AI helped Facebook identify and ban 200 white supremacist groups

Kyle Wiggers September 17, 2019 10:36 AM

VB Live

The competitive advantage of intelligent digital workspaces (VB Live)

VB Staff September 17, 2019 7:50 AM

Pinterest’s Lens can now recognize 2.5 billion home and fashion objects

Kyle Wiggers September 17, 2019 6:00 AM

France seeks Facebook Libra cryptocurrency ban in Europe

Chris O'Brien September 12, 2019 3:33 AM

VB Live

How AI is transforming customer reviews into crucial business intelligence (VB Live)

VB Staff September 11, 2019 7:50 AM

Neighborhood social network Nextdoor closes $170 million round, Mary Meeker joins board

Paul Sawers September 10, 2019 5:26 AM

Judge calls Facebook’s view on user privacy ‘so wrong’ as class-action lawsuit proceeds

Reuters September 10, 2019 1:08 AM

Wunderlist founder wants to buy his app back from Microsoft

Paul Sawers September 6, 2019 11:16 AM

Opinion

ProBeat: Dating is Facebook’s first Instagram integration

Emil Protalinski September 6, 2019 10:30 AM

U.S. senator raises concern over police use of Amazon’s Ring doorbell camera

Reuters September 6, 2019 2:37 AM

Facebook and other tech firms met with U.S. intelligence to discuss 2020 election security

Reuters September 5, 2019 1:47 AM

FTC fines YouTube $170 million for alleged child privacy violations

Kyle Wiggers September 4, 2019 7:19 AM

Facebook opens face recognition tech to all users with opt-out option

Reuters September 4, 2019 12:24 AM

Deepfake concerns ahead of 2020 election include Iran, China, Instagram, and WhatsApp

Khari Johnson September 3, 2019 12:30 PM

Guest

Why doesn’t Facebook simply filter out politics?

Peter Yared, InCountry August 31, 2019 10:25 AM

Twitter is investigating CEO Jack Dorsey’s account being hacked

Khari Johnson August 30, 2019 1:39 PM

Microsoft’s AltspaceVR social space hits Oculus Quest on September 12

Jeremy Horwitz August 30, 2019 6:19 AM

Trevor Noah’s advice to tech leaders: ‘They are now the man that they were trying to disrupt’

Emil Protalinski August 29, 2019 6:06 PM

Facebook is ditching the Messenger discover tab to simplify the app

Paul Sawers August 29, 2019 8:07 AM

YouTube recommendation algorithm audit uncovers paths to radicalization

Khari Johnson August 28, 2019 1:43 PM

Ethereum Classic Labs and iZbreaker team up to make blockchain-based private online communities

Dean Takahashi August 28, 2019 8:00 AM

Libra Association launches bug bounty program

Martine Paris August 27, 2019 6:00 AM

Australia to block internet domains that host extremist content during terror attacks

Reuters August 26, 2019 11:31 PM

Opinion

ProBeat: YouTube messages should have never existed

Emil Protalinski August 23, 2019 10:30 AM

YouTube disables 210 channels tied to Hong Kong disinformation campaigns

Chris O'Brien August 23, 2019 2:55 AM

Facebook admits it’s still being exploited to incite ethnic violence in Myanmar

Chris O'Brien August 22, 2019 4:36 AM

Google and Mozilla block Kazakhstan root CA certificate from Chrome and Firefox

Martine Paris August 21, 2019 3:00 AM

Intel unveils its first AI chip Springhill

Reuters August 20, 2019 7:31 PM

Twitter acquires Lightwell to improve conversations

Kyle Wiggers August 20, 2019 11:59 AM

Homeis raises $12 million to foster online immigrant communities

Kyle Wiggers August 20, 2019 9:00 AM

Instagram adds tool for reporting false information

Reuters August 15, 2019 7:32 PM

Google for Education launches originality reports to curb student plagiarism

Paul Sawers August 14, 2019 9:01 AM

Facebook opens Playground to connect with Israeli startups, developers, and local communities

Paul Sawers August 14, 2019 7:30 AM

Facebook paid contractors to transcribe users’ audio from Messenger

Reuters August 13, 2019 11:51 PM

Snap debuts dual-camera Spectacles 3 glasses to create 3D AR content

Jeremy Horwitz August 13, 2019 6:22 AM

Researchers craft AI framework that explains your social media feeds

Kyle Wiggers August 9, 2019 12:07 PM

Snap is raising $1 billion to invest in content, AR, and possible acquisitions

Reuters August 6, 2019 10:03 PM

Trump cites fired Google engineer and hate group advocate in unfounded bias accusation

Chris O'Brien August 6, 2019 7:35 AM

Analysis

Facebook wants Portal to be the king of video calls, but there’s still work to do

Khari Johnson August 6, 2019 7:15 AM

Facebook open-sources image and video algorithms it uses to fight abuse

Kyle Wiggers August 1, 2019 2:03 PM