Facebook’s moderation system is under fire once again. The Times newspaper conducted an investigation in which a reporter using a fake account pointed out extremist images to the social network, but Facebook failed to remove them, Reuters reported Thursday. The Times reported the presence of images and videos that glorified the Islamic State, praised the …
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Record stores mean a lot to Zane Lowe. Best known for his 12 years as one of the BBC’s top Radio 1 DJs, Lowe uncovered the earliest recordings of hip-hop by devotedly riffling through record store bins, and he found the way to Nirvana by awkwardly humming the guitar riff to “Smells Like Teen Spirit” to his local record store …
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Facebook has been under fire after a report from the BBC last week called out the social network for not taking down sexualized images of children on its site. On Tuesday, Facebook said the moderation tool that should have flagged the images during the investigation wasn’t working, according to a follow-up report by the BBC. “We welcome when a journalist …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. BBC America When was the last time nature made your jaw drop? That’s the effect watching “Planet Earth” has on me. Whether I’m …
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This might be the closest you’ll get to a lemur. Dish is launching a 4K channel to broadcast nature series “Planet Earth II,” the satellite TV provider said Monday. “Planet Earth II,” narrated by David Attenborough, is the follow up to 2006’s “Planet Earth.” It will be simulcast on BBC America, AMC and SundanceTV on Saturdays starting Feb. 18. It …
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If you’re a fan of the acclaimed comedy novel “Good Omens,” Amazon Studios has some good news for you. The Hollywood arm of the internet retail giant said Thursday it has signed a deal to produce a six-part series based on the 1990 book, which humorously chronicles the coming apocalypse as the Final Judgment is about to descend on humanity. …
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Americans who fancy access to the British TV soap “EastEnders” rejoice! British broadcasting giants BBC Worldwide and ITV announced a partnership on Tuesday to launch a Netflix-like streaming video service called BritBox in the US next year. The ad-free service is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2017 on the web as well as Roku, Apple TV and …
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Now playing: Watch this: DirecTV Now: $35 a month for 100 live TV channels and… 1:56 Three: That’s the magic number. With the launch of DirecTV Now Wednesday, there are now three services that allow you to stop paying your cable or satellite provider for TV service, yet still watch numerous channels of live television at home and on mobile …
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The best thing to do if you get an email that’s obviously an accident? Stay the heck away from the “Reply All” option. Employees of the UK’s National Health Service learned this the hard way after a “test” email was mistakenly sent to 840,000 of them, the BBC reports. According to a Tweet from NHS employee Olly Benson, the email …
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Why should the Doctor have all the fun fighting alien monsters? In the new “Doctor Who” spinoff series “Class,” there’s no Time Lord hanging around to protect humans from Daleks, Cybermen, Blinking Angels and the usual monsters the Doctor has battled since the beginning of “Doctor Who.” In the teaser trailer, released by BBC America Friday at New York Comic …
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