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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The dramatic expansion of Internet communication tools has led to increases in temporary online groups that solve problems, provide services, or produce new knowledge. But many of these groups struggle to collaborate effectively. In a new study, researchers tested how online "nudges" created by algorithms can enhance…

Research reveals that public support for nudges in promoting healthier and sustainable choices increases with efforts to reduce opt-out difficulty and enhance transparency. Maintaining free choice perception and nudges’ effectiveness are critical for public approval.It might come as a surprise, but the concept of “nudge” has been employed by companies, policy-makers, and governments for quite some time as a strategy to gently influence public decisions. Subtle alterations in our surroundings can steer us towards certain…

Image Source : META BLOGPOST Instagram introduces "nighttime nudges" feature for teenagers What is Instgaram's Nighttime Nudges Feature: Meta, formerly known as Facebook, introduced a new feature named "nighttime nudges" to help teens manage their time on Instagram. This feature aims to remind teenagers when they have spent more than 10 minutes on Instagram late at…

Last updated: July 5th, 2023 at 13:05 UTC+02:00 Samsung is pushing its upcoming Galaxy devices through mandatory regulatory approval processes. And as you might recall, the base Galaxy Tab S9 and the Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra passed through NBTC (National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission) in Thailand last week. The Plus variant was missing, but fret not. Samsung still plans to release it. The Galaxy Tab S9+ recently followed in the footsteps of its smaller and bigger siblings. It, too, gained NBTC’s approval,…

Tesla Inc. TSLA 0.91% has raised prices in the U.S. for its Model Y SUV after having lowered prices last month, the latest in a spate of adjustments that have rattled the electric-vehicle market. The base price of the Model Y long-range version was $54,990 on Tesla’s website Saturday, $2,000 higher than in mid-January after the company slashed prices. Tesla had inched up the price since then.  The price of the performance…

Credit: Shutterstock Nudging—the idea that simple changes to how a choice is presented can lead people to make better decisions—has been one of the most popular ideas to emerge from economics in the past two decades. But nudging is now under attack, entangled in the bitter partisan dispute over pandemic policy responses. Since the…

It’s no secret that Instagram has major problems with harassment and bullying on its platform. One recent example: a report that Instagram failed to act on 90 percent of over 8,700 abusive messages received by several high-profile women, including actress Amber Heard. To try to make its app a more hospitable place, Instagram is rolling out features that will start reminding people to be respectful in two different scenarios: Now, anytime you send a message to a creator for the first time (Instagram defines a creator…

Photo: Lionel Bonaventure (Getty Images)Instagram just introduced a suite of new functions and updates they hope will help quell the sweat-inducing sense of impending dread some users experience when opening their comments and messages.In a blog post, Instagram says it will begin presenting certain users gentle “nudges” when they reply to a comment with potentially offensive language. In other words, the app will try to warn you against being a nasty jerk. An example image of the nudge shows a pop-up with bold text…

Micro-blogging platform Twitter started sending notifications to many users as they took screenshots of the tweets, nudging them to share the tweets instead.Spotted first by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, Twitter has started sending pop-up notifications to some users when they take a screenshot. "Twitter is trying to persuade me to Share Tweet or Copy Link instead of taking a screenshot of the Tweet," she posted.Read AlsoSocial media consultant Matt Navarra also spotted the new feature being rolled out to some…

The UK new car market rose by 1.2% in August, according to the latest figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The year-on-year growth posted in the month, albeit slight, is the first seen since February, with some 68,858 new vehicles joining the road during what is typically the second quietest month of the year as many buyers choose to wait for a ‘new’ numberplate in September. Despite the…