Month: October 2020

    • Facebook announces an open source AI model that can translate directly between 100+ languages without first translating to English (Andrew Tarantola/Engadget)

    Andrew Tarantola / Engadget: Facebook announces an open source AI model that can translate directly between 100+ languages without first translating to English  —  Whether you’re logging on from the US, Brazil, Borneo, or France, Facebook can translate virtually any written content published on its platform … Facebook announces an open source AI model that

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    • As Trump sags in polls, Facebook's recent moderation decisions, like banning QAnon, could be preparation for a Biden admin expected to push for more regulation (Will Oremus/OneZero )

    Will Oremus / OneZero : As Trump sags in polls, Facebook’s recent moderation decisions, like banning QAnon, could be preparation for a Biden admin expected to push for more regulation  —  How the prospect of a “blue wave” is changing content moderation.  —  until two weeks ago, Facebook was a place … As Trump sags in

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    • A look at Excel community groups like EUSpRig, made up of accountants, auditors, and Excel power users paid to help organizations spot risky spreadsheet errors (Nicole Kobie/WIRED UK)

    Nicole Kobie / WIRED UK: A look at Excel community groups like EUSpRig, made up of accountants, auditors, and Excel power users paid to help organizations spot risky spreadsheet errors  —  Spreadsheets run the world.  When they break, governments and companies turn to an elite group of experts to save the day A look at

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    • Survey of 3,023 employees at tech firms by anonymous workplace app Blind: 68% feel more burned out by WFH, including 79% at Google and 81% at Facebook (Avery Hartmans/Business Insider)

    Avery Hartmans / Business Insider: Survey of 3,023 employees at tech firms by anonymous workplace app Blind: 68% feel more burned out by WFH, including 79% at Google and 81% at Facebook  —  – Silicon Valley’s workforce is reporting feeling more burned out than before the pandemic.  — A new survey from anonymous workplace …

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    • TikTok expands its QAnon bans beyond hashtags, removing all content and accounts that promote videos advancing the conspiracy (Bobby Allyn/NPR)

    Bobby Allyn / NPR: TikTok expands its QAnon bans beyond hashtags, removing all content and accounts that promote videos advancing the conspiracy  —  TikTok is toughening its stance against the QAnon conspiracy theory, expanding its ban to all content or accounts that promote videos advancing baseless ideas from the far-right online movement. TikTok expands its

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