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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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See also Mediagazer| Jeff Jarvis / Medium: |
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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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 … | 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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| 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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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Intel planning large number of layoffs in New Devices Group, its wearables division — Update 11/19: Intel is denying that the company is stepping back from wearables, though has not directly commented on the layoff news. Here is the company's statement in full,
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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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| 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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