Apple's Big Bet, Amazon's HQ2, and Facebook's News Feed Reboot

Dana Wollman, Executive Editor at Engadget, discusses Apple's announcement this week that it would invest $350 billion into the U.S. economy over the next five years. Plus, Amazon released its short list of candidates for the highly anticipated HQ2. Wollman discusses the timing of the announcement and the types of tech jobs it would bring to the U.S. We also discuss Facebook's testing of the new algorithm for its updated News Feed that will prioritize content from family and friends over publishers. As the algorithm has been tested in other parts of the world, researchers have seen the rise of 'fake news' on the platform.

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