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.
Now people in New York City, Panama City, Florida, and Boise, Idaho can hook up to the next generation wireless network. This brings the total number of Verizon’s 5G-capable cities to 13.
Cheddar breaks down the benefits of Corvid, a Wix tool that business owners can use to further customize their sites.
Peloton priced shares at $29 after the bell Wednesday, valuing the company at $8.06 billion as it prepares to make its public debut Thursday. That's at the high end of the original $26 to $29 price range Peloton was targeting. The company raised $1.16 billion in the offering.
As pressure mounts to detect and combat the spread of deepfakes, startups like Canny AI are embracing the technology and attempting to commercialize it.
The president and CEO of eBay Devin Wenig is stepping down, and the company's senior vice president and chief financial officer Scott Schenkel will take his place as interim CEO.
Thygesen says Google has done more good than harm for the industry, allowing brands with smaller budgets to purchase advertising.
Fact of Fiction: Tools, technology, and automation decrease the time small business owners need to spend online. Brian Fanzo, founder of iSocialFanz, joins Cheddar break down this myth and share how to strategically streamline operations at your business.
Neumann had faced increasing pressure to leave the position following reports of indulgent and impulsive behavior.
Roku on Monday announced a new partnership with the marketing platform Innovid to provide more in-depth measurements of OTT audiences.
SoFi is adding bitcoin, litecoin and ether to its SoFi Invest platform through a partnership with Coinbase, allowing members to trade cryptocurrencies alongside their stock and ETF trades and, ideally, making more people more comfortable with buying crypto.
