Zuckerberg: “the idea that fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way... is a pretty crazy idea”
“Voters make decisions based on their lived experience.” — After a day of criticism over his company's role …
Tech CEOs send company-wide memos encouraging decency and kindness after Donald Trump's win
An ‘emotionally-charged election’ — Over the past 24 hours, top executives at Apple, eBay, Box, and Microsoft have sent company-wide memos urging employees to try to move forward and expressing the ...
Spotify app for Windows, Mac, and Linux writing gigabytes of junk data to storage drives when idle; company says they're rolling out an update with fix for bug
Streaming app used by 40 million writes hundreds of gigabytes per day. — For almost five months—possibly longer …
Facebook says it will no longer allow advertisers to use its ethnic affinity marketing in housing, employment, and credit ads
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook says it will no longer allow advertisers to exclude specific racial and ethnic groups when placing ads related to housing, credit or employment.
Sources: Peter Thiel has agreed to join Donald Trump's presidential transition team
Peter Thiel has agreed to join Donald Trump's presidential transition team, according to multiple sources close to the situation. Thiel, a venture capitalist and hedge fund manager who also serves …
Alibaba broke its Singles' Day record with sales reaching $15B by 8pm in China, topping last year's $13.4B
Jack Ma Enlists Scarlett Johansson to boost shopping at event — 24-hour shopathon kicks off with fanfare amid China slowdown — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is on track to smash …
Hands-on with Snap's Spectacles: light-weight, pairing with phone is easy, Snapping with glasses and transfers to phone work as promised, video quality is good
Getting my hands on a pair of Snapchat Spectacles felt like getting a golden ticket. — Only instead of Willy Wonka greeting me at the …
AT&T zero-rating of DirecTV data may violate net neutrality, FCC says
AT&T exempts its video from caps, charges other companies for same treatment. — The Federal Communications Commission says AT&T may be violating net neutrality rules by allowing DirecTV video to str...
Oculus debuts Asynchronous Spacewarp, a frame-rate smoothing technique that almost halves CPU and GPU load, allowing for lower-spec VR-capable PCs
TL;DR:Oculus is releasing a new technology aimed at reducing system hardware requirements while maintaining content quality across a wider array of hardware.
Microsoft Office for Android supports Chrome OS, but an Office 365 subscription is required to create, edit or print documents on devices larger than 10.1"
Earlier this week we caught word that some Chromebooks with Play Store access were being blocked from downloading Microsoft's Office apps, specifically on the ASUS Flip.
Russian hacking group The Dukes, suspected of hacking DNC servers, has launched at least five phishing attacks on US NGOs and think tanks
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security :
Google says there are now two billion active Chrome installs across desktop and mobile
Google is hosting its Chrome Dev Summit today. There hasn't been a lot of news out of the event, but one number that stood out in today's keynote by Chrome Engineering VP Darin Fisher …
Facebook is buying the social analytics company CrowdTangle, used by BuzzFeed, CNN, ESPN, others to track how content spreads online, for an undisclosed sum
Understanding how news goes viral — Facebook today announced that it has purchased CrowdTangle, a 4-year-old tool that publishers use …
Russia prepares to block access to LinkedIn over a dispute about the storage of Russian user details on servers located outside the country
Mark Scott / New York Times :
NVIDIA reports Q3 2017 revenue up 53.6% YoY to $2B, beats estimates as net income rises to $542M from $246M last year; stock jumps 24%
Narottam Medhora / Reuters :
Just in time for Daydream, YouTube launches its standalone VR app
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Pinterest rolls out “tried it” button, allowing users to catalogue and review Pins they try
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Microsoft Surface Dial hands-on: nice design, convenient access to customizable shortcuts, but more apps need to be optimized to realize Dial's full potential
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Graph database company Neo Technology, whose platform powered the Panama Papers, raises $36M Series D led by London-based Greenbridge Partners
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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