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André Bastie and Marc Assens of Happy Scribe
DCU students in start-up mode after transcription tool takes off

Two Dublin City University (DCU) students who created a tool to automatically transcribe audio files to reduce their college workloads, are setting up(...)

Facebook wants to get “as close to zero as it can” in relation to fake news. Photograph: PA Wire
Facebook wants to educate users on how to spot fake news

Facebook has promised to crack down on fake news on the platform by “disrupting the incentives” for people to post it and educating its users on how t(...)

The new features have already been rolled out to some US users. Photograph: PA Wire
Facebook changes news feed in effort to stamp out fake news

Facebook is changing its powerful news feed in an effort to stamp out fake stories following a firestorm around the social network’s role in spreading(...)