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Mark Zuckerberg responds to fake news controversy and outlines projects Facebook is working on to combat the issue — A lot of you have asked what we're doing about misinformation, so I wanted to give an update. — The bottom line is: we take misinformation seriously.
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John Borthwick of Betaworks and Jeff Jarvis of CUNY offer ideas for tackling fake news on Facebook, Twitter, and Google — We—John Borthwick and Jeff Jarvis—want to offer constructive suggestions for what the platforms—Facebook, Twitter, Google, Instagram, Snapchat, WeChat, Apple News …
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Sources describe how Facebook's community operations team, which consists of several thousand people, rapidly judges flagged content — Audio will be available later today. … Mark Zuckerberg — one of the most insightful, adept leaders in the business world — has a problem.| Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Programmers share stories about being asked to write code for illegal or unethical purposes and ponder the need for self-regulation — Earlier this week, a post written by programmer and teacher Bill Sourour went viral. It's called “Code I'm Still Ashamed Of.”| Reuters: |
Amazon begins selling cars online, partnering with Fiat Chrysler to sell three models in Italy — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) said it has teamed up with U.S. internet giant Amazon to start selling cars online at prices up to a third cheaper than available elsewhere.
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Facebook shuttering ad-serving part of Atlas platform to focus more on measurement tool — Facebook is shutting down the part of Atlas that didn't have a direct impact on ad sales but keeping the part that does. — Facebook's ad-tech strategy grows ever more insular.| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick for CIA director, is a strong supporter of mass surveillance but opposes mandating backdoors in encryption — Donald Trump announced on Friday that he's chosen Congressman Mike Pompeo to run the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the premiere spy agency of the United States. .
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| Neal E. Boudette / New York Times: |
Experts say in-car smartphone use and dashboard apps are partly to blame for alarming rise in highway fatalities in the US in the past two years — The messaging app Snapchat allows motorists to post photos that record the speed of the vehicle. The navigation app Waze rewards drivers …
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| Rick Merritt / EE Times: |
Intel details its vision for AI chips, mostly based on Nervana technology, but the strategy remains incomplete until the Movidius deal closes — AI strategy incomplete without Movidius — SAN FRANCISCO - Intel rolled out its intentions for a soup-to-nuts offering in artificial intelligence …
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Inside New York City's $10M digital crime lab, where analysts and researchers crack devices, use big data, and more to gather evidence to help solve crimes — Where phone hacking and big data solve crimes. — The cell phone at the police station contains evidence of a crime … | Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Sources: Joya Communications, developer of video sharing app Marco Polo, raises around $20M, now valued near $100M; Benchmark's Bill Gurley to join firm's board — Benchmark partner Bill Gurley is expected to join the startup's board. — VC firm Benchmark has a strong track record …
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Interview with Manuela Veloso, head of machine learning at Carnegie Mellon University on personal assistants, robots, and challenges of AI for humanity — By 2021, everyday software will be vastly more intelligent and powerful, replacing humans in more and more tasks. How will we keep up?
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