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| Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook: |
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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A look at how fake news on Facebook has impacted foreign elections and political movements in Indonesia, the Philippines, Germany, Spain, and elsewhere — HONG KONG — Facebook rumors force a well-known politician to publish proof of his heritage. Fake images show a prominent female leader in a hangman's noose.| Brent Griffiths / Politico: |
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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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| Fortune: |
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 …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple offers qualified users $150 repairs for iPhone 6 Plus devices with “touch disease” or unresponsive screens, will give refunds to users who have paid more — Apple today launched a new repair program for the iPhone 6 Plus, addressing complaints about a manufacturing issue …
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| Todd Haselton / TechnoBuffalo: |
Nest updates mobile apps with “instaclips” to easily share video, brings live video feeds to Android TV, and says Apple TV support coming soon — Nest announced a big update to its Nest Camera application on Friday that's focused on sharing video clips you've captured.
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Facebook SEC filings reveal $6B stock buyback program that starts Q1 2017, and chief accounting officer's resignation, effective February 17 — Facebook today said it is authorizing a $6 billion stock buyback that will go into effect in the first quarter next year.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Intel planning large number of layoffs in New Devices Group, its wearables division — According to sources close to the company, Intel is about to step back from wearables in a big way. — In 2014, the company purchased Basis, a little-known producer of some truly excellent fitness watches.
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Engadget, SlashGear, Ubergizmo and Android Authority
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Surface Studio review: impressive screen and design, old CPU and GPU a slight letdown, Dial needs more app support, but overall the device is good for artists — Touch, pen, and Dial all in one display — The last desktop PC I owned was a 2009 iMac. I now use a laptop every day for work …
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Tweets: @daniel_rubino, @tomwarren, @devindra and @macrumors
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
AT&T customers will be able to send messages via Echo after Amazon adds the Send Message skill to Alexa on November 19 — Alexa's on a quite a roll of late. Amazon's AI assistant is adding new skills all the time, and this week the company's adding one of its highest profile partners.
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| Will Hobson / Washington Post: |
DraftKings and FanDuel agree to merge; DraftKings CEO Jason Robins to run the new company, and FanDuel CEO Nigel Eccles to become chairman of the board — DraftKings and FanDuel, the two largest companies in the daily fantasy sports market that exploded into national consciousness last fall …
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
IRS seeks identities of Coinbase US customers who traded bitcoin between 2013 and 2015 — In bitcoin-related investigations, authorities will often follow the digital trail of an illegal transaction or suspicious user back to a specific account at a bitcoin trading company.| Katrina Brooker / Vanity Fair: |
Airbnb launches 500+ guide-led experiences called Trips, available in-app to guests; initial set includes samurai lessons in Japan, running in Kenya, more — Airbnb shook up the hotel business by giving anyone with a spare bed and a mobile phone a way to start a business.
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