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Oxford study says internet use doesn’t harm mental health, but its research has limits

TechCrunch

In one of the largest studies ever on mental health and internet use, the Oxford Internet Institute has declared that there is no “smoking gun” linking the internet with psychological harm.

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Fiveable lands $10M Series A to become ‘the hallways of the educational internet’

TechCrunch

While tech workers may turn to virtual HQs or Twitter Spaces for spontaneous chats, high schoolers are searching for casual places online to riff and study with friends. It grew in popularity as it livestreamed five-hour “cram shops” focused on a specific subject, created study guides and managed a Discord with thousands of students.

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Ethical Social Media: Oxymoron or Attainable Goal?

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

For this generation, social media has generated a vast set of new ethical challenges, which is unsurprising when you consider the degree of its influence. Social media has been linked to health risks in individuals and political violence in societies.

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Building the Woke Web: Web Accessibility, Inclusion & Social Justice

A List Apart

What would your life be like without the internet? Keeping your answers to that in mind, do you think access to the internet is a human right? Living without internet. Globally, over 40% of people still do not have access to the internet. Having no access to the internet creates problems in many parts of modern life.

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Net Threats: Internet Openness in Danger

CTOvision

Reflecting the increasing attention paid to information security by many Americans, Pew Research recently conducted a large study, “ Net Threats ”, to identify important trends among technology experts’ opinions and predictions regarding the future of digital security. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian also objected to Internet fast lanes.

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How modern CIOs are freeing up time to lead strategy

CIO

But most importantly, without strong connectivity, businesses can’t take advantage of the newest advancements in technology such as hybrid multi-cloud architecture, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and edge micro data centre deployment.

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Innovative data integration in 2024: Pioneering the future of data integration

CIO

Additionally, a study by McKinsey found that organisations leveraging AI in data integration can achieve an average improvement of 20% in data quality. This is crucial for extracting insights from text-based data sources like social media feeds, customer reviews, and emails. Organisations widely use AI/ML for the following reasons.