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As an added benefit, when a very popular, authoritative site covers your content, other sites often syndicate it, earning you more links over time organically without any additional effort. But as a content creator, I asked myself: “How can I tap into link syndication more deliberately to reap these brand recognition and SEO benefits? Why do some stories enjoy massive syndication after initial earned media coverage while others don’t?” Toward this goal, I leveraged new machine learning classification techniques to better understand which categories of content and which specific entities (people, places, things, organizations, ideas) seem to disproportionately drive high levels of link syndication....

“The problem is, Maker Foundation has decided that the appropriate value for this governance delay is 0 seconds. That is right, defenders have 0 seconds to defend against an attack launched by a wealthy but malicious party,” he adds in the post. The issue, Zoltu notes, lies in the way in which MakerDao is governed. “Some groups of plutocrats can control how the system behaves.” In order to carry out the attack, the hacker would have to deploy approximately $20 million (40,000 MKR), which wouldn’t necessarily be straightforward....

But did the Moon’s core generate a magnetic field in the past? In the 1980s, geophysicists studying rocks brought back by Apollo astronauts concluded the Moon once had a magnetic field that was as strong as Earth’s. But a robust magnetic field requires a power source, and the Moon’s core is relatively small. For decades, scientists have struggled to resolve this conundrum: how could such a small core create a strong magnetic field?...

It’s no secret that you can make a killing working in tech. Unfortunately not all of us had the foresight to major in computer science back in college; so, for some, the doors to a six-figure salary in Silicon Valley seem slammed shut. That’s not really the case, though. You still have time to get educated and capitalize on the already staggering demand for tech-savvy professionals with the training from The Complete Computer Science Master Class Bundle....

Part of the problem stems from the fact that many business leaders do not understand what digital adoption actually is. After all, it’s one thing to download a software program that will help you manage your social media accounts. It’s quite another to use all the features offered by that program so you can maximize your business output. True digital adoption means fully embracing the opportunities that come with today’s tech tools....

More than 4.5 billion people now use the internet, while social media users have passed the 3.8 billion mark. Nearly 60 percent of the world’s population is already online, and the latest trends suggest that more than half of the world’s total population will use social media by the middle of this year. Some important challenges remain, however, and there’s still work to do to ensure that everyone around the world has fair and equal access to life-changing digital connectivity....

The reveal started with a rather ominous tweet that began, “It. Is. Time.” You’d be forgiven for thinking Disney had completely snapped and was ready to begin world domination. Instead it started a thread of truly epic proportions, with each title to be added to Disney+, fittingly starting with the progenitor of the whole Disney Princess schtick, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Pre-order in the U.S. at https://t.co/wJig4STf4P today: https://t....

The film’s page on Disney+ was recently updated, saying “Watch with Premier Access for $29.99 before its release to all Disney+ subscribers on December 4, 2020.” So there you go, you can watch it without the premium price tag at the beginning of December. According to a Disney+ support page, Premier Access for the film will be available until November 2. Part of me wonders if Disney might try to sneak in a theatrical run during that gap month between Premier Access and the regular Disney+ debut, but that’s probably not likely....

While this is true, there’s still plenty more you can do to raise your first million and get your business off the ground. With this in mind, I spoke to two seasoned founders to get their top tips to help you raise from venture capital investors. [Read: Every startup founder’s alternate realities: Business and fundraising] Starling Bank’s Anne Boden: Dry-runs with investors Anne Boden, the founder and CEO of Starling Bank, a UK challenger bank, has a wealth of experience when it comes to fundraising....

If you’re currently in the market for a new career, you’ve probably spent a little bit of time trawling through websites and blogs searching for sound advice. On the whole, the message is generally the same: use your network, dress appropriately, create an impressive online portfolio, yadda yadda. For years, we’ve listened to the same advice. One of the main tips that experts like to throw out there is to clean up your social media accounts before applying for jobs....

The paper is a fascinating read that explains the process through which the scientists at OpenAI managed to repurpose their flagship language model GPT-3 to create Codex. But more importantly, the paper also sheds much-needed light on how far you can trust deep learning in programming. The “no free lunch” theorem Codex is a descendent of GPT-3, a massive deep learning language model release last year. The complexity of deep learning models is often measured by the number of parameters they have....

