There's a spotlight on Facebook as the social media giant reports earnings Wednesday. The company faces increasing scrutiny over fake news on its platform. Flipboard CEO Mike McCue explains the lessons he thinks Facebook needs to learn from journalism.
"When you are building algorithms that are responsible for informing entire populations, the whole society of people you want to make sure you are applying basic journalistic principles, " said McCue. The five lessons McCue says algorithms must learn from journalism include truth and accuracy, independence, fairness and impartiality, humanity, and accountability.
Facebook recently updated its algorithm to prioritize friends and family over media publishers. McCue says Facebook's algorithms should be controlled by journalists.
The Seattle-based company said its first-quarter profit more than tripled from a year ago, fueled by the growth of online shopping.
Cheddar's Michelle Castillo investigates the proliferation of counterfeit goods on e-commerce marketplace sites like Amazon and Alibaba.
China has launched the main module of its first permanent space station that will host astronauts long term.
The headlines from President Biden's first speech to Congress, plus why he's got reason to be sounding optimistic about the state of the pandemic. And would you let a Walmart worker stock your fridge?
Google's director of product management, ads privacy and trust David Temkin talked to Cheddar's Michelle Castillo about the changing landscape of digital advertising.
Tim Sheehan, co-founder and CEO of Greenlight, explains how the company looks to teach financial knowledge to children following its $260 million Series D fundraise.
Virgin Hyperloop CEO and co-founder Josh Giegel spoke to Cheddar about the hopes for the high-speed rail tech to help tackle the climate crisis.
Jill and Carlo discuss the CDC's updated mask guidance, a deeper dive into the catastrophe in India, what POTUS will pitch to Congress, and the biggest public health breakthrough of the decade that you haven't heard about.
Boeing is posting another loss as the pandemic continues to undercut demand for new planes and the company deals with more problems around its 737 Max jetliner.
Tom Pickett, chief revenue officer for DoorDash, spoke to Cheddar about the delivery apps changes to its fee pricing schedule for its restaurant partners.
