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.
With companies such as Facebook and Twitter finding themselves in the crosshairs of politicians, overlap of law and business has become more and more of an issue. Raj Goyle, Founder of Bodhala, an A.I. tool working to improve business efficiencies in the legal industry, was with us to discuss how machine learning is revolutionizing law.
Get ready for major changes coming to your Facebook Newsfeed. The social media giant said it will favor posts shared by friends over what's published by businesses or news organizations.
Dropbox is going public. The file-sharing company confidentially filed for an IPO, with Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan reportedly leading the offering.
Andrew Bennett, SVP of I.O.T. Ecostruxure at Schneider Electric, joins us to speak about the company's mission to help customers optimize their energy use, regardless of whether the source is coal, wind or solar.
The way people buy and sell homes hasn't changed in decades, but new tech-focused firms like REX Real Estate are looking to shake things up.
Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com, says that a reported payment glitch did not impact the e-commerce site and that he thinks there's a lot of potential in cryptocurrencies.
But John Detrixhe, Future of Finance reporter at Quartz, says that the legislation might run into some hurdles. "It seems hard to imagine it becoming widespread."
This year's CES placed car tech front and center, leaving many to ask if it's become the world's best car show. Wired's Michael Calore joins Cheddar to wrap up the biggest trends and hottest gadgets from the Las Vegas electronics expo.
Michael Kramer, author at Seeking Alpha, discusses Roku's $4.3 billion valuation and why he believes that stock is bloated.
John Schwarz, Founder and CEO of Visier, explains how his company helps businesses understand their employees. Visier uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to discover employee trends and issues in the workplace.
Joel Feder, interactive content manager for Motor Authority, discusses which automakers blew him away at CES this year. Driverless cars, electric vehicles, and new interfaces turned the expo into something of an auto show.
