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This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series "Life, Disrupted," about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis -- if at all. Maria Booth and I sit at a table at Mälarpaviljongen, a gay-friendly bar and cafe in Stockholm. It's a suy, breezy day on the Baltic waterway that surrounds the city. The cafe's floating patio bobs gently in Riddarfjärden Bay. We're talking about Facebook. She's worried about a change taking place in her country that she saw first on the world's biggest social network: People she knew were posting comments against immigrants, calling them criminals and drains on society. "It has become perfectly legitimate to say we should close our borders," says B...

Sorry, Maine. You sounded like a really nice place to visit, what with your beaches, B&Bs, lighthouses and lobsters. We could even overlook the fact that your native son, Stephen King, seems to be determined to convince everyone in the world you're full of killer clowns, possessed cars, rabid St. Beards and spooky fog that tus people inside-out. (Well, maybe that last one was "The Simpsons.") But there's no way to overlook the 10-foot-long (3-meter) snakeskin that police in Westbrook, Maine, photographed and waed their citizens about in a Facebook post.[embedded content] If you read the Facebook comments, you can see that some are convinced this is a hoax, that a shed snakeskin was planted b...

When Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton aounced that Sen. Tim Kaine would be her ruing mate, the inteet went wild with witty memes. Now it seem Kaine is trending again on Twitter as old photos of him surface online. Plus the young Kaine could double as Superman, which could come in handy. Not only are his new fans smitten with his dashing good looks, some are even giving the VP candidate hipster status just based on his '70s fashion sense. Kaine is getting a lot of attention for his cheekbones and laid-back swagger. But his Democratic cohorts likely have photos from their younger years that could also result in new admirers. In fact, one fan tweeted that the below early photos...

Four years ago, Facebook and Twitter shared the same small space on Radio Row at the Republican and Democratic national conventions. Both social networks were growing, but not quite mainstream.Not anymore. Social networks -- including Snapchat, Instagram, Medium, and YouTube -- have a ubiquitous presence that rivals traditional media this week at the RNC in Cleveland.Social media giant Facebook built a two-story structure dubbed "Facebook Central," outside of the Quicken Loans Arena, site of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Terry Collins/CNET Radio Row is now called Media Row. Walk up to the entrance of the Quicken Loans Arena and there's Facebook Central, a two-story snazzy ...

China has issued a waing to news sites over using social media as a source. César Salza/CNET China has issued a crackdown on online news organisations across the country, waing them not use social media as a source without carefully verifying and fact-checking claims first.The Cyberspace Administration of China issued the directive, with the state media agency Xinhua reporting that the move was made in a bid to combat "false news.""It is forbidden to use hearsay to create news or use conjecture and imagination to distort the facts," Xinhua reported, according to a translation in the South China Moing Post. "All websites should bear the key responsibility to further streamline the course of r...

"Avengers" director Joss Whedon -- best known for his hit TV series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Firefly" -- quit Twitter in 2015. "Twitter is an addictive little thing," Whedon told Buzzfeed, "and if it's there, I gotta check it. When you keep doing something after it stops giving you pleasure, that's kind of rock bottom for an addict. I just had a little moment of clarity where I'm like, You know what? If I want to get stuff done, I need to not constantly hit this thing for a news item or a joke or some praise, and then be suddenly sad when there's hate and then hate and then hate." Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Next year is finally now for Cleveland Cavaliers fans.Long-suffering Ohio basketball fans rejoiced Sunday as their team defeated the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors 93-89. And they did so in a way they couldn't when the franchise was founded 52 years ago: social media. In a blizzard of tweets, diehards, like Patrick Ward, celebrated the nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat Game 7 thriller. Ward lost his mind tweeting in the moments after LeBron James & Co. battled back to become the first NBA team facing a 3-1 deficit to win a NBA title: "Cleveland, this is for you!," said Finals MVP James. "Our fans deserve it. They deserve it. I came back to our city to bring a championship." The Ca...

The music stopped the moment Shelby Belfast came on stage Wednesday night.Belfast, co-organizer of the local chapter of GRLCVLT (for "girl culture"), asked people to raise their hands and say "I'm a survivor." Slowly, about 200 men and women at the Starline Social Club, in Oakland, raised a hand and looked around in silent solidarity against what GRLCVLT calls "a culture of rape." The attendees then took action, signing petitions to remove Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky, who brought the inteet to a boil by sentencing a Stanford student to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman. "Take my anger as just passion to want things to change," Belfast said, adding she ...

An update is coming to a 100-year old classic. Kent German/CNET In a day to remember for font geeks and transport nerds alike, Transport for London (TfL) aounced yesterday that it was updating the century-old font it uses across the London Underground.In a blog post by Monotype, the firm that helped TfL adapt the new font, type director Malou Verlomme said the expansion of the word's oldest underground railway (first opened in 1863) has put new demands on the typeface, especially as it publishes maps and information on digital platforms.Jon Hunter, head of TfL design, told the BBC that changing the font is an "important step forward" for communicating with passengers in the digital age. "As ...

