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Here's how AI determines what you see on the Facebook News Feed
The social network has revealed new details on the algorithms that determine what shows up on your News Feed.
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Facebook is reportedly developing AI to summarize news — what could go wrong?
Facebook has been trying to get a foothold in the news space for many years. Last year, the company launched a dedicated ...
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Google to finally pay select publishers for 'high quality' news content
Google has agreed to pay select news publishers for distributing their content, finally bowing to pressure from antitrust ...
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How Baidu's AI produces news videos using just a URL
AI for news production is one of the areas that has drawn contrasting opinions. On one hand, it might help media houses produce ...
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Research: political hashtags make online news discussions more extreme
Whether you’re a conservative or a liberal, you have most likely come across a political hashtag in an article, a tweet ...
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Runa Capital has $157M to spend — and will now also back deep tech and quantum startups
If you're looking to raise some cash for your tech startup you may be in luck because Runa Capital has closed a $157 million ...
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Xiaomi is collecting browser data even in incognito mode, researchers say
You might want to stay away from Xiaomi's browsers if you care about your privacy, or so suggest a couple of concerned researchers. ...
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After France, Australia wants Google and Facebook to pay for news
Earlier this month, France's competition authority ordered Google to pay news outlets for using snippets of their content ...
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Index Ventures launches $2B fund to back tech startups worldwide
Index Ventures, arguably one of the most prominent venture capital funds around, has announced the closure of a $2 billion ...
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Daily Distraction: Here are some free ebooks for your lockdown, nerd
There's a lot going on around the world due to the coronavirus pandemic, and it can be quite overwhelming sometimes to keep ...
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How to adapt your content and PR strategies during the coronavirus pandemic
These are unprecedented times — so should your content and PR strategies change in line with the reality we're currently ...
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YouTube launches a dedicated coronavirus news shelf
Google is adding a dedicated coronavirus news shelf to YouTube to keep you informed. It'll only feature info from trusted ...
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Lime and Bird halt e-scooter services in Europe and US — guess why...
E-scooter rental companies Lime and Bird are putting their services on hold for an indefinite period of time in cities across ...
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How to turn any long read into a fake podcast with Google Assistant
Hate reading? Us too. But thanks to Google, you can now ask Assistant to read out pretty much anything on the web — from ...
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TNW announces Neural: A blog for human-centric AI news and analysis
We're excited to officially launch Neural today, a blog dedicated to highlighting the impact artificial intelligence and ...
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Facebook is testing tabs to organize your News Feed
Facebook caused a lot of hullabaloo when it changed the News Feed from chronological order to an algorithmic ranking, and ...
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You're probably more susceptible to misinformation than you think
Online misinformation works, or so it would seem. One of the more interesting statistics from the 2019 UK general election ...
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Study: 98% of kids in the UK can't tell fake news from the truth
The 2019 general election is already being remembered as the one where misinformation went mainstream. It was, of course, ...
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Thailand launches probe into $2.46M cryptocurrency pyramid ‘scam’
Thailand's government is launching an investigation into a cryptocurrency pyramid scheme that allegedly swindled more than $2.46 ...
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UK money saving expert featured in fake cryptocurrency ads on Instagram — AGAIN!
It's 2020, you'd think by now cryptocurrency scammers would have moved on from using unendorsed celebrity images to peddle ...
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13 fun Bitcoin and blockchain tweets that epitomize this wild industry
As another year draws to a close in the world of Bitcoin and blockchain, we’ve decided to look back at some of our favorite ...
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Bitcoin ransomware peddlers are publicly shaming victims for not paying
Bitcoin-hungry ransomware attackers are reportedly threatening to expose victims who refuse to pay the requested cryptocurrency ...
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Moonday Morning: Buterin says Ethereum Foundation made $100M by dumping Ether at the top
Welcome to yet another Monday and with that, another Moonday Morning – Hard Fork's selection of this weekend's top cryptocurrency ...
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Twitter in 2019: Chaos, K-Pop, and the egg that captured our hearts and minds
Twitter today released its data what's proved the most popular on the site in 2019. If you've been on Twitter regularly for ...
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DaVinci launches the IQ2, the latest version of its badass weed vape
One of the best weed vapes in the game — the DaVinci IQ — has just got an update. So, say hello everyone, to the DaVinci ...
