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'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia | Technol... - 0 views

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shared by dr tech on 07 Oct 17 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 07 Oct 17
     
    "There is growing concern that as well as addicting users, technology is contributing toward so-called "continuous partial attention", severely limiting people's ability to focus, and possibly lowering IQ. One recent study showed that the mere presence of smartphones damages cognitive capacity - even when the device is turned off. "Everyone is distracted," Rosenstein says. "All of the time.""
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Vietnam 'blocks' Facebook over the weekend due to protests over dead fish - 0 views

mashable.com/...vietnam-blocks-facebook

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shared by dr tech on 18 May 16 - Cached
  • dr tech on 18 May 16
     
    "So over the weekend, when protesters were expected to rally for the third time, Facebook was inaccessible to locals, who had been using the platform to organise.

    People also had problems accessing Facebook's Instagram service.

    Israeli VPN service Hola posted a statement saying it saw a surge of about 200,000 users from Vietnam on its system over the weekend, using it to access Facebook."
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