Mark Zuckerberg defends Facebook's role in the election, claims over 99% of what people see on Facebook is authentic
I want to share some thoughts on Facebook and the election. — Our goal is to give every person a voice. We believe deeply in people.
AT&T to begin throttling mobile streaming video to 480p resolution in early 2017, but customers can opt out
Cellular customers can opt out of “Stream Saver,” which limits video to 480p. — AT&T today said it will begin limiting the quality of mobile video for cellular data customers in early 2017.
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”
but Mark Zuckerberg's response is tone deaf Todd Spangler / Variety : Mark Zuckerberg: ‘Pretty Crazy Idea’ That Facebook Fake News Helped Donald Trump Win Damon Beres / Mashable : Hey, Facebook: Socia...
Facebook mistakenly showed memorial banners on profile pages implying users were dead, apologized for a “terrible error”
RIP — Facebook is capping one of the longest weeks in American history by telling everyone that they are dead. Log on to your profile and there's …
Sources: several Facebook execs voiced concerns about company's role in influencing elections; in all-hands meeting, Zuckerberg maintained the impact was small
SAN FRANCISCO — Late on Tuesday night, as it became clear that Donald J. Trump would defeat Hillary Clinton to win the presidential election …
Kaspersky accuses Microsoft of anticompetitive bundling of antivirus software
In some situations, Windows 10 will disable third party anti-malware products. — Billionaire Russian anti-virus developer Eugene Kaspersky has penned an angry blog post titled “That's It.
NES Classic Edition review: great selection of games and excellent NES emulation, but no way to buy new games, and 2.5 foot controller cable is too short
“I don't want to sit on the floor while I play video games,” my buddy Josh told me. “I'm not 7 anymore.”
Peter Thiel will join Trump's transition team; sources say he will help vet presidential appointments and advise on which campaign promises will become policies
Thiel to vet appointees, prioritize policies, sources say — Eliminating waste, decreasing debt likely to top list
Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg need to recognize the dangers of disseminating a flood of fake news, or public perception of the platform will continue to erode
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Former Autonomy CFO Sushovan Hussain indicted on felony fraud charges following HP's disastrous $11B acquisition of Autonomy
Hewlett Packard complained bitterly that it had been deceived in its disastrous $11 billion acquisition of enterprise software firm Autonomy in 2011.
AdultFriendFinder network hack exposes 412 million accounts
Almost every account password was cracked, thanks to the company's poor security practices. Even “deleted” accounts were found in the breach. — A massive data breach targeting adult dating and ente...
IMDb sues State of California over new law requiring certain paid entertainment sites to remove actors' age upon request, citing their First Amendment right
As was expected, IMDb is suing the state of California over its new “ageism” law. The law has its genesis in actress Junie Hoang's lawsuit …
Trump-supporting founder of Gab.ai, a social network popular with the alt-right, was kicked out of Y Combinator for violating its harassment policy
Milo Yiannopoulos and Gab.ai CEO Andrew Torba. — On the Friday after the US presidential election, Andrew Torba, CEO of Gab.ai …
Facebook says it will no longer allow advertisers to use its ethnic affinity marketing in housing, employment, and credit ads
but only for some ads Andrea Peterson / Washington Post : Facebook to stop allowing racially targeted ads for housing, employment, credit Luke Stangel / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Facebook prom...
The US election underscores the flaws of an overreliance on large-scale data analysis, which can have unintended consequences, as it has for some tech companies
It was a rough night for number crunchers. And for the faith that people in every field — business, politics, sports and academia …
Huawei Mate 9 review: super-bright 5.9" screen but only 1080p, fast performance, battery life is better than iPhone 7+ or Pixel XL, dual-cameras disappoint
Sam Rutherford / Tom's Guide :
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
here's what it's like Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch : I refuse to review Snapchat Spectacles — but I'm glad to have my hands back ResearchBuzz : Semantic Scholar, Spotify, WordPress,
Facebook launches Messenger Rooms, a public group chat feature for specific topics with up to 250 participants, available now in Canada and Australia
Raju Mudhartech / Toronto Star :
Alibaba broke its Singles' Day record with sales reaching $17.8B, topping last year's $13.4B
Bloomberg :
Judge orders Amazon to reimburse parents for kids' in-app purchases, after finding Amazon liable in April following FTC complaint
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters :
China's JD.com starts testing drone deliveries on 4 routes in rural areas on Friday, plans 100 routes by the end of 2017
Bloomberg :
Some architecture firms are using virtual reality to design buildings, help clients and designers visualize 3D spaces
Sam Lubell / Wired :
Researchers fool many AI facial recognition systems with printed paper eyeglass frames
Dave Gershgorn / Quartz :
Facebook is buying the social analytics company CrowdTangle, used by BuzzFeed, CNN, ESPN, others to track how content spreads online, for an undisclosed sum
Casey Newton / The Verge :
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