Google adds fact checking information to search results and Google News worldwide
Last October, Google launched support to highlight fact-checking articles within Google News in the US and the UK. Now those articles will get special presentation as part of general Google searches ...
Walt Mossberg is retiring in June, shortly after the 2017 Code Conference, ending a 47-year career at publications including the WSJ, Recode, and The Verge
Thanks for reading, watching, listening — It was a June day when I began my career as a national journalist.
WikiLeaks: After Russian-made Carberp financial malware was leaked in 2013, CIA borrowed elements of the malware for deployment on Windows systems
The CIA's hacking operations allegedly borrowed elements from the Carberp financial malware when the code was leaked in 2013
Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn its order to unmask @ALT_uscis Twitter account that criticized Trump, prompting Twitter to drop its lawsuit
Just one day after being sued in federal court, Homeland Security has withdrawn its order to unmask the @Alt_USCIS account …
Researchers uncover BrickerBot-powered botnet attacks that are designed to brick poorly secured Linux-based routers and other IoT devices
Ongoing “BrickerBot” attacks might be trying to kill devices before they can join a botnet. — Researchers have uncovered a rash of ongoing attacks designed …
US Labor Department says in court that it found “systemic” pay disparities against women at Google; Google disputes findings, says government provided no data
Allegations of possible employment violations emerge at court hearing as part of lawsuit to compel company, a federal contractor, to provide compensation data
Sources: FCC Chairman tells trade groups of plans to update net neutrality rules created under Obama, wants to keep basic principles but move enforcement to FTC
David Shepardson / Reuters :
Uber responds to Waymo's lawsuit in a court filing, says it never received the documents Levandowski downloaded from Waymo, has different Lidar design, more
Uber has said from the beginning that Google's claims of intellectual-property theft involving self-driving-car technology are “meritless.”
Twitch is asking Canadian court to force PayPal, CloudFlare, others to hand over identifying info of a spambot creator
PayPal, Cloudflare, Shaw, and Whois “are involved” in attacks, Twitch claims. — Amazon-owned video streaming site Twitch is taking a scorched-earth approach in a bid …
Source: Internet Association, which represents Facebook, Google, Twitter, others, will meet with FCC's Ajit Pai next week to discuss net neutrality rule changes
Some in Silicon Valley fear the draft blueprint from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai lacks teeth. — A short-lived ceasefire over net neutrality is quickly coming to an end.
Netflix's chief product officer Neil Hunt to depart in July after 18 years, will be replaced by Greg Peters; chief talent officer Tawni Cranz also leaving
Greg Peters to take over as chief product officer in July; chief talent officer Tawni Cranz is departing
Italian court issues nationwide Uber ban citing unfair competition; firm has 10 days to appeal, cease operations, or face ~$10K daily fine; Uber will appeal
Uber's latest regulatory roadblock happens to be the entire country of Italy. In a court ruling issued today …
Israel-based Otonomo raises $25M Series B for its cloud software that helps automakers monetize data generated by connected cars
It's no secret that data is the hot new revenue source for automakers, who are seeing additional profit opportunities bloom as vehicles become more connected …
TaskRabbit exploring a sale after the firm received inbound interest from a strategic buyer, CEO confirms; sources say there is more than one interested buyer
The gig economy startup has hired advisers after a possible purchaser surfaced during a recent funding process.
Samsung forecasts $8.8B Q1 profit, an almost 50% jump YoY, expects sales of $44.2B, which won't include Galaxy S8 sales which hit market April 21
Shara Tibken / CNET :
Okta closes up 38%+ on first day of trading after raising $187M in its IPO
“Pardon but I gotta question of life now TechCrunch : Okta pops as Wall Street continues to take a shine to the enterprise Pat Grady / Sequoia Capital : Okta IPO: Two founders we identify with Arjun K...
Google says it has reduced fake Google Maps listings by 70% since June 2015 by improving business verification methods and using machine learning to fight spam
Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land :
Google's testing Federated Learning, a new approach to machine learning that keeps user data as well as model training on users' devices, with Gboard on Android
Google Research Blog :
Souche.com, a Chinese used car trading platform and software provider for used car dealers raises $180M Series D led by Warburg Pincus
Antonia TImmerman / DealStreetAsia :
Sources: Chinese personalized news recommendation app Toutiao raises $1B Series D led by Sequoia and CCB International at over a $12B valuation
Pan Yue / China Money Network :
Facebook begins testing a Groups tab on some Pages, making it easier to find official groups
Richard Nieva / CNET :
Bill Gates-backed satellite antenna company Kymeta discloses $73.5M round in SEC filing, its largest round to date as total funding approaches $200M
Taylor Soper / GeekWire : Thanks: @johnhcook
Uber expands its open source data visualization tool beyond mapping to other visual datasets, including network traffic
Darrell Etherington / 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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