Author: Tech Support

Facebook ads push misinformation about HIV prevention drugs, LGBT activists say, ‘harming public health’

Facebook users have been bombarded with misleading ads about medication meant to prevent the transmission of HIV, according to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocates, who say the tech giant’s refusal to remove the content has created a public-health crisis. Facebook ads push misinformation about HIV prevention drugs, LGBT activists say, ‘harming public health’ Source:

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    • Pundits proclaimed the death of the PC since the iPad was announced nearly a decade ago, but with 250M+ sold annually, PCs, while not growing, are far from dead (Ed Bott/ZDNet)

    Ed Bott / ZDNet: Pundits proclaimed the death of the PC since the iPad was announced nearly a decade ago, but with 250M+ sold annually, PCs, while not growing, are far from dead  —  Back on January 27, 2010, a very Big Thinker declared the PC dead.  A decade later, the PC is very much

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    RC Strandbeest is a Head Above the Rest

    Prolific maker [Jeremy Cook] recently put the finishing touches (at least, for now) on his impressive ClearCrawler remote controlled Strandbeest, which includes among other things a surprisingly expressive “head” complete with LED matrix eyes. For anyone in the audience who was only mildly terrified of these multi-legged robotic beasties before, you may want to avert

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    • A look at Arm China, which has become a key player in China's chip industry and sources say has doubled staff since SoftBank sold control to a Chinese venture (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asian Review)

    Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asian Review: A look at Arm China, which has become a key player in China’s chip industry and sources say has doubled staff since SoftBank sold control to a Chinese venture  —  Since SoftBank sold control, venture doubles staff and develops cryptographic IP  —  TAIPEI — Arm China … A look

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