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.
From CES, Reddit's Jen Wong discussed the unique interactions that the Reddit platform embodies for its users — and for potential advertisers.
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Annie Jean-Baptiste, Google’s head of product inclusion, spoke to Cheddar from the Consumer Electronics Show about the company’s “Inclusion Champions” group. “That's 2,000 Googlers globally who have been working and have volunteered to help us 'dogfood' or test our products before they launch."
A rally in big technology companies including Apple sent major U.S. stock indexes to more record highs on Wall Street Thursday.
Quibi’s Chief Product Officer Tom Conrad is confident that the new platform’s content will stand out among its peers with unique offerings.
Deborah Wahl told Cheddar from the floor of CES that the feeling inside the storied automaker was akin to a "war effort," with different parts of the company all marching together toward the same electric, autonomous future.
Ed Bastian became the first-ever airline CEO to deliver the keynote address at CES where he outlined a number of futuristic visions for the airline.
Even though TeamFight Tactics was initially released as a League of Legends game mode, it has become so much more. And is now a staple within the autobattler genre. Inven Global's Esports Journalist Tom Matthiesen joined us to give us a review of 2019 as well his thoughts for TFT's 2020 future.
JetBlue plans to invest in green projects designed to absorb or avoid the greenhouse gas emissions being produced by the airline’s 1,000 daily flights.
While no one knows how consumers will embrace the multitude of options, executives from WarnerMedia tell Cheddar one thing is certain: all streaming distributors are aiming to upend the linear television business model.
