Twitter has a trove of data from public tweets. James Martin/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO
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Twitter wants to make easier for researchers to analyze tweets
Twitter has a trove of data from public tweets. James Martin/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO
Oxford coronavirus vaccine is 70% effective on average, researchers say
The Oxford vaccine doesn’t need to be kept as cold as efforts by Pfizer and Moderna. Tang Ming Tung/Getty For the most up-to-date news and
Rules for strong passwords don’t work, researchers find. Here’s what does
Adding numbers at the end of a password isn’t good enough, because you’ll likely just add a 1. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University developed tools
Russian and North Korean hackers are targeting COVID-19 vaccine researchers
Hackers are sending phishing emails to vaccine researchers, Microsoft said. Yulia Reznikov / Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus
Facebook, NYU researchers tussle over political ads on the social network
Angela Lang/CNET Researchers at a major US university are in a face-off with Facebook over a project they launched to surface information about political ads
Online-voting company pushes to make it harder for researchers to find security flaws
In a Supreme Court briefing, Voatz argues that security researchers should have authorization to search for vulnerabilities. West Virginia Secretary of State; screenshot by Stephen
Researchers warn of an ‘Achilles’ heel’ security flaw for Android phones
Security researchers warned that a widely used processor for Android devices had hundreds of vulnerabilities. Angela Lang/CNET You might not ever have heard of a
Apple’s new security program puts special iPhone hardware into researchers’ hands
Apple announced a new program for security researchers, with modified iPhones giving privileged access. Apple Apple unveiled a new kind of iPhone on Wednesday, but
Low-cost drug improves survival rate of patients with severe COVID-19, researchers say
A common steroid can help some coronavirus patients, scientists say. James Martin/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the
Low-cost steroid may be breakthrough in cutting coronavirus deaths, researchers say
A steroid can be used to treat some coronavirus patients, scientists said. James Martin/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic,
Zuckerberg-funded researchers push Facebook to block ‘incendiary’ posts
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Stephen Shankland/CNET Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has another group pressuring his social media giant to do better at handling today’s
