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Here’s why we rage about religion on Facebook

Oct15
by on October 15, 2018 at 12:38 pm
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On Christmas Day last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used his website to tell the world that he was not an atheist any more. In this way, the billionaire used Facebook to express his feelings about religion, like many social media users before him. My research shows how debates about religion on social networks bring out passionate emotions in users. I found that conservative Christians who discuss contentious issues about religion on Facebook debates often do so in emotionally charged ways. It seems that simply being religious may sometimes trigger particular emotions and reactions to the topic of religion. But…

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Here’s why we rage about religion on Facebook

Oct15
by on October 15, 2018 at 12:38 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, syndication


On Christmas Day last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg used his website to tell the world that he was not an atheist any more. In this way, the billionaire used Facebook to express his feelings about religion, like many social media users before him. My research shows how debates about religion on social networks bring out passionate emotions in users. I found that conservative Christians who discuss contentious issues about religion on Facebook debates often do so in emotionally charged ways. It seems that simply being religious may sometimes trigger particular emotions and reactions to the topic of religion. But…

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Amazon’s new patent will allow Alexa to detect your illness

Oct15
by on October 15, 2018 at 12:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Insider


Amazon is constantly trying to improve Alexa, its AI-assistant. A recent patent filed by the company shows just how: it wants Alexa to notice a user’s illness by detecting a change in their voice. Furthermore, it wants to suggest medicines or a recipe for chicken soup. But that’s not it. The patent suggests Amazon wants Alexa to detect more things: Emotional states, so spotting things like happiness, joy, sadness, anger, boredom, and fear The sound of the user’s voice or breath, to see if they’re sleepy or crying, for example Where the user is, something it’ll do by analyzing the…

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Amazon’s new patent will allow Alexa to detect your illness

Oct15
by on October 15, 2018 at 12:13 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, artificial intelligence, Insider


Amazon is constantly trying to improve Alexa, its AI-assistant. A recent patent filed by the company shows just how: it wants Alexa to notice a user’s illness by detecting a change in their voice. Furthermore, it wants to suggest medicines or a recipe for chicken soup. But that’s not it. The patent suggests Amazon wants Alexa to detect more things: Emotional states, so spotting things like happiness, joy, sadness, anger, boredom, and fear The sound of the user’s voice or breath, to see if they’re sleepy or crying, for example Where the user is, something it’ll do by analyzing the…

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Binance will launch its first cryptocurrency-to-fiat trading pairs in Uganda

Oct15
by on October 15, 2018 at 11:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


After a registration process lasting some four months, Binance will finally offer fiat-to-cryptocurrency trading pairs through its new Uganda exchange come Wednesday. Announced via press release, Ugandans are now able to fully submit identity documents and begin depositing fiat ahead of live trade, something expected to start in two weeks. Binance Uganda will initially allow verified users to trade Ugandan Shillings for Bitcoin and Ethereum, but it promises to add more cryptocurrency pairs in the future. Wei Zhou, Binance’s chief finance officer, called the trading pairs an “innovation,” and commented they are the “first step” of its efforts to use…

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