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To fight fake news, Facebook tests easier hoax reporting, uses third-party fact checkers to flag stories, punishes posts that are read but not shared, more — For weeks, Facebook has faced questions about its role in spreading fake news. The intense scrutiny has caused internal divisions …
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See also Mediagazer| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Fake stories flagged by two or more unpaid third-parties like Snopes and AP will get warning labels, lower ranking on News Feed, but will remain shareable — Snopes, FactCheck.org, Politifact, ABC News, and AP will help Facebook make good on four of the six promises Mark Zuckerberg …
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See also Mediagazer| Bloomberg: |
Source: Verizon is looking to get a price cut or exit the $4.8B Yahoo deal after company discloses 1B accounts hacked in 2013; Yahoo stock down 5+% — Verizon Communications Inc. is exploring a price cut or possible exit from its $4.83 billion pending acquisition of Yahoo! Inc. …
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See also Mediagazer| Rhea Mahbubani / NBC Bay Area: |
Uber says one if its self-driving cars ran a red light in San Francisco “due to human error” — It's day one of Uber's self-driving car test in San Francisco, and already trouble is brewing amidst reports of vehicles running red lights and California regulators threatening legal action.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Messenger adds Snapchat-like photo filters, including “3D masks”, special effects, stickers, more — What's better than a few geofilters? A billion algorithmically generated filters. That's Facebook Messenger's strategy to steal the visual communication crown from Snapchat … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Verizon will roll out update for Galaxy Note 7 that disables device on January 7, after previously saying it would not — Waiting until after the holidays — Verizon has just announced that it plans to roll out Samsung's upcoming Note 7 update, which permanently stops the recalled smartphone …
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| Politico: |
Democratic FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler says he will resign on January 20, which will allow a new Republican majority to begin dismantling Obama-era regulations — Democratic FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said today he would resign, ending months of will-he or won't-he speculation about his plans.
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See also Mediagazer| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple will charge $69 to replace individual AirPods in or out of warranty — On its iPhone Service Pricing page, Apple recently updated its repair and replacement costs for AirPods, which went on sale earlier this week. — Apple doesn't appear to be offering AppleCare+ for AirPods …
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| Natt Garun / The Verge: |
Instagram doubles its monthly active user base in two years to 600M, adding 100M in six months — That's 600 million Instagrammers, and a whole lotta brunch pics — It appears that the rise of Snapchat and all its Spectacles fun have yet to slow Instagram's growth: the Facebook-owned …
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See also Mediagazer| Kirsten Korosec / Fortune: |
General Motors CEO Mary Barra says the automaker will immediately begin testing self-driving vehicles on public roads in Michigan — General Motors CEO Mary Barra on Thursday said the automaker will immediately begin testing self-driving vehicles on public roads in Michigan just days …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Amino Apps raises $19.2M round led by GV to build mobile interest-based communities, has over 250K communities in its network, up from 90 two months ago — Amino Apps believes that there's still a need for networks that are both community-centric and geared toward the mobile generation.| Eugene Kim / Business Insider: |
Source: Amazon is building an Uber-like app that connects shipments with truck drivers, slated to launch summer 2017 — Amazon is building an app that matches truck drivers with shippers, a new service that would deepen its presence in the $800 billion trucking industry … | Samit Sarkar / Polygon: |
Microsoft says Xbox One software update will improve download speeds by up to 40% on sub-100 Mbps internet connections, up to 80% on over 100 Mbps connections — Gotta go fast — The latest system update for the Xbox One includes “several optimizations to game and app downloads,” … | Kevin Dallas / The Official Microsoft Blog: |
Microsoft partners with TomTom to expand Azure location services and expands HERE maps deal, bringing data and services to “productivity scenarios in cars” — Location is essential in understanding the world around us, and making sense of complex location data has enormous potential …
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| Gerrit De Vynck / Bloomberg: |
BlackBerry gives China's TCL exclusive rights to sell BlackBerry-branded phones in most countries — Deal cements the future of the iconic “crackberry” device — Agreement hints that another licensing deal in India is coming — BlackBerry Ltd. agreed to give Chinese manufacturer TCL Corp …
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| Peter Henderson / Reuters: |
Oracle co-CEO Safra Catz to join executive committee of Donald Trump's transition team while remaining at the firm — Oracle Corp Chief Executive Safra Catz will join the executive committee of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's transition team, and she will remain at the company in the process … | Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
30+ companies including Quora, WebMD, Dominos Pizza, and Product Hunt add Google Home support — More than 30 startups and companies like Domino's Pizza, Food Network, and Product Hunt launched new actions for Google Home today. — Actions, like Amazon Alexa skills, give a user control and command of Google Assistant.| Jon Barlow / Pebble Developers: |
Fitbit to keep Pebble software and services running through 2017, but smart features dependent on third-party services will be reevaluated — Greetings, Pebble Devs, from our new home at Fitbit! — After last week's announcement and Dev Blog post, we wanted to share the latest … | Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Big data firm Databricks, built on top of the Apache Spark open source project, raises $60M Series C led by NEA, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz — Looking to be the next leap forward in data organization, computation, and delivery for big data Databricks, the business built …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Wordpress adds support for 360-degree photos and video to all its hosted blogs, viewable on desktop, mobile, and VR headsets — All blogs hosted by WordPress.com are getting the ability to host VR content today. The site is launching support for 360-degree photos and videos …
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