about such things. At least, they do until they see them from space. And then we get a sharp reminder of just how deadly contagious these things can be. ...
Something’s Fishy Here… Robo-Tuna Sinks War On Drugs To New Depths
Would be smugglers and terrorists hoping to sneak drugs and weapons into the country hidden aboard vessels had better think again, for their plans will soon be rumbled by US government’s latest secret weapon – robotic fish. Modeled on the vastly under-rated tuna fish – one of the fastest and most maneuverable of all the ...
Safecast Gets Funding To Map Air Pollution in LA
What with so much conflicting information from government officials following last year’s nuclear disaster in Fukushima, many Japanese turned to an open source map created by Safecast to track local radiation levels in real time. Safecast’s maps proved to be such a hit that now, the organization led by Sean Bonner has been commission by ...
How Your Carrier Might Be Stealing Data From You
Surely they wouldn’t do that, would they? Perhaps not intentionally, but according to a new study from researchers at the UCLA, it’s far more common than anyone seems to realize. Computer World first reported that some (but not all) carriers may be unintentionally charging their customers for data that they never receive. It happens due ...