You really can’t believe everything you read on the internet. Google on Monday acknowledged its algorithms screwed up and that it placed a fake news story about Donald Trump winning the popular vote in last week’s election prominently in the search engine’s widely-read news section. “The goal of Search is to provide the most relevant …
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In case you missed it the first time, Mark Zuckerberg is once again defending the role Facebook played in the presidential election. The social network’s chief executive responded Sunday to accusations that Facebook promoted news bias that hurt Hillary Clinton and helped Donald Trump in the presidential election campaign. Examples include a fake story about an FBI agent associated with …
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Apparently, not everyone is happy with CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s assurance that fake news on Facebook didn’t sway the election. Even the social network’s own employees. An unofficial task force of Facebook employees is examining the company’s role in promoting fake news during the 2016 presidential race, reported BuzzFeed News on Monday. The task force is currently meeting in secret, according …
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Now playing: Watch this: Facebook says don’t blame it for Trump 1:09 After Donald Trump won the US presidential election on Tuesday, some commentators argued that fake news circulating on Facebook helped the real estate mogul turned reality TV personality win. There was, for example, this story from the nonexistent Denver Guardian about an FBI agent associated with Hillary Clinton‘s …
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Facebook, not content with sucking hours away from your personal life, is hoping to build an equally successful platform for the office, one to compete with Slack. Now, it’s gained a fairly significant customer in the government of Singapore, said Peter Ong, head of the Singapore civil service. The Singaporean government will move all of its public service officers, some …
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Social media gave a big salute on Veterans Day, while outrage morphs into violence over the election. Also trending on social media are Nintendo releasing its throwback NES classic on Friday and people hunting for a pair of Snapchat Spectacle shades. Social Cues is our guide to what’s trending across Facebook and Twitter. Here’s what social media’s buzzing about on …
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Wanna get away? If you’re looking for a ticket out of this universe, at least temporarily, VR can deliver that on your phone. Or, even give you ways to reach out and communicate with the world. Samsung (with Facebook) and Google offer you two options: the Samsung Gear VR, and the new Google Daydream View. They work with recent Samsung …
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This year, the Opera browser added an option to block online ads. The newer Brave browser goes farther, blocking them by default. But Google would rather fix the problems with ads than strip them off websites. “We feel like there are a lot of challenges in advertising. There are a lot of wrong ways,” Darin Fisher, vice president of Chrome …
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The backlash to Donald Trump’s presidency is hard to miss, what with protests across city plazas and social media. Hashtags against Trump are trending on social media as people vent their frustrations with the Electoral College and the president-elect’s stances on immigration. There are other trending topics on social media, such as the Marines and the Wu-Tang Clan, but even …
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Gone are the days of clean, ad-free messaging platforms. The latest social network to open up inbox advertising to marketers is LinkedIn, with news Wednesday that its Sponsored InMail is now a self-serve option open to any individual or business, regardless of size. The service had previously been available only as a managed service to some enterprise clients, according to …
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