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Technology News
1. Facebook is dedicated to combating misinformation and information operations. Read our report here:
- SAN FRANCISCO Reuters Facebook Inc acknowledged on Thursday that it has become a battleground for governments seeking to manipulate public opinion in other countries and outlined new measures it is taking to combat what it calls that go well beyond the phenomenon known as fake news.
- Facebook said its security team would now fight information operations which it regards as a more complex problem than traditional hackers and scammers by suspending or deleting false accounts after identifying them with a combination of machine learning and intelligence analysis.
- Facebook said it would go after amplifier accounts based on behavioral analysis that shows signs of inauthenticity such as sudden bursts of activity or repeated posting of the same material without regard to the politics of the content.
- The music legend loved idea a Shark Tank competition for new apps and before long persuaded him and TV producer Ben Silverman to pitch it to Eddy Cue who runs Apple services business and is the conduit to Hollywood.
- In the coming months Apple Music plans to start streaming Carpool Karaoke a spinoff of James popular celebrity singalong segment one episode will see John Legend and Alicia Keys driving around and belting out their hits.
- Like many tech companies Apple long resisted getting into the content game opting instead to sell other music TV shows and movies and making money flogging hardware.
- SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Inc acknowledged on Thursday that it has become a battleground for governments seeking to manipulate public opinion in other countries and outlined new measures it is taking to combat what it calls that go well beyond the phenomenon known as fake news.
- In a report and summary of response plans on its website on Thursday Facebook describes and subtle efforts by nations and other organizations to spread misleading information and falsehoods for geopolitical goals.
- Facebook said its security team would now fight information operations which it regards as a more complex problem than traditional hackers and scammers by suspending or deleting false accounts after identifying them with a combination of machine learning and intelligence analysis.
- Image AP RisbergBack in January Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he was proud of the impact that we were able to have on civic discourse doubling down on his stance that the rise of misinformation spread of outright propaganda and rapid erosion of trust in the fourth estate were problems but his.
- Image screengrab from DiscordWhether through coordinated action by a mix of legitimate and illegitimate accounts to dominate conversation as in the case of or using Twitter bot armies like the one commanded by the mysterious MicroChip to push hashtag campaigns to the masses malicious groups have known how to exploit social networks with terrifying efficiency.
- Facebook will continue to contribute in this area by offering training materials cooperating with government cybersecurity agencies looking to harden their and social media activity against external attacks and deploying communications designed to reinforce observance of strong security practices.
- At Google Foster stepped into a new role vice president of hardware product development working on the company Pixel smartphone and Home speaker an Echo competitor.
- The hardware division also competes with Apple Amazon and other companies building devices tied to intelligent software like digital assistants that could upend existing models for media and advertising markets that Google now leads.
- Earlier this week German publication WinFuture reported that it uncovered evidence of three planned Google devices in Android code information online.
- If it happens this time the new Apple product would compete with offerings from big banks as well as PayPal its subsidiary Venmo as well as Square Cash in the increasingly competitive world of digital.
- spent heavily in insuring their cards were top of wallet when they all built and rolled out Apple Pay said Cherian Abraham a digital payments executive at Experian.
- Square Cash service offers a similar virtual debit card and CEO Jack Dorsey talked about this very use case at a recent Recode Code Commerce event.
