Enlarge / What’s happened to Russia’s flag? Sean Gladwell / Getty Images Russia has implemented a novel censorship method in an ongoing effort to silence Twitter. Instead of outright blocking the social media site, the country is using previously unseen techniques to slow traffic to a crawl and make the site all but unusable for […]
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Russia’s robot news anchor gives human TV presenters hope
[embedded content] Robots are coming to take our jobs, that’s pretty much certain, but precisely which jobs they’ll grab continues to be the topic of much debate. Human news anchors, for example, must be feeling growing confusion about whether or not they’ll be needed in a few years’ time. When they set eyes on Japan’s […]
McCain’s a ‘geezer’ and Ryan’s an ‘absolute nobody’: Russia’s playbook for sounding American in Facebook propaganda
(Jon Elswick/AP) Tony Romm Staff writer covering technology policy Brian Fung Policy reporter focusing on telecommunications, media, cryptocurrencies and competition October 19 at 7:09 PM The late senator John McCain was “an old geezer.” House Speaker Paul D. Ryan is “a complete and absolute nobody.” And the investigation into possible collusion between President Trump’s campaign […]