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Bitcoin ransomware locks 10 years' worth of government data in Argentina
Bitcoin-hungry hackers have attacked a data center in Argentina which houses local government files.
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Google Assistant will now give you a personalized feed of the daily news
Starting from today, if you say “Ok Google, play me the news,” it'll reply with a personalized playlist of the day’s ...
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4 simple things social media marketers can do to improve social responsibility
While large CSR initiatives are impressive, there are smaller efforts that all businesses can make to practice social responsibility ...
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Russian blockchain token named in false Tunisian digital currency report pumps, then dumps
Despite government-issued digital currencies being all the rage these days, the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) has quickly ...
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Facebook's return to News sees it tap into human-curation of stories
Facebook is rolling out Facebook News to select audiences in the US starting today, carving a dedicated home screen tab out ...
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Australia reportedly wants to grill Facebook about its 'cryptocurrency' plans
Facebook may have to divulge further details about its plans after failing to lessen regulatory concerns in Australia.
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Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX doxes users in mass email blunder
BitMEX has inadvertently doxed its users after someone at the company forgot to use blind copy (bcc) on a mass email, revealing, ...
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The never-ending Mt. Gox saga: Cryptocurrency recovery deadline pushed back (again!)
Victims who lost money as a result of Mt. Gox's implosion will have to wait even longer to get their refunds.
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Traditional and digital news organizations need to band together to fight ‘fake news’
Fake news, Facebook News, Brexit, WhatsApp hacks, and the “enemy of the people.” These are just some of the fast-changing ...
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Tencent given green light to create blockchain-based invoice standards, bad news for tax evaders
After first announcing the project last year, Chinese tech giant Tencent has been given the go-ahead by the country's tax ...
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AT&T isn’t scared of latest cryptocurrency SIM-swap allegations, will fight in court
AT&T will dispute allegations that it was negligent after allegedly contributing to the loss of $1.7 million worth of digital ...
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China’s tech race with the US heats up as it readies to launch its digital currency
China has approved a law to regulate cryptography as it readies to launch its own digital currency. But, what does this mean ...
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says "hell no" to joining Facebook's Libra 'cryptocurrency'
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has said the popular microblogging site will never join Facebook’s controversial ‘cryptocurrency’ ...
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Facebook is about to reveal its News tab
Facebook is getting its own dedicated news tab later this week, apparently. The platform's tricky relationship with news ...
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Trump's ignorance couldn’t kill Bitcoin in Q3 — here’s what happened
We've taken a closer look at the digital currency's performance, focusing specifically on its price movements during Q3 2019. ...
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How to watch Google's Pixel 4 launch event
On October 15 Google will be unveiling a whole load of new gear. In this piece, we show you how to watch so you don't miss ...
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Gartner says blockchain is sliding into ‘the trough of disillusionment’
According to Gartner's Hype Cycle, blockchain is "sliding into the trough of disillusionment," meaning the technology is ...
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Facebook faces EU grilling over Libra 'cryptocurrency' after losing PayPal backing
As Facebook deals with the loss of PayPal's backing for its 'cryptocurrency' Libra, the tech giant must now get ready to ...
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ConsenSys acquires Infura, the centralizing tech powering Ethereum dapps
Ethereum-focused software firm ConsenSys has fully acquired Infura, the company that’s previously been described as the ...
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This game shows you how bots and trolls spread fake news on social media
Troll Factory taps into the power of gamification to bring about awareness and "illustrate how fake news, emotive content ...
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VENN is the 24/7 network gaming needs, say its creators
VENN will be a TV-like network focused on gaming and esports, designed to fill a need in the community for higher production ...
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Facebook’s ‘cryptocurrency’ Libra may be in more trouble than we thought
Facebook's 'cryptocurrency' Libra may be in even deeper trouble than we thought if a recent report is anything to go by.
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Google tweaks algorithm to show less porn when searching for ‘lesbian’ content
Just last month, if you were to type ‘lesbian’ into Google, you’d be faced with a wall of pornographic imagery. However ...
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Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange CGEX to shut down before its first birthday
Malta-based CGEX, a cryptocurrency exchange launched by South Korea’s Coinone in October last year, will cease operating ...
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Twitter's trying really hard to make itself a news app
There's no secret that a bunch of people, use Twitter to keep up with the news. Now, the company is trying to further establish ...
