Google News rolls out “fact check” tag for stories on web and mobile apps, starting in the US and UK
Launched today, fact check will now appear as a label among news search results alongside other labels such as opinion, local source and highly cited
Samsung expects to lose about $3B in operating profit from Q4 2016 through Q1 2017 due to Note7 recall
The cost of playing with fire — Samsung says the Galaxy Note 7 discontinuation will cost it around $3 billion over the course of the next two fiscal quarters.
Google to launch new mobile-only search index within months, says it will eventually become primary index, but a separate desktop index will still be maintained
Google is going to create a separate mobile index within months, one that will be the main or “primary” index that the search engine uses to respond to queries.
Samsung says it has received 96 reports of overheating Note7s in the US, 23 of which came after the recall
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Facebook updates Instagram Windows 10 app to support PCs and tablets, requires touchscreen and rear-facing camera to upload photos and videos
Facebook today updated its Windows 10 app for Instagram to support PCs and tablets. You can download the new version now from the Windows Store.
Verizon general counsel says there's a “reasonable basis” to believe Yahoo hack will have a “material” impact on deal
Verizon on Thursday said that it was leaning toward declaring as a “material” event the massive data breach disclosed three weeks ago by Yahoo …
VMware and Amazon partner to bring VMware's infrastructure software to AWS starting in 2017
It's been an open secret that Amazon's AWS division and VMware were going to announce a partnership at a press conference in San Francisco later today. Thanks to VMware mistakenly posting its announc...
Shazam launches in-app music video channels as it partners with video monetization firm Vadio
Shazam has come a long way since its beginnings as a service for identifying songs: in 2016, it has a number of features designed to persuade music fans to spend more time using its app.
Yahoo re-enables the auto-forwarding feature in Mail, says it was temporarily disabled due to a platform upgrade
Last month, Yahoo removed the auto-forwarding feature from Yahoo Mail. — Since automatic email forwarding is often used when switching email accounts …
Oculus acquires Irish startup InfiniLED for its low-power display technology
Deal will see Irish-developed LED technology applied to virtual-reality devices — Cork-based InfiniLED, which develops low powered LED technology, has been acquired by California-based virtual-reali...
Morningstar to acquire PitchBook shares it didn't already own for $180M, valuing the venture capital, IPO, and M&A data provider at $225M
PitchBook specializes in compiling venture capital, IPO and M&A data on tens of thousands of companies, offering investors, journalists and analysts …
SoftBank to invest $25B into new tech fund over next five years, with Saudi Arabia's The Public Investment Fund possibly contributing up to $45B as lead partner
Saudi Arabia and Japan's SoftBank Group (9984.T) will create a technology investment fund that could grow as large as $100 billion …
Google, IBM, HPE, and others, create new OpenCAPI standard to boost data center server performance; products expected to be released by 2H 2017
While there has been a lot of debate on what “open” means, what everyone in technology can agree on is that open standards are one of the key drivers of industry growth and prosperity.
Tinder debuts Smart Photos, which alternates and reorders profile photos to show best based on user interest; users saw up to 12% increase in matches in testing
It's amazing how quickly an idea can go from a thought … Shane McGlaun / SlashGear : Tinder Smart Photos algorithm wants to make your profile more appealing Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web : Tinder's...
HP Inc. to cut between 3K and 4K jobs by 2019, starting in 2017; company expects savings of $200-$300M beginning FY 2020, with $350-$500M in restructuring costs
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White House to invest $65M in smart-city technologies and $50M in small-satellite tech for broadband and more, as part of $300M innovation package
General Motors' Maven car-sharing service expands to San Francisco, its 9th market in the US
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Google updates Photos to automatically make GIFs out of videos using machine learning, correctly orient photos, and highlight memories or collections of photos
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Apple has hired several high-level employees, including the COO, from GPU maker Imagination Technologies since July, after backing out of an acquisition
Kif Leswing / Business Insider :
A look at Uber's strategy in Latin America, a key area in the company's global expansion, which lacks the regulation of Europe or competition of India
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Facebook adds support for Apple TV and Chromecast, letting users stream videos from iOS devices and the web, with Android capability coming soon
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat :
X.ai launches a $39/month subscription service for scheduling an unlimited number of meetings via its AI-powered personal assistant
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