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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is relying on unpaid third-parties, such as Snopes and AP, to assess fake news, which will get a warning label and lower ranking in the News Feed — Snopes, FactCheck.org, Politifact and ABC News will help Facebook make good on four of the six promises Mark Zuckerberg …
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Facebook, Poynter, BuzzFeed, The Verge, Recode, Gizmodo, Daily Wire, ABC News, and Reuters
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See also Mediagazer| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
To fight fake news, Facebook tests easier hoax reporting, partners with fact checking organizations to flag stories, lowers posts with less engagement, 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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Nieman Lab, Wall Street Journal, Wired, International Business Times, BBC, Business Insider, BetaNews, Business Insider, Macworld, Techdirt, Marketing Land, Bloomberg, CNNMoney, ABC News, Backchannel, The Next Web, Washington Post, Pew Research Center, SocialTimes, Breitbart, Slate, Mark Zuckerberg, SlashGear, Consumerist, Vox, NPR, NBC Bay Area, Investor's Business Daily, iPhone in Canada Blog, Fortune, Engadget, Mashable, New York Magazine, and The Daily Caller
Tweets: @joshconstine, @kantrowitz, @mims, @heminator, @hashtaggriswold, @brianstelter, @oliverdarcy, @mattyglesias, @williamalden, @cwarzel, @slavin_fpo, @laurahazardowen, @laurahazardowen, @nytnickc, @aravosis, @mims, @kantrowitz, @saramorrison, @glennkesslerwp, @tomgara, @kerpen, @amandahess, @mlcalderone, @williamturton, @williamturton, @jimwaterson, @daveweigel, @joshconstine, @pkafka, @dangillmor, @kantrowitz, @ivanthek, @mikeisaac, @hadas_gold, @mikeisaac, @oliverdarcy, @mikeisaac, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
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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YouTube, BuzzFeed, Daring Fireball, The Guardian, TechnoBuffalo, TechCrunch, Consumerist, The San Francisco Examiner, Recode, NPR, BBC, The Verge, The Next Web, New York Magazine, and Gizmodo
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| 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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CNNMoney, Forbes, Marketing Land, CNET, Business Insider, The Drum, Krebs on Security, theWHIR.com, Ubergizmo, and Mashable
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See also Mediagazer| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Yahoo reveals another hack where an “unauthorized third party” in Aug. 2013 stole data from 1B+ accounts including names, emails, telephone numbers, birthdates — Yahoo has disclosed that — in addition to its September hacking incident — another “unauthorized third-party” …
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Yahoo, Ars Technica, Krebs on Security, Mattermark, The Guardian, Fortune, CNET, BGR, Associated Press, The Daily Beast, Office of Inadequate Security, Washington Post, Newser, Digital Photography Review, SlashGear, Fortune, Out-Law News, Reuters, New York Times, Mashable, Inquirer, Tech Times, New York Magazine, MediaNama, CNNMoney, Tom's Hardware, Consumerist, BBC, IT Governance Blog, Nextgov, Cult of Mac, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, Globe and Mail, Computerworld, CircleID, AppleInsider, Bloomberg, Softpedia News, Android Central, The Hacker News, TechEye, and BuzzFeed
Tweets: @mattblaze and @mattblaze
| 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 …
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Facebook, The Next Web, BetaNews, Digital Trends, Engadget, The Verge, VentureBeat, Recode, SocialTimes, Droid Life, iPhone Hacks, PhoneDog.com, Mashable, and Mashable. Thanks:@sohear
| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook tests context-based actions in Messenger via its “M” assistant, such as sending location or stickers — Facebook's “M” virtual assistant hasn't been rolled out to all that many people, but its interactions with a limited user base have helped train Facebook's artificial …
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Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, and VentureBeat
| 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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TechCrunch, Ars Technica, Digital Trends, ZDNet, Variety, ABC News, CNET, The Verge, Washington Post, ZDNet, Engadget, and SiliconBeat
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See also Mediagazer| 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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Tweets: @scottmaustin, @alexeheath, and @valaafshar
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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TechCrunch, AppleInsider, Macworld, Gizmodo, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, Liliputing, Cult of Mac, InvestorPlace, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNBC, iLounge, Tech Times, BGR, and Ubergizmo
Tweets: @mat, @catesish, @nithin, and @adamsinger
| 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 … | 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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The WordPress.com Blog, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, CNET, and WordPress Tavern
| 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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Marketwire, TechCrunch, Benzinga, Android Central, and Liliputing
| 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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VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, and Yahoo! Finance
| Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed: |
Sources: Twitter spent over a year developing a standalone messaging app in India, aimed at on-boarding new users, but killed it in September after trial runs — Twitter spent more than a year developing an instant messaging app for emerging markets but killed the product without launching it, BuzzFeed News has learned.
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Engadget, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @natisho and @ravichandrans25
Thanks:@pranavdixit| Lizzie Plaugic / The Verge: |
Twitch looks to expand beyond gaming videos with introduction of “IRL” section — Twitch is continuing to expand its scope beyond gaming today with the launch of a new streaming category called IRL. IRL is meant to be a place for users to share their, erm, real life experiences.
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Twitch, Variety, Twitch Blog, Motherboard, Twitch, Polygon, and Kotaku. Tweets: @iijeriichoii
| Jessica Misener / BuzzFeed: |
13 pictures of tech CEOs appearing unhappy at Donald Trump's tech summit — That feeling when.
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New York Times and The Hill
| Anita Balakrishnan / CNBC: |
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Business Insider, Quartz, Both Sides of the Table, GeekWire, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Los Angeles Times, Hacker Noon, Tech Trader Daily, Fortune, Breitbart, Tech Times, AOL, MacRumors, and USA Today
Tweets: @stephenathome, @juddlegum, and @shaft
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