As per the proposed terms of the deal, the consumer credit reporting agency will shell out as much as $700 million to settle with federal agencies and 50 US states and territories. Here are the details: $300 million to cover free credit monitoring services for impacted consumers. The company may need to cough up an additional $125 million if the original fine amount isn’t enough to compensate all consumers who make claims....

“EU law does not preclude a host provider like Facebook from being ordered to remove identical and, in certain circumstances, equivalent comments previously declared to be illegal,” the EU’s top court declared. “In addition, EU law does not preclude such an injunction from producing effects worldwide, within the framework of the relevant international law.” — EU Court of Justice (@EUCourtPress) October 3, 2019 What does it mean? Well, first of all, the CJEU has been busy when it comes to digital privacy as this is the third landmark ruling in just a few weeks....

The Tech5 community is a network of top European founders designed to help them connect, get access to bespoke events, and gain media exposure. Some of the winners will also be invited to local events organized by TNW and Adyen. But enough about the perks, here are the winners: Austria Country Winner: Storyblok: A Headless and API-based CMS as a Service. It provides ‘highly customizable content blocks and visual editing tools which are flexible for developers and editors....

As vital as empathy is, however, it can be elusive in an app-driven world that tends to create distance between companies and their customers’ actual human experience. Compounding the challenge, many businesses now rely on data, rather than what they see and hear, to ascertain customer preferences. (More on that in a bit.) Nevertheless, empathy remains the necessary starting point to understanding customers’ motivations, needs, desires, and behaviors, and it’s the secret sauce in delivering products and experiences that foster brand loyalty and propel the company ahead of competitors....

The British government’s Insolvency Service said Alexander Nix, had permitted Cambridge Analytica’s parent firm SCL Elections and its affiliated companies to offer prospective clients a dizzying range of unscrupulous services. They included “bribery or honey trap stings, voter disengagement campaigns, obtaining information to discredit political opponents, and spreading information anonymously in political campaigns.” Mark Bruce, Chief Investigator for the Insolvency Service, said SCL Elections had repeatedly offered shady political services over a number of years: Nix told Reuters he hadn’t admitted any wrongdoing nor been accused of breaking the law, but had accepted the disqualification to “avoid an unnecessary, lengthy and expensive court case”....

According to a report from The Verge, a ton of users got popup messages on Friday night describing the new integrated experience. The popup said: “There’s a new way to Message on Instagram” and mentioned fresh features, such as a redesigned interface, swipe to reply, and emoji reacts. — ??????????️? 30 days/ MAGS DAY! (@SamsEverlyte) August 15, 2020 — Issi ? (@isxbelle_g) August 15, 2020 For now, it looks like Facebook has brought some of Messenger’s functionality into Instagram’s DMs, and there’s no way to turn this off....

Since recent attacks on Facebook, Snapchat has verified it will fact-checks ads while Google imposed strict limits on ad targeting, and Twitter banned political ads altogether. Now it appears Facebook is finally relenting. Well, a little bit anyway. According to a Wall Street Journal report, sources within the company say the social network is considering increasing the minimum ad target size from just 100 people to a few thousand. This may not seem like much, but it could have a significant effect on how precisely ads can target specific demographics, theoretically limiting their effectiveness....

According to CNBC, Facebook is considering taking steps to make it clearer that these messages come from paid staffers, though it did not disclose what options it’s considering exactly. The company told CNBC: Taking such precautions seems like a no-brainer. After the drama of Cambridge Analytica and the misinformation of the 2016 campaign, Facebook has taken some steps to improve transparency around political advertising. The company has repeatedly promised a commitment to avoiding a similar screwup in this year’s elections, and one of the major improvements of the new direction includes a readily searchable library of political ads....

Lamya Robinson was kicked out of a skating rink in Michigan after a facial recognition system misidentified the teen as someone who’d been banned by the business. The incident has escalated concerns about machine-driven segregation. But let’s dive into what exactly happened. Not even skating is safe from facial recognition When Robinson tried to enter the roller skating rink, staff stopped her because, they said, she had previously been involved in a fight at the venue....