Fact-checking the tweetstorm by Facebook VP of ads Rob Goldman on the Mueller indictment and Facebook's role in election interference by Russia
Rob Goldman, Facebook vice president for ads, tweeted about Russia's disinformation effort. President Trump then cited him. We fact-checked Mr. Goldman.
Sources: Facebook VP of ads Rob Goldman apologized internally for his tweetstorm about Russian interference, saying “I conveyed my view poorly”
ON FRIDAY MORNING, just before 10am on the West Coast, the office of special counsel Robert Mueller published his indictment …
Nuance discontinues Swype keyboards for iOS and Android after buying Swype for $100M in 2011, says it will focus on AI for businesses instead
For the longest time, one of the advantages of Android over iOS was the ability to use third-party keyboard apps available on the Play Store.
Wikipedia Zero, which partnered with 97 mobile carriers in 72 countries to provide 800M+ users access to Wikipedia at no data cost, is being discontinued
In an unexpected development, the Wikimedia Foundation announced on Friday that it is discontinuing Wikipedia Zero …
Google Pay begins its global rollout, replacing Android Pay, with the home screen showing a personalized list of relevant stores accepting Google Pay
As we reported last month, Google is uniting all of its different payment tools under the Google Pay brand.
Qualcomm raises its bid for NXP Semiconductors from ~$38B to ~$44B, or from $110 to $127.50 per share, in an effort to win shareholder support
(Reuters) - U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) raised its offer to buy NXP Semiconductors NV (NXPI.O) to $127.50 per share from $110 …
One hour after news broke about the Florida school shooting, hundreds of suspected Russian-linked Twitter bots released divisive posts on the gun control debate
SAN FRANCISCO — One hour after news broke about the school shooting in Florida last week, Twitter accounts suspected of having links …
Microsoft outlines limitations of Windows 10 on ARM compared to on x86: no initial support for 64-bit apps, Hyper-V, or certain app classes, and no x86 drivers
For over a year we've been treated to the fantasy that Windows 10 on ARM was the same as Windows 10 on x86. But it's a bit more nuanced than that.
After opening Snap Store this month, Snap sells special Jordan shoes at LA concert via QR code that sent customers to Snapchat for purchase, shipped same night
The social media company is looking at e-commerce as its next big revenue channel, and it's starting with some brand-new Jordans.
Snapchat now lets users add GIF stickers to their posts via Giphy and rolls out tabs on Friends and Discover sections to help organize and follow Stories
Snapchat is bringing one of the best recent features of Instagram Stories to its own app, with the ability to add GIF stickers from Giphy to your posts.
Support for regulation of cryptocurrencies is growing in Congress, with members on both sides, including some free-market Republicans, calling for action
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jolted by the global investment craze over bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, U.S. lawmakers are moving …
Research from Alphabet's Verily shows that blood pressure, age, whether someone smokes, and more can be deduced by analyzing scans of patients' retinas with AI
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Google discloses security flaw of “medium” severity in Microsoft Edge after privately reporting the flaw to Microsoft in November 2017; no patch available yet
Usama Jawad / Neowin :
Data indicates that Tether may hold sufficient reserves in Puerto Rican bank; main danger for Tether is shutdown by authorities due to money laundering concerns
Sony and five Japanese taxi operators plan joint venture to develop taxi-hailing system in Japan that uses AI to predict demand
Apple releases iOS 11.2.6, macOS 10.13.3 Supplemental Update, tvOS 11.2.6, and watchOS 4.2.3, fixing issue where an Indian character would crash apps
Zac Hall / 9to5Mac :
Huawei Mate 10 Pro review: great build quality and performance with exceptional battery life, but the software is buggy and poorly designed for an $800 phone
Israel's OrCam, maker of an eyeglass camera for the visually impaired that can read text aloud and recognize faces, announces $30.4M round at $1B valuation
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's OrCam, which has developed a visual aid for the blind, has completed a funding round that values …
Stride, Atlassian's Slack competitor, opens its API to all developers
The arrival of Stride, Atlassian's Slack competitor, was probably the company's biggest launch of 2017. While the company generally allows developers to easily integrate with its products, Stride's A...
Israel says it will regard cryptocurrencies as “a property, not a currency”, making them subject to capital gains tax, as well as VAT in some cases
Google's Tez, its payment service in India, updates to let users pay bills from 80+ organizations from its iOS and Android apps
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Nokia starts “strategic review” of its digital health business less than two years after buying Withings, plans 400+ job cuts as part of €1.2B cost-savings plan
Austin-based SparkCognition, which uses AI to improve cybersecurity systems, announces it's closed a $56.5M Series B, bringing total raised to $63.6M
Investors are bullish on SparkCognition's approach to using artificial intelligence to improve cybersecurity systems and predictive analytics …
Uber suspends service in Morocco after two years, as it waits for clarity on local regulatory framework, following similar halts in Norway and Finland last year
Missing data is hindering replication of AI studies as survey of 400 algorithms presented at major conferences finds just 6% had code and 30% included test data
xMatters, which develops a platform for identifying and solving product problems, raises $40M Series D led by Goldman Sachs, bringing total financing to $95M
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Apple's reported new focus on software reliability isn't reactionary or a massive pivot, it's a predictable evolution of an extremely robust and proven system
How ProPublica is developing its own machine learning algorithms and chatbots as investigative tools to hold Facebook and other big tech companies accountable
Katharine Schwab / Co.Design : Tweets: @lilianedwards Tweets: Lilian Edwards / @lilianedwards : “Facebook said that it does sampling to ensure that censors are following the rules-but it also admitte...
Bipartisan group of senators proposes Cloud Act to access data stored overseas, authorizing DOJ to enter into agreements with countries with similar due process
CB Insights report: AI startup investment rose 141% YoY in 2017 to $15.2B with Chinese companies accounting for 48% of funding versus 38% for US companies
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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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