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Google is following in Facebook's footsteps and abandoning a search feature that displayed fact-checks for publishers after a malfunction prompted conservative media outlets to accuse Google of discrimination.

"we’re growing faster than we expected, which allows us to invest more in original content than we had planned, so our FCF will be around negative $3B-$4B in 2018."

"Facebook and Google have popularized scurrilous news sources through algorithms that are profitable for these platforms but inherently unreliable..."

Monday could be remembered as a milestone in the history of consumerism...

"Rating news stores based on credibility is time-wasting silliness. That's precisely why Facebook introduced the feature. Don't fall for it..."

"More than 100 non-government organizations (NGOs) and government agencies around the world help police YouTube for extremist content... All of them have confidentiality agreements barring Google from revealing their participation to the public..."

"An MIT trained computer scientist and Silicon Valley video game designer gives 10 reasons for the 'Simulation Hypothesis': that our reality is a simulated, pixelated 3d world where we all have individual xp, levels, and quests run by some giant Artificial Intelligence..."

"Starting next week, we will begin tests in the first area: to prioritize news from publications that the community rates as trustworthy."

Apple told employees Wednesday that it will issue individual bonuses worth $2,500 because of the Trump tax cuts...

Apple stock jumped then dumped after it issued a press release in which the company disclosed the amount it plans to repatriate as a result of tax reform, in addition to disclosing its near-term capital spending plans.

"You are hacked by the Turkish cyber army Ayyıldız Tim! We got your DM correspondence! We will show you the power of the Turk!"

In 2015, the Customs and Border Protection searched 8,503 airline passengers’ electronic devices. In FY 2016 they searched 19,033. And in FY 2017 CBP searched the devices of 30,200 travelers.

Facebook has erased most of its year-to-date gains in pre-market trading as investors see CEO Zuckerberg's decision to shift news feeds to personal posts and away from businesses and media outlets creating a risk to the company’s financial performance.

Bitcoin and blockchain are likely to dominate discussions at Davos this month. But there will be a far deeper deliberation about the wider disruptive impact of technology on banks...

In a move that is set to infuriate news organizations that are not deemed "trustworthy", Facebook is set to introduce "sweeping changes" to its newsfeed as early as next week, prioritizing trustworthy sites and removing "clickbait."

Less than 24 hours after CES was plunged into darkness by a power outage, GitHub - arguably the world's largest software development platform - is down, sparking turmoil among developers worldwide.

"Ayn Rand had some solid things to say. One of these was that civilization exists – or declines – in proportion to privacy...Which is why this business of Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) technology is so extremely uncivilized."

"Over the last two years, European investment managers have clearly expressed their intention to reduce equity research spend. The official data is telling a more aggressive budget-cutting story."

Intel shares are sliding this morning following a statement from Microsoft that warned that fixes for security flaws present in most processors may significantly slow down certain servers and dent the performance some personal computers.

In an incident that is reminiscent of the panic surrounding the Samsung Galaxy 7, an iPhone battery reportedly "exploded" after overheating at an Apple store in Zurich.