The indictment of 13 Russians for interfering with the Presidential election has intensified the pressure put on Facebook, which uncovered about three-thousand Russian-linked ads on its platforms before and after November 2016. Cheddar Senior Reporter, Alex Heath, breaks down the the latest developments.
Facebook's Vice President for ads, Rob Goldman, tweeted about Russia's disinformation effort. President Trump then cited him. Facebook did not intend for Goldman’s tweets to be quoted by Trump. They thought the tweets would only be seen by a contextually-aware audience of techies and media types who follow Goldman.
Heath believes that the tweeting from Goldman and other execs is part of a carefully orchestrated PR campaign by Facebook to make itself appear more transparent and relate-able through engaged spokespeople on Twitter.
Luke Leifeste, Engagement Editor at GQ, discusses Mark Zuckerberg's announcement that the News Feed will now prioritize posts from friends and family, over posts by publishers.
Do you wish you could just pay for the gym on the days you use it instead of investing in a year-long or month-long membership? POPiN is a startup that enables users to pay for the gym only when they use it.
A look at the latest headlines on The Crypto Craze. South Korea bans Crypto, Ethereum hit an all time high. MoneyGram and Ripple team up. Arizona considers letting residents pay taxes with digital currency. The Wrap releasing a report saying Viacom and CBS are looking to merge.
South Korea bans Crypto, Ethereum hit an all time high. MoneyGram and Ripple team up. Arizona considers letting residents pay taxes with digital currency. John Detrixhe, future of finance reporter at Quartz weighs in on all the latest headlines.
Sandra Makarem and Emily Khasidy were friends for 15 years before they went into business together. The two are co-founders of The Collective Child, a membership-based subscription box for kid's clothing.
South Korea taking steps to ban Bitcoin. The news shining a light on regulation of cryptocurrency, and ways government can and would step in. InfoTech's President and CEO Matti Kon explains potential dangers of the cryptocurrency space.
A closer look at the Crypto news of the week. A big glitch in cryptocurrency is impacting some shoppers on Overstock.com. South Korea taking steps to ban Bitcoin. MoneyGram announces a partnership with Ripple.
Facebook is changing up its News Feed, a new twist in the "All the Money in the World" wage gap controversy, and Lindsay Lohan might design a manmade island in Dubai. Plus, wrapping up the biggest headlines from CES with Wired, celebrity fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi, and the star of Amazon's "Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams."
During CES 2018, HP announced its third annual Megatrends list. Shane Wall, Chief Technology Officer at HP, joined us to discuss how new technology innovations and converging trends will reshape our future.
A big glitch in cryptocurrency is impacting some shoppers online. Last week, a bank security firm uncovered Overstock.com unknowingly accepted Bitcoin Cash instead of Bitcoin as payment for a product. The glitch has since been fixed. Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byne responds to this mix-up.
