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Aug 09, 2018
Firstpost Spodcast Episode 14: Mystery over Asiad contingent, Thibaut Courtois' transfer and more on our daily sports podcast
Mystery over India's Asian Games squad, Spanish goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga’s blockbuster move to Chelsea and the Ben Stokes trial — we discuss all this and more on Spodcast, Firspost's daily sports podcast. -
Jun 20, 2018
FIFA World Cup 2018: Russia inch closer to Round of 16 as stunning second-half show floors Egypt
Three weeks and three days after Sergio Ramos twisted and slammed Egypt's best World Cup hope into the grass, Mohamed Salah returned. He won a penalty, and scored it, ripping the ball with his left foot into the top corner. But by then, Russia were already three up and this game was as good as gone. -
Mar 21, 2018
Google doubles down on Facebook woes, commits $300 million to help news publishers
Google on Tuesday launched a new initiative, committing $300 million to help news publishers get more paid subscribers while stemming the flow of misinformation. -
Mar 16, 2018
Can true news stories outperform lies on Twitter? MIT study reveals stunning insights
After studying 126,000 “contested” stories tweeted by ~3 million people more than 4.5 million times, three scholars from the prestigious Media Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have placed before the world a stunning piece of research to read and learn from - recently published in Science magazine. That lies travel faster, deeper and father than the truth on Twitter is the grim conclusion the study comes to. Buried deep within the text and graphs are mirrors to society’s rough edges when online is a lived space. -
Mar 09, 2018
MIT study finds false stories on Twitter travel way faster than the truth
The scientists calculated that the average false story takes about 10 hours to reach 1,500 Twitter users, versus about 60 hours for the truth. On average, false information reaches 35 percent more people than true news. -
Mar 06, 2018
Facebook wants to be the de-facto destination for current news with its new ‘Breaking news’ label
Facebook added that the publishers can add this breaking tag to one post every day in addition to five more posts each month. -
Feb 25, 2018
Free news gets harder to find as media organisations look to keep content behind paywalls
For those looking for free news online, the search is becoming harder. -
Feb 23, 2018
AAP MLAs 'assault' Delhi chief secretary: Arvind Kejriwal meets L-G, says he assured to act on bureaucrats' protest
Facing the heat over the alleged assault of Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash by a few AAP MLAs, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his council of ministers sought Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal's help with the crisis. -
Feb 23, 2018
AAP vs Delhi chief secretary updates: Arvind Kejriwal says L-G assured to act on bureaucrats' protest
The Aam Aadmi Party is expected to hold a press conference at 6 pm on Thursday in view of the alleged assault of Delhi chief secretary Anshu Prakash at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence. -
Feb 19, 2018
On India's prime time TV debates, women are heavily under-represented; Republic TV and Times Now worst culprits
Over four times more men than women appeared as panellists during the sample period, indicating the under-representation of women’s views in the broadcast media.
