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.
It might feel like the artificial intelligence train has left the station, but there are still opportunities to get in before the boom gets even bigger.
Nevada’s Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on ghost guns Thursday, overturning a lower court’s ruling that had sided with a gun manufacturer’s argument the 2021 law regulating firearm parts with no serial numbers was unconstitutionally vague.