Screenshot by Kent German/CNET As investigators continue to search the Mediterranean for wreckage from a missing EqyptAir aircraft, the airline added dark baers to its Twitter and Facebook accounts to mou the flight and its victims.Against a background of grey clouds on both social media sites is the flight number, MS804. The airline also switched its normal blue and white logo to one in black.EgyptAir flight 804 disappeared early Thursday moing on a flight from Paris to Cairo. Shortly before disappearing from radar 180 miles north of the Egyptian coast, the Airbus A320 made erratic tus before "dropping like a rock," CBS News reports. Though at least one Egyptian aviation official has named ...

We are consuming news on mobile devices more than ever before, but our avenues to that news appear to be shifting to social media and news apps, according to a report released Wednesday by the Knight Foundation.The study, commissioned by Nielsen, found that 89 percent of mobile device owners use their handset to access news. More than half of those who use social networks on their device are using their networks to find news. And social media now trails only television as our top sources of news, according to the study.The study also found that while mobile news seekers use both websites and news apps, 75 percent of news time is spent within apps, suggesting greater engagement."Mobile device...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.Enlarge ImageA unified stab in the back? Hillary Clinton/Twitter screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Donald Trump adores the immediacy and spontaneity of social media.He believes...

Your passwords are worthless.At least, that's the message coming from a hacker who traded more than 272 million account credentials to a cybersecurity company in exchange for praise on a social media platform for hackers.The passwords and useames belonged to accounts from Russia's largest email provider, Mail.Ru, as well as a smaller number of accounts each from Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Microsoft Hotmail. While it doesn't mean there was a breach of the email services themselves, it is a huge amount of data. Cybersecurity experts say trades like this are an everyday occurrence and show how exposed our passwords really are.Alex Holden, chief information officer at Hold Security and a cybersecurit...

For the sake of the republic, please put down your phone. A study released this week may help confirm what you probably suspected. That endless stream of hashtags, emojis, listicles and Onion articles isn't necessarily making you any smarter. And in some cases it could hamper your political judgment. American voters consistently rank presidential debates among the most important sources they use when deciding which candidate to support. But these days, voters don't watch debates like they used to. The biggest change? A lot of viewers are no longer just glued to what's on the TV screen. They're also following what's happening on Facebook or Twitter or Vine or Snapchat (etcetera).In the campai...

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.She's not happy. And she's thinking different. John Smith/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET Parents sometimes struggle with their kids' proclivities.It's always been this way. However, technology has made it more pronounced and more immediate.Perhaps that's why a Southe mom decided to take draconian action in order to discipline her kids' allegedly wastrel ways.In a video posted by the Daily Mail and now emerging onto YouTube, an imposing mom imposes herself on her kids' iPhone.She places it on a tree stump, takes up a shotgun and blasts it....

LeBron James ignited a firestorm by unfollowing the Cavalier's Twitter account. Screenshot by CNET Cleveland Cavaliers fans are flummoxed.LeBron James, one of the most highly regarded basketball players ever, quietly unfollowed the team's official Twitter account on Monday, shortly after he posted his 41st career triple-double (33 points scored, 11 rebounds and 11 assists). The performance fueled a 124-91 blowout of the Denver Nuggets and helped the team win the Central Division title.After the game, a reporter asked James about his online activities. Why did James, who has 29 million Twitter followers (and follows only 153), unfollow the Cavs? "Next question," a flustered James answered. A ...

Tintin is crying.The popular Belgian cartoon character from Georges Remi's "The Adventures of Tintin" has become a symbol of the world's reaction to Tuesday's deadly terror attacks in Brussels, as social media users share the image of him crying. The images often include the hashtag #JeSuisBruxelles or "I am Brussels," harkening back to another hashtag that arose after the terrorist attack on the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo last year.The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibility for the deadly attacks at an airport in Brussels and a subway station. Tintin and his trusted dog Snowy have long been regarded as national treasures in their creator Remi's native Belgium....

Enlarge ImageThis tweet did not go over well Tuesday. Screenshot by Day Gallagher/CNET If you're an American and you hear the word "America," what jumps to mind? Maybe you think of all the brave men and women who died defending their country and continue to put their lives on the line to ensure its freedom. Perhaps you see a mental screenshot of fireworks as a bald eagle majestically flies by with an American flag clutched in its talons. Maybe you think of Uncle Sam taking a bite out of a three-patty cheeseburger that's been deep fried and covered with chocolate sprinkles. If you're Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who's currentl...

Donald Trump would be the first to tell you that he's this election cycle's King of Twitter, but he's far from the first to take to the Inteet in the name of generating political momentum. Social media platforms have become the online soap box for anyone seeking to win the presidency, and some candidates find more of a following than others. With voters in New Hampshire set to cast their ballots, here's a look at how successfully the major contenders of each party have gotten their messages out across various platforms. As the elections continue, we'll be updating these numbers as they rise and fall, so bookmark this page.(NOTE: All figures as of 2/8/16.) Kelly Nelson/CNET Twitter and Facebo...

Donald Trump would be the first to tell you that he's this election cycle's King of Twitter, but he's far from the first to take to the Inteet in the name of generating political momentum. Social media platforms have become the online soap box for anyone seeking to win the presidency, and some candidates find more of a following than others. With voters in New Hampshire set to cast their ballots, here's a look at how successfully the major contenders of each party have gotten their messages out across various platforms. As the elections continue, we'll be updating these numbers as they rise and fall, so bookmark this page.(NOTE: All figures as of 2/8/16.) Kelly Nelson/CNET Twitter and Facebo...