Washington Post : Google announces plan to combat spread of misinformation
Tuesday, 20 March 2018 17:37
Google announced Tuesday that it plans to spend $300 million over the next three years to help combat the spread of misinformation online and help journalism outlets. The company said it has adjusted its systems and rankings to lead people to “more authoritative content” on Google search…
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Washington Post : Apple has tips for parents wrestling with screen time, but still no new tools to help them
Thursday, 15 March 2018 17:25
Shareholders and parents have been asking Apple for months to address how addictive smartphones are and to offer tools to deal with the problem. Late Wednesday, Apple posted a new resource page outlining what parents can do now to monitor their kids' iPad and iPhone use. There are no new features…
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Washington Post : Here’s who could become one of Trump’s top science and tech advisers
Thursday, 15 March 2018 18:58
More than a year after entering the White House, President Trump still has not selected his top science and technology adviser, leaving unfilled a critical policy post that guides the administration on issues as varied as artificial intelligence, climate change and cancer research. While the White House maintains that it…
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Washington Post : They were searching for videos. Facebook thought they wanted videos of child abuse.
Friday, 16 March 2018 16:48
Facebook users said Thursday night they were confronted with disturbing and sexually graphic search recommendations on the social network, leading the company to apologize without offering a full explanation. After typing in “video of” into the Facebook search bar, some users said the tool suggested obscene terms…
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Washington Post : The FTC is cracking down on ‘deceptive cryptocurrency schemes’
Friday, 16 March 2018 17:42
One of the nation's top consumer watchdogs is trying to put a stop to alleged cryptocurrency scams that promised victims massive rewards for recruiting new members into the schemes. The lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission takes aim at what's known as “chain referral” schemes involving cryptocurrencies,…
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Washington Post : Facebook bans Trump campaign’s data analytics firm for taking user data
Saturday, 17 March 2018 01:36
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is suspending the Trump-affiliated data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica, after learning that it failed to delete data that it had taken inappropriately from users of the social network, Facebook said late Friday. Facebook said it was suspending the accounts of Strategic Communication Laboratories, the parent company of Cambridge…
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Washington Post : A voter profiling firm hired by Trump likely grabbed data for tens of millions of Facebook users
Saturday, 17 March 2018 17:58
Facebook revealed on Friday that a voter profiling firm hired by Donald Trump and other Republicans had improperly used data from 270,000 users of the social media platform. But what Facebook didn’t say may be more important: The number of people affected by this aggressive form of…
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Washington Post : U.S. and British lawmakers demand answers from Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg
Sunday, 18 March 2018 14:15
Lawmakers in the United States and Britain are calling on Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to explain how the names, preferences and other information from tens of millions of users ended up in the hands of a data analysis firm connected with President Trump's 2016 campaign. The demands came…
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Washington Post : Facebook may have violated FTC privacy deal, say former federal officials, triggering risk of massive fines
Sunday, 18 March 2018 16:22
Two former federal officials who crafted the landmark consent decree governing how Facebook handles user privacy say the company may have violated that decree when it shared information from tens of millions of users with a data analysis firm that later worked for President Trump’s 2016 campaign.…
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Washington Post : CACI seeks to acquire CSRA, setting off a Beltway bidding war
Sunday, 18 March 2018 19:31
CACI International, an Arlington-based defense contractor, is making a move to acquire CSRA, a government IT services conglomerate, in a $7.2 billion deal that could set off a Beltway bidding war between a pair of major Washington-area defense contractors. The potential deal comes a month after General…
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