Ticketmaster UK announced Monday that it’s shutting down its second-hand ticket reselling sites and will launch a fan-to-fan ticket exchange on its site later this year. You won’t be able to buy tickets for any new events on Seatwave or Get Me In from Monday and the new site will launch in the UK and …
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New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on Tuesday launched a fact-finding inquiry into the policies and practices of 13 platforms used by consumers to trade virtual currencies like bitcoin and ether. Cryptocurrency exchanges match buyers and sellers of virtual currencies. As part of the attorney general’s inquiry, his office sent questionnaires asking the exchanges to explain how they operate …
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There are millions of fake accounts tweeting, retweeting and liking many of the most high-profile accounts on Twitter. So what is the company going to do about it? The issue’s been bubbling under the surface at Twitter for years, but was brought to the forefront last month by The New York Times, which uncovered companies that make their money by inflating …
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Here’s just the latest nugget to surface as a result of congressional probes of tech platforms used by Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election: Russia-linked accounts shared Donald Trump’s tweets almost half a million times in the run-up to Election Day. In a document posted by the Senate Judiciary Committee Friday (PDF), Twitter revealed that Russian bots retweeted Trump …
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Facebook Messenger wants to be your one-stop shop for… everything. Want to check on your flight or buy some Nikes? The social network hopes you’ll never leave its chat app. Facebook on Tuesday unveiled new features for Messenger that aim to give people more ways to communicate with businesses but cut out the tedium — like talking to customer service …
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Facebook is letting brands try to get chummier with you by expanding the capabilities of chatbots in Messenger. David Marcus, Facebook’s vice president of messaging products, said Tuesday the initial success that companies have seen in reaching customers via Messenger spurred the expansion. He spoke at Web Summit 2016 in Dublin. As early as this week, you may start to …
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Things didn’t go so well when the humans of “2001: A Space Odyssey” tangled with artificial intelligence. Fortunately, Google’s Allo is much friendlier. In the classic 1968 movie, astronaut Dave Bowman asked eerie supercomputer HAL to open the ship’s pod bay doors and let him back inside. HAL infamously replied, “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” Happily, …
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Download the audio version of today’s episode:Facebook Messenger isn’t just for friends. It’s also for having awkward conversations with company chatbots. Mark Zuckerberg revealed some examples of how bots will operate in Messenger, along with other ways Facebook is expanding its reach. Watch CNET Update below for a quick recap of the biggest news from Facebook’s F8 conference: Now playing: …
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