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Blockstream takes on Bitmain with new Bitcoin mining centers (and it’s already getting flak)
Blockstream, the blockchain infrastructure firm that sent a Bitcoin satellite into space, has entered the cryptocurrency ...
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Texas regulator goes after cryptocurrency firm promising 900% returns in 2 weeks
Regulators in Texas have filed a cease and desist order against a New York-based cryptocurrency business promising a 900-percent ...
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Facebook is courting publishers with multi-million dollar deals to launch its news tab this fall
Facebook is keen to become a major news distributor again, after being lambasted for years over its role in aiding the spread ...
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SpankChain launches SpankPay so users can pay for porn with Bitcoin
Adult content platform SpankChain has launched SpankPay, a cryptocurrency payments platform.
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This AI tool is smart enough to spot AI-generated articles and tweets
Researchers from Harvard University and MIT-IBM Watson Lab have created a new tool that aims to detect whether a specific ...
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Cryptocurrency startup YouHodler leaks troves of unencrypted customer data
Cryptocurrency startup YouHodler has reportedly exposed troves of sensitive customer data including credit card information ...
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UK drafts collaborative plan to crack down on cryptocurrency crime
The UK government is seeking to crack down on the use of crypto assets for money laundering or other illicit activities.
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Google declutters its news tab on desktop search pages with a fresh look
Google News for desktop has a new look with redesigned cards format to show each link clearly instead of a cluttered bunch. ...
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Mozilla is testing an ad-free news subscription for $5 a month
Mozilla has started testing an ad-free news subscription service for $5 per month in collaboration with Scroll, a news subscription ...
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This terrifying AI generates fake articles from any news site
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence has an interesting new tactic in the war on fake news: make more of it. A ...
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Fake Facebook accounts are influencing African elections
Facebook has issued a statement on how it removed fake accounts originating from Israel that ran Facebook Pages, Groups ...
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AI avatars could be the next generation's favorite entertainers
Media houses and companies are already looking towards the next solution for producing content to keep up with the trend: ...
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Moonday Morning: IMF builds its own cryptocurrency 'for learning,' and more
Welcome to another Monday and with that, another Moonday Morning – where we take a look at the weekend’s top blockchain ...
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Adult site CamSoda will now let you pay for porn with Bitcoin
CamSoda has integrated cryptocurrency payments, enabling users to purchase tokens on the platform using seven different ...
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Apple TV+, News+, and credit card: Everything announced at today's event
Here's everything you might have missed Apple's special event today, from new TV programming to a game subscription service. ...
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Why science matters so much in the era of fake news
Democracy and social progress die without science and fact-based knowledge. Science and facts are the foundational basis ...
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Moonday Mornings: Twitch drops Bitcoin, most BTC trading could be fake, and more
It's a new week, it's Monday, which means there's a weekend's worth of cryptocurrency and blockchain news to catch up on. ...
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Google helps South Africa combat fake news ahead of its general election
Can South Africa really hold a general election on the 8th of May in a way that it really represents the views of its people? ...
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WhatsApp is testing reverse image search to battle fake news
WhatsApp's had a difficult battle against fake news last year. Now, it's testing a new weapon in this fight - a reverse image ...
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Here's what Thailand should call its first ICO/STO portal
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has approved the country's first initial coin offering portal to police the issuance ...
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PSA: Look out for YouTube's info panels on controversial topics before watching videos
YouTube announced last night that it'll show information panels in Hindi and English, powered by fact-checkers on controversial ...
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Ask TNW's founders ANYTHING about our Financial Times deal
By now, you might have heard the news that TNW has sold a majority stake to the — and we don’t use this word lightly ...
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Will the algorithmic timeline be the death of social media?
A built-in stopping point provided a sense of control over our social timelines and newsfeeds. Do you miss the days of chronological ...
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Facebook Ad Library: Only 3 'Brexit' ads for whole month. Yeah, right!
Facebook may well look back on 2018 as its annus horribilis. From the Cambridge Analytica scandal in March, to a data breach ...
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The only way to stop fake news is for you to take responsibility
Trump has made a lot of things buzzworthy, but perhaps none more than “fake news.” Everyone has strong opinions about ...
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How Alphabet's Jigsaw think tank is fighting radicalization online
Jigsaw — a unit within Alphabet — is one of the most important projects working towards countering cyber attacks, censorship, ...
