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At the site of the dinosaur-killing crater, scientists find a surprise

Mashable Tech

Similar activity naturally occurs today in the deep sea , where hydrothermal vents emit superheated chemical-rich fluid into the water, feeding unique colonies of life, including huge tubeworms, crabs, fish, microorganisms, and beyond. ” SEE ALSO: NASA dropped a new report.

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How Apple is making the antitrust case against it stronger

The Verge

Here’s Russell Brandom at The Verge : Dubbed “Secondary Infektion,” the campaign spanned a number of online platforms, beginning on the Russia-based LiveJournal in 2014, and moving to Twitter and YouTube later that year. Today in news that could affect public perception of the big tech platforms.

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Content moderation issues are taking center stage in the presidential election campaign

The Verge

Discussion of this story dominated my feeds on Sunday. One, the people in my feeds mostly like to see the president made to look foolish. A country where nothing is true and everything is possible is, to be clear, looks more like Russia than the one I grew up in. Zheping Huang / Bloomberg). Julia Alexander / The Verge ).

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TikTok’s biggest problem is outside its control

The Verge

Equifax lost data from more than 100 million people (possibly working for Russia, depending on who you believe), which is certainly more information than TikTok has ever had access to. After this woman was diagnosed with cancer, her Facebook feed came to be dominated by ads for phony “alternative” cures. James Vincent / The Verge ).

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TikTok has a bold new plan to win over regulators

The Verge

We would all benefit, I think, from having greater insight into how social networks choose what to show us in our feeds. The Chinese government, possibly in concert with Russia, manipulated former CNN star Larry King into spreading disinformation through a fake interview with a Russian journalist. Alex Heath / The Information ).

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Why no one knows which stories are the most popular on Facebook

The Verge

If a country where the median voter leans to the political left has a News Feed occupied by links from the far right, that could cause concern. Hegeman, who took over the News Feed in 2018 after Adam Mosseri left to run Instagram, showed up on the timeline with a six-part response culminating in a (beautifully designed) graphic.