Imperial Valley News Center
Warner Bros. Settles FTC Charges It Failed to Adequately Disclose It Paid Online Influencers to Post Gameplay Videos
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- Written by IVN
Washington, DC - Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc. has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers during a marketing campaign for the video game Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor, by failing to adequately disclose that it paid online “influencers,” including the wildly popular “PewDiePie,” thousands of dollars to post positive gameplay videos on YouTube and social media. Over the course of the campaign, the sponsored videos were viewed more than 5.5 million times.
FSIS to Begin Posting Location-Specific Food Safety Data Online
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- Written by Gabrielle N. Johnston
Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced that it will soon begin sharing new levels of food safety data specific to slaughter and processing facilities in the United States, on Data.gov.
How to stay anonymous online
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- Written by Larry Hardesty - MIT
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Anonymity networks protect people living under repressive regimes from surveillance of their Internet use. But the recent discovery of vulnerabilities in the most popular of these networks - Tor - has prompted computer scientists to try to come up with more secure anonymity schemes.
Democratizing databases
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- Written by Larry Hardesty
Cambridge, Massachusetts - When an organization needs a new database, it typically hires a contractor to build it or buys a heavily supported product customized to its industry sector
New technique provides detailed views of metals’ crystal structure
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- Written by David L. Chandler
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have developed a new combination of methods that can provide detailed information about the microstructure of polycrystalline metals.
Is your meal really gluten free?
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- Written by Rob Matheson
Cambridge, Massachusetts - For people with celiac disease or gluten intolerances, dining out can be stressful. Even trace amounts of the protein - found in wheat, barley, and rye - in a whole plate of food can cause adverse reactions.
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