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Google warns news sites may lose 45% of traffic if EU passes its Copyright Reform
The EU's controversial Copyright Refrom edges closer to becoming law, making opponents of the legislation worried about its ...
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Poll: Cable news viewers more likely to believe political falsehoods than print, public radio consumers
It should surprise no one that where we gets our news plays a significant part in determining what we believe to be true. ...
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Microsoft's Hummingbird app uses AI to deliver a personalized news feed
Microsoft has quietly released an AI-based news app called Hummingbird on Google Play and Apple’s App Store. It's currently ...
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'They clearly don't care': Fact-checkers on the state of misinformation at Facebook
After a deluge of fake news began to overwhelm Facebook, it got proactive. The social media platform tapped bi-partisan organizations, ...
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Moonday Morning: Israel is cracking down on cryptocurrency tax evaders
It's been another weekend of hodling and watching the markets, here's a wrap-up of the weekend's top cyptocurrency and blockchain ...
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Bitcoin scammers steal identity of television host in New Zealand
A television host in New Zealand has denounced Bitcoin scammers for impersonating him to fraudulently market a dodgy cryptocurrency ...
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Blockchain startups forced to lay off staff to survive the bear market
A litany of blockchain businesses have been crippled by this years sustained cryptocurrency market downturn, and many are ...
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November in Africa: Spotify expands and drones protect wildlife
Too often in these monthly wraps we look at the negative side of tech in Africa, usually what governments are doing to milk ...
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Twitter finally banned misgendering transgender people
Last month, Twitter banned misgendering transgender people as a part of a wider update to its hateful conduct policy. The ...
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Ohio tech funds to pump over $100M into blockchain startups
Ohio is set to make another play in the blockchain game as tech accelerator funds look to pump millions of dollars into blockchain ...
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Cord-cutters: Here's how 7 of the top live TV offerings stack up
When I first cut the cord nearly a decade ago, my two biggest concerns were that of watching my favorite sports teams, and ...
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Full moon patents: MIT creates glowing plants and Amazon gets better drones
Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series ...
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If Facebook's new auto-comment feature isn't rock bottom, it has to be close
It's been two tumultuous years. Still, it's highly unlikely we've witnessed the moment Facebook hit bottom. A new feature, ...
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China debuts creepy AI that reads the news like a real(ish) anchor
Don't adjust your TV set, that's just a new computer-generated news anchor working out the bugs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=6&v=GAfiATTQufk Xinhua, ...
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October in Africa: Egypt stifles tech innovation, Google gets busy
The Egyptian government has had a busy time of late, shutting down taxi app mergers, taxing e-commerce platforms, and enforcing ...
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Surprise – Apple's Mac Mini has a new color and higher specs
At today's New York event, Apple has announced a new version of its Mac Mini. The desktop computer will now come in a Space ...
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This study wants to help you spot 'fake news'
The study is based on a subtle psychological mechanism called the “confidence heuristic." It helps us make decisions and ...
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Meet the blessed person who guessed how often Apple said 'apple' in its keynote
We ran a competition where if you guessed how often Apple would say "apple" during its iPhone event, you'd win that many ...
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September in Africa: Alibaba saves wildlife and Google Partners comes to Nigeria
Pan-African ecommerce giant Jumia may be about to launch an initial public offering (IPO), if reports are to be believed, ...
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EU’s new copyright law will cement the dominance of tech giants
The new European Union Copyright Directive, passed recently by the European parliament after a vociferous campaign both for ...
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Being a whistleblower in tech isn’t easy — here’s why
When the term “whistleblower” comes to mind, generally one is reminded of government and even shadow agency problems ...
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Study: Even those who get their news via social media don't trust it
Research suggests most Americans get at least some of their daily news from social media. That doesn't mean they trust said ...
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Apple's move to shake up the newspaper industry offers little upside
Apple is making a play at the publishing business. In March, the company acquired Texture, a subscription-based magazine ...
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Google's definitely biased, but not in the way Trump thinks
In two tweets early Tuesday morning, President Trump reignited the debate about censorship on America's most popular tech ...
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Facebook implements trust scoring for all users
Facebook is assigning users a score to gauge how trustworthy they are -- but it will neither disclose the criteria nor what ...
