Meta kills misinformation tracking tool despite public outcry Meta has shut down CrowdTangle, the analytics tool that helped researchers, journalists, and civil society groups understand how information spreads on Facebook and Instagram. On August 14,Metaannounced it wouldabandon CrowdTanglewithout an effective replacement. The company says the decision to discontinue CrowdTangle is about meeting its regulatory requirements under the EU’s Digital Services Act. The decision comes three months before the U.S. election and in the wake of elections in India, South Africa, and Mexico....

Modern Warfare 3 & Warzone players randomly get Battle Pass tokens for weekly challenges Some lucky Call of Duty players are receiving stacks of Battle Pass tokens for completing their weekly challenges in Modern Warfare 3 and Warzone, but it’s not clear why, leaving those left out seriously frustrated. Battle Pass tokens are extremely helpful in MW3, letting you unlock new blueprints, skins, and more, but they usually require grinding through matches, earning XP, and unlocking tokens one by one....

Netflix has launched a new website featuring Top 10 rankings for its library of content that features a new way of measuring a movie or show’s popularity. The video streaming giant has traditionally given little away when it comes to metrics linked to its content. What we did know was that a “view” on Netflix counted as two minutes of time spent watching a title. Now, however, Netflix is ranking content by the total number of hours watched....

DuringApple’s “Scary Fast” event, one feature caught my eye unlike anything else: Dynamic Caching. Probably like most people watching the presentation, I had one reaction: “How does memory allocation increase performance?” Apple based itsdebut of the new M3 chiparound a “cornerstone” feature it calls Dynamic Caching for the GPU. Apple’s simplified explanation doesn’t make it clear exactly what Dynamic Caching does, much less how it improves performance of the GPU on the M3....

As the world grapples withthe coronavirus outbreak, the overlords of the internet’s biggest communication channels have been busy waging a different war: One against misinformation. The COVID-19 epidemic, which has so far infected nearly 98,000 people in 86 countries, has rapidly sparked yet another “infodemic” for online platforms like Facebook and YouTube, inundating them with an around-the-clock avalanche of misleading ads, fake news, conspiracy theory posts, and a whole lot more....

Afraid of missing out on the latest photo industry news while you’re out, well, actually taking pictures? Photography News of the Week is all the news you might have missed this week, published on the weekends. Alongside the biggest stories of the week, likeA.I.-created portraits,a Lego Leica, and4G for your DSLR, find briefs on the latest in accessories and photography news from this week. Palette, the custom Photoshop and Lightroom editing console, is now compatible with Capture One Palette’s photo editing controls are now compatible with Capture One on MacOS platforms,the company recently shared....

Over the past few years, stand-up paddleboarding (SUP) has become one of the fastest growing sports in the outdoor industry, and for good reason. Not only is it a lot of fun, but it happens to be a great workout, too. Perhaps the biggest challenge that any would-be paddler faces when getting into the sport, though, is figuring out how to transport their board to and from the water, and how to store it when they get back home....

Apple today released the MacOS Monterey 12.1 beta 4 for developers (or enterprising enthusiasts). However, the beta still does not contain Universal Control, which was easily the most anticipated feature from Monterey when it was announced at The Worldwide Developers Conference. Apple promised that feature would come “later this fall” after having missed the initial release of Monterey in late October. But here we are in December with Universal Control nowhere in sight....

Scientists usinga simulated Martian soilto grow food made a surprising discovery. After a discouraging first trial in which many of the food plants died, a team of researchers at Wageningen University & Research Centre in the Netherlands conducted a second experiment andwere able to growten different crop species in both Martian and moon soil substitutes. The growth was so good that it rivaled the growth of the same plants in compost....

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twiceis quite the challenge. As a FromSoftware game, that’s to be expected. But really, you’ll probably need all the help you may get. Unlike the Souls games, you can’t summon other players to help you, so you’ll need to improve on your own. The vendors you stumble upon during your adventure can help you, provided you have some sen (money) handy. There are a handful of items you can buy that you should certainly pick up before others....

Students in Switzerland just set a world’s record for anelectric car, hitting 0-100 kph (0-62 mph) in just 1.513 seconds. The Formula Student Team at Academic Motorsports Club Zurich (AMZ) set the record with the Grimsel race car,according to ETH Zurich. The record holders, students at ETH Zurich and Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, built the Grimsel, and ran and filmed the test run at the Dübendorf air base near Zurich....

By far the most popular resolution for gaming is 1080p, which makes up about two-thirds of all monitor resolutions in Steam’smost recent hardware survey. Although it’s easy to get excited by theRTX 3080 Ti, theRX 6950 XT, or even the ultra high-endRTX 4090,they’re overkill for gamers' favorite resolution. Our guide to the best 1080p graphics cards has a few more sensible options for Full HD. We selected six GPUs that are not only capable of running games at Full HD but are capable of running them with high frame rates....

To connect to the Internet from your home, you’ll need two pieces of equipment — a capable modem that pulls a signal from your internet service provider, or ISP, and a router, which broadcasts the signals over Wi-Fi. For many homes, these are two distinct devices, amodem and a router, but there are also router-modem combo devices that can do both jobs at once. Upgrading your cable modem to a combo unit that also includes a built-inWi-Fi routercan help improve your wireless reception at home while saving you space and money....