Facebook data flap infects social media stocks

Facebook shares have lost $55 billion in market value over the past two days and that pain is spreading to rivals like Twitter as investors fear government crackdowns are coming, which could curtail the data collection that has fueled the sectors' revenue growth.

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Fake news 'vaccine' teaches you to spot disinformation

A new online game where the goal is to become a "fake news tycoon" could help you spot the tactics and motivations behind the spread of disinformation. Matthew Stock reports.

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Facebook takes a battering over data use worries

Facebook shares fell on Monday after media reports that a political consultancy that worked on President Donald Trump’s campaign gained inappropriate access to data on 50 million Facebook users.

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Uber self-driving car hits and kills a woman in Arizona

Uber slammed the breaks on its self-driving car program on Monday after one of its vehicles struck and killed a woman in Arizona.

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Neuroprosthetic rehab allows paralysed rats to walk again

Scientists at Switzerland's EPFL are continuing their efforts to one day reverse paraplegia in humans by making rats with spinal cord injuries walk again. Scientists led by Grégoire Courtine are helping the rodents control their otherwise paralysed back legs with the help of robot-assisted rehabilitation and electrochemical spinal cord stimulation.

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'Beating' human heart cells help spur drug discovery

InoCardia, a spin-off from Coventry University, is using donated human heart tissue to replicate the 'beating' action of heart muscle to aid pre-clinical testing of new drugs. Matthew Stock reports.

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Facebook suspends Trump-linked data firm

Facebook on Friday said it was suspending political data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica, which worked for President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign, after finding data privacy policies had been violated.

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