Facebook to survey users to measure trust in publications, data will affect News Feed rankings; news will make up 4% of News Feed posts, down from 5%
Tech giant will rely on user surveys of trustworthiness to try to preserve objectivity — Facebook Inc. FB .33% plans to start ranking news sources …
Twitter to email 670K+ US users who interacted with tweets from Russia's Internet Research Agency, found 50K+ Russia-linked bots tweeting election content
When we appeared before the United States Congress last fall, Twitter publicly committed to regularly updating both congressional committees …
Amazon raises monthly Prime subscription fee from $10.99 to $12.99 but keeps the $99 annual membership option unchanged
Amazon is increasing the monthly price option for Prime from $10.99 to $12.99 as it continues to expand the reach and benefits of the popular fast-shipping program.
OnePlus says up to 40K customers affected in credit card breach between Nov. 2017 and mid-Jan. 2018, offers one year of free credit monitoring to those affected
After learning that fraudulent charges were appearing on its customers' credit cards, smartphone maker OnePlus disabled support …
Amazon brings voice control to its Alexa app for Android, with iOS coming soon
Amazon's slow push into mobile is getting a lot more real this morning with the addition of voice integration into its Android app for Alexa. Up to now, the app has been little more than a way to man...
President Trump signs the bill to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, extending warrantless surveillance program through 2023
The law tweaks the sweeping warrantless programs that intercept digital traffic of foreign targets while hoovering up the personal information of an unknown number of Americans.
Apple has hired a team of at least 18 people from a startup called Silicon Valley Data Science, including the co-founder CEO and CTO
Apple has made a quiet but interesting move in its longer-term strategy around courting more business from enterprises. The company has hired the tech team …
BAMTech Media hires former Apple and Samsung executive Kevin Swint to build and run Disney's upcoming Netflix competitor
Disney's BAMTech Media has hired former Apple and Samsung executive Kevin Swint as SVP and GM, Disney SVOD Service, to build, and ultimately run, the company's upcoming Netflix competitor, Variety has...
Bitcoin's high transaction fees, delays, and limited anonymity spur cybercriminals towards altcoins like Monero
The popularity of bitcoin is creating problems for criminals dealing in ransomware — and some are already casting their gaze towards a less volatile cryptocurrency.
A look at the Change My View subreddit, where people share opinions for commenters to challenge in civil debate
I HAD A view, and my view was this: Serial sexual abusers should submit to castration. Castration, I believed, would sideline the abuser's compulsions and thus keep the world safe from him (or her lo...
EU says social networks remove 70% of hate speech, up from 59% in May, review 81% of reported content within 24 hours; Instagram and Google+ join the initiative
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289 groups and individuals signed 23 SCOTUS amicus briefs supporting Microsoft's case to prevent US government seizure of emails stored on servers in Ireland
Except the DOJ Rebecca Hill / The Register : There are other, legal ways to nab Microsoft emails, privacy groups remind Supremes Surur / MSPoweruser : Nearly everyone backs Microsoft against DoJ in lo...
Leaked Snap memo to staff threatens them with termination, financial liability, and even jail time if they leak confidential information about the company
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After initial rejection, Apple approves Wehe, an app that detects net neutrality violations by testing download speeds and video throttling in seven apps
Jason Koebler / Motherboard :
How Hawaii's emergency alert software design, which looks similar to one by FEMA-approved company AlertSense, could have led to false ballistic missile alarm
The disastrous false alarm issued by Hawaii over the weekend has raised concerns about what safeguards the state had in place.
Baidu details DuerOS platform strategy and how it plans to compete to get its smart assistant into third party hardware as it looks to expand internationally
Unlike Amazon and Google, Baidu's DuerOS avoids competing with its hardware partners. — Baidu's Raven H smart speaker is meant to be noticed.
BoingBoing and EFF file a motion to dismiss Playboy's lawsuit for a 2016 post that linked to a collection of centerfold pictures on Imgur and YouTube
a charge that, should it be upheld in court, would make it dangerous for anyone to link to anything: http://boingboing.net/... http://twitter.com/... Shauna / @goldengateblond : What are you doing, @P...
IBM beats with Q4 revenue of $22.5B, up 3.6% YoY, the first YoY rise in 23 quarters, vs. $22.1B expected; $1.1B loss from one-time $5.5B tax overhaul charge
Ted Greenwald / Wall Street Journal :
Sources: Facebook's lead liaison with Beijing, Wang-Li Moser, resigned in December after a three-year tenure in a fresh setback to its China charm campaign
Paul Mozur / New York Times :
Sources: YouTube plans to create Intelligence Desk to seek out inappropriate content using Google data, user reports, social media trends, outside consultants
Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed :
16 banks and financial services companies publicly linked to Ripple say they haven't used its XRP token, but some say they use Ripple's systems to move money
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Inside the lives of social media stars' parents who are mastering new platforms, dealing with shady agents, and focused on the physical safety of their kids
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Young Chinese tech entrepreneurs find Silicon Valley unimpressive on their latest annual trip, say moonshot ideas and long development times don't work in China
Li Yuan / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @ebkania , @mattocko , @codebutler , @johnrobb , and @bychunhan Tweets: Elsa Kania / @ebkania : “China runs very fast, tweaking along the way. The U.S. runs at...
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