Facebook says it will soon expand tools to fight fake news to Germany, will send flagged posts to Berlin-based nonprofit news org Correctiv for fact-checking
Social network introduces fact-checking tools ahead of national elections later this year — Facebook will begin rolling …
Google's RAISR machine learning tech uses up to 75% lower image sizes and intelligently upscales to look like high quality images
With unlimited data plans becoming increasingly expensive, or subscribers being forced to ditch their unlimited data due to overuse, anything that can reduce the amount of data we download is welcome.
In interview with The Sunday Times, Trump says he'll keep using @realDonaldTrump Twitter account
With President-elect Donald Trump on the brink of officially becoming the country's Commander-in-Chief, it appears we are getting the answer to what he will do with his personal Twitter account …
Xiaomi stops disclosing annual smartphone unit sales numbers; CEO admits the company grew “too fast”, hints at new retail strategy incorporating offline sales
Xiaomi has forgone its tradition of revealing how many smartphones it sold the previous year.
Nvidia Shield TV 2017 review: best balance for home entertainment with smart home features, gaming, streaming 4K HDR video, and the upcoming Google assistant
Nvidia's Shield line of devices is now over six years old, and the latest member of the family is the new Shield TV …
Cloudflare discloses 2013 National Security Letter, joins CREDO and EFF to challenge the constitutionality of the FBI's NSLs and their accompanying gag orders
For more than a decade, CEOs of major tech companies have opened innocuous envelopes to find letters from the FBI inside …
Coinbase CEO likens IRS subpoena to asking Fidelity or PayPal for all customer records, suggests Coinbase could send 1099-B forms to customers and IRS instead
A few weeks ago the IRS sent Coinbase a subpoena asking us to disclose records on all U.S. customers over a three year period (this covers millions of customer accounts).
How Amazon's Echo made Alexa the most successful smart voice assistant at home, and how Google, Microsoft, and Apple are fighting back
We're barely halfway through January of 2017, and it's already looking like this is going to be the year of Amazon's Alexa, the virtual assistant at the heart of the Amazon Echo.
Alibaba bids $2.6B for a controlling stake in Chinese mall operator Intime this week, a 42% premium over Intime's price when stock trading was halted on Dec. 28
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Hands-on with Nintendo Switch: 720p screen is sharp, using a single small Joy-Con controller with both hands is cramped
But Short on Games Yahoo! Finance : Nintendo Switch hands-on: A portable system with potential Jason Schreier / Kotaku : Hands On With The Nintendo Switch Scott Stein / CNET : The joys and cons of the...
Microsoft announces Windows 10 Creators Update will include a Game Mode option to maximize gaming performance
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Corporate PACs associated with Microsoft, Facebook, Google, Amazon donated more money to Republican Congressional candidates than Democratic opponents in 2016
In 2016, the corporate PACs associated with Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Amazon broke ranks with the traditional allegiance … Tweets: @went1955 Tweets: Robert Went / @went1955 : History is pretty c...
Sources: New investors in Snap IPO won't get any voting power, while founders Spiegel and Murphy will retain 70%+ voting power despite owning 45% of the stock
Snapchat messaging app creators Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy are expected to retain more than 70% of voting power in the company …
China orders the registration of app stores to combat apps that “spread illegal information”, which can include fraud, malware, and political speech
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Law enforcement has used services like SiriusXM and GM's OnStar to track cars and listen in on conversations since at least 2001, review of court filings shows
The rapid spread of connected devices that can listen and locate has been a boon for law enforcement. Tweets: @uvstaska , @hoofnagle , @jackshafer , @gerzic , @jackshafer , @onstar , @swiftonsecurity ...
Google's lead of Daydream Labs and director of immersive design on the challenges of building Daydream, and pushing the boundaries of VR
A few minutes after Google CEO Sundar Pichai finished speaking to the crowd at a Google developer conference one sunny June morning in 2014 … Tweets: @wired and @googlevr Tweets: @wired : Google's VR ...
Users say AT&T's DirecTV Now streaming service is plagued with errors and nearly unusable
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Israeli smartphone dual-camera maker Corephotonics raises $15M led by Samsung, Foxconn, and Mediatek, bringing its total raised to $50M
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Proposed Virginia Broadband Deployment Act would favor private ISPs by restricting municipal broadband deployment
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HouseCanary, which uses local data to value real estate, raises $33M Series A from Eric Schmidt, Kobe Bryant, and others
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Facebook confirms removal of the “edited” label on edited posts; users can still view a post's edit history via the drop-down menu
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Profile of 31-year-old Joshua Kushner, founder of Thrive Capital and brother of Jared Kushner; he has told his investors he will strive to stay out of politics
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Walmart streamlines retail, web teams internal memos show; e-commerce CTO to oversee tech teams at retail stores, US CMO to lead Walmart.com & Jet.com marketing
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San Francisco District Attorney sues failed camera drone maker Lily, alleging the company intentionally lied to potential customers with its viral launch video
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