Mark Zuckerberg promises “full investigation” on Trending Topics matter, will talk to “leading conservatives”
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Facebook explains how Trending Topics works, publishes internal guidelines, reiterates that discrimination against sources of any political origin isn't allowed
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Apple says it has invested $1B in Chinese Uber rival Didi Chuxing
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Thursday it has invested $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing, a move that Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said would help the company better understand th...
Leaked documents show human intervention at almost every stage of Facebook's news operation
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Sources: Apple and Didi were in contact for more than a year, closed the $1B deal in three weeks after CEOs met in April to discuss cooperation
HONG KONG — In April, Apple's chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, sat down for the first time with the leaders of the Chinese ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing to discuss working together.
Google seeking testers for self-driving cars in Arizona; applicants must have clean driving records, bachelor's degrees, and type 40WPM, will be paid $20/hour
Do you live in Arizona and want to get paid to “drive” a self-driving car? Google could have a job for you.
SWIFT warns of a new hacker attack on a commercial bank similar to Bangladeshi heist, says it is part of a wider highly adaptive campaign targeting banks
Hackers used malware to target PDF reader of commercial bank — Warning comes after cyber heist from Bangladesh central bank
Google open sources SyntaxNet, a neural network framework for parsing natural language, and releases Parsey McParseface, a SyntaxNet-trained English parser
At Google, we spend a lot of time thinking about how computer systems can read and understand human language in order to process it in intelligent ways.
Microsoft adding fingerprint support to Windows 10 Mobile this summer
Biometrics is an increasingly popular technology that provides convenient access to systems, services, and resources. Microsoft Windows added Biometrics support back in 2012. The Windows Biometric F...
Islamic State releases first Android app directed exclusively at children, that teaches vocabulary with jihadist themes
Home page of the application — The Islamic State's “Library of Zeal” has released an application for teaching the Arabic alphabet to children on Android devices.
Automattic quietly acquired the rights to .blog TLD in 2015 for about $19M, will start selling the domains this year
The company behind the world's most popular publishing platform is trying to make .blog happen. — WordPress.com owner Automattic announced today that it has …
Facebook director of product management for News Feed says Trending Topics team's priority is bug fixing, biased News Feed wouldn't serve 1B users well
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Foxconn to replace Sharp CEO, most of the board after acquisition; Tai Jeng-wu, Foxconn's No. 2 executive, will succeed Sharp's current CEO
Japanese company's net loss widens; chief executive and most of board will be replaced — TOKYO— Sharp Corp. on Thursday unveiled sweeping management changes …
Europe agrees on cross-EU roaming access for Netflix and other video subscription services
Consumers will be able to access their online subscriptions for services like Netflix (NFLX.O), Sky (SKYB.L) and Canal+ (IPO-CANALFRA.PA) when they travel across the European Union under proposals ten...
Mozilla court filing asks government to turn over details of Tor browser flaw to protect Firefox users before making details of vulnerability public
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Nvidia beats with Q1 revenue of $1.3B, up 13% YoY, credits growth to gaming, automotive, and deep learning
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Charter-TWC Deal Clears Final Hurdle With California Approval
Todd Shields / Bloomberg :
Bay Area tech layoffs more than doubled in first four months of 2016 to 3,135 compared to same period in 2015
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