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.
Easy Aerial CEO and co-founder Ido Gur talked to Cheddar about giving police a "bird's eye view" of the Hard Rock Stadium parking lot this Sunday when the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers square off.
The vehicle, set to make its debut this May, promises to be a sharp departure from the lumbering Hummer H1, H2, and H3, which were discontinued last decade amid soaring prices at the pump and sinking prices in General Motors stock.
The results reflect a year of heavy investment for the company as it expanded customer benefits like one-day delivery and sought out larger clients for its profitable cloud computing business.
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is stepping down after nearly 40 years with the computing giant and eight years at its helm. The company said Thursday that Arvind Krishna will take over as CEO starting April 6
The company has promoted its Tax Pro Go option, which allows customers to upload their tax documents digitally and leave the rest to a trained tax professional.
The move by UPS represents a $440 million investment over the next five years, and it is part of the delivery service's minority stake in Arrival, which it purchased at an undisclosed sum.
The company reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $11.6 billion, up 36% from the same period last year. Net income of $1.51 per share beat Wall Street expectations.
The Palo Alto, California, company said it made a net profit of $105 million from October through December, or 58 cents per share but still posted an annual loss of $862 million.
Despite beating the Street's expectations, Facebook shares went down more than 7 percent in after-hours trading. While the company is still growing, the numbers could signify a slowdown ahead with more digital advertising platforms entering the market as well as looming regulation.
Aircraft surveillance company Aireon is riding the wave of adoption of the satellite ADS-B surveillance network to replace radar in its role of air traffic control.
