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☆ Facebook is still thriving 20 years later. Here’s how
  + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
Twenty years after its launch, social media giant Facebook continues to show unprecedented staying power after burying early competitors like MySpace and Friendster and establishing a distinct foothold in the burgeoning social media landscape. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesStrong social connection was the linchpin of Facebook, differentiating it from other primordial social media sites. MySpace’s monthly active users had trickled down to an estimated 35 million in mid-2011, according to a Comscore report at the time. In contrast, by September of that year, Facebook was seeing almost 800 million monthly active users. In April 2012, the company acquired photo-centric social media platform Instagram for about $1 billion.
Persons: Harvard University undergrad, Mark Zuckerberg, “, ”, Pablo Boczkowski, alums, ” Zuckerberg, Daniel Acker, Justin Timberlake, Friendster’s, Friendster, Boczkowski, Meta’s, ” Boczkowski, WhatsApp, Meta Organizations: New, New York CNN, Harvard University, Facebook, Communication Studies, Northwestern University, Harvard, New York Times, Bloomberg, Getty, MySpace, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Google, Meta, Inc, “, TikTok, Twitter Locations: New York, Zurich, India, Brazil, Argentina, Italy
☆ In Ukraine, Mathematics Offers Strength in Numbers
  + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Siobhan Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
On a Saturday evening in August, two Ukrainian mathematicians, Maryna Viazovska and Masha Vlasenko, set out on a 19-hour train trip from Warsaw to Kyiv. They were en route to a conference titled “Numbers in the Universe: Recent Advances in Number Theory and Its Applications.” Symbolically, the journey served to plant a flag. The event marked the opening of the International Center for Mathematics in Ukraine, or I.C.M.U., which was established on paper in November. “The goal is to bring the world of mathematics to Ukraine and open, or reopen, Ukrainian science for the world,” said Dr. Viazovska, of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. She won a Fields Medal in 2022 and serves as scientific lead on the center’s coordination committee.
Persons: Maryna Viazovska, Masha Vlasenko, “, ”, Viazovska, Jean, Pierre Bourguignon Organizations: International Center for Mathematics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, European Research Council Locations: Warsaw, Kyiv, Ukraine, Lausanne, London
☆ Disney creates task force to explore AI and cut costs - sources
  + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Dawn Chmielewski Krystal Hu | Dawn Chmielewski | Krystal Hu | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
SAG-AFTRA actors and Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers walk the picket line during their ongoing strike outside Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, U.S., July 31, 2023. As evidence of its interest, Disney has 11 current job openings seeking candidates with expertise in artificial intelligence or machine learning. AI has become a powder keg in Hollywood, where writers and actors view it as an existential threat to jobs. In Switzerland, Disney Research has been exploring AI, machine learning and visual computing, according to its website. This technology is used to augment digital effects, not replace human actors, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Persons: Mario Anzuoni, Walt Disney, Walt Disney Imagineering, Indiana Jones, Disney Imagineer, Groot, Imagineer, Harrison Ford, STEAMBOAT WILLIE, Willie, Bob Iger, Marvel, Hao Li, Li, Scott Trowbridge, Dawn Chmielewski, Krystal Hu, Kenneth Li, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Writers Guild of America, Walt Disney Studios, REUTERS, Hollywood, Reuters, Disney, Guardians, Screen Actors Guild, STEAMBOAT, U.S . Patent, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Disney Research, Star, Galactic, Thomson Locations: Burbank , California, U.S, Hollywood, Zurich, Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Disney's, Switzerland, Los Angeles, New York
☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Logitech, Toyota, UnitedHealth, AMD and more
  + stars: | 2023-06-14 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Logitech — Shares tumbled 12.3% after the company announced president and CEO Bracken Darrell is departing. Toyota — The Japan-based automaker's shares gained 4.5% Wednesday. Lumen Technologies — The telecommunications stock gained 6% during midday trading Wednesday, adding to the 16% advance that was made Tuesday. Earlier in the week, the company announced a new partnership with electric vehicle software charging company ev.energy. Advanced Micro Devices — The chip stock gained nearly 2% in midday trading, a day after the company announced its latest artificial intelligence chips.
Persons: Bracken Darrell, UnitedHealth — UnitedHealth, John Franklin Rex, Akio Toyoda, Lumen, Roth MKM, Goldman Sachs, Bernstein, Bud, Raymond James, Buster's, Cinemark, Riley, Li Auto, Morgan Stanley, Wolfe, it's bullish, Gordon Haskett, SVB, — SoFi, Estée Lauder —, — CNBC's Michelle Fox, Yun Li, Sarah Min, Hakyung Kim Organizations: Logitech, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of, Citi, Goldman, Global Healthcare, Toyota, Lumen Technologies, Google, Microsoft, Maxeon, Technologies, Reuters, Services, AMD, Anheuser, Busch InBev —, Netflix, Wolfe Research, Barclays, SVB Securities, Berenberg Locations: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Japan, Latin America
☆ Ukrainian hackers say they have compromised Russian spy who hacked Democrats in 2016
  + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Raphael Satter | Thomson Reuters | Reporter Covering Cybersecurity | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
WASHINGTON, April 11 (Reuters) - Ukrainian hackers claim to have broken into the emails of a senior Russian military spy wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for hacking the Hillary Clinton campaign and other senior U.S. Democrats ahead of Donald Trump's election to the presidency in 2016. It wasn't immediately clear what information the hackers had managed to steal or how significant it was. Morgachev's inbox could potentially hold insight into Russia's hacking operations, including the operation against Clinton and the Democrats. It said his department was "dedicated to developing and managing malware," including the "X-Agent" spy software used to hack the DNC. In its message announcing the theft, the group said of Morgachev: "A very cool and clever hacker, but ... We hacked him."
☆ Fox News host says sickness shouldn't stop you from working: 'We just come in and cough all over each other'
  + stars: | 2023-02-05 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
"I don't think that you necessarily should have, like, the six sick days every year," one host said. On Friday's episode of "The Five," Fox News hosts expressed their disdain for employees using sick days. I don't think that you necessarily should have, like, the six sick days every year." Host Jesse Watters, a regular host on the show, said he "never" takes off when he's sick, "especially" since he appears "on TV." An immunocompromised and pro-vaccine Fox host, anchor Neil Cavuto, almost died from COVID-19 and still received death threats over his support of the vaccine.
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