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Facebook accidentally asked its users if posts contained hate speech

Abby Ohlheiser The Washington Post
May 01, 2018 1:00 am - Facebook has struggled for years to figure out what is and isn't hate speech on its platform. On Tuesday, a "bug " revealed that Facebook might be thinking about crowdso...
'Pokemon Go' traffic near Arlington Heights park prompts complaints

By Christopher Placek
Apr 30, 2018 1:00 am - The Arlington Heights Park District will ask the creators of "Pokemon Go" to remove a park from the augmented reality game after residents complained of increased traffi...
How merchants use Facebook to flood Amazon with fake reviews

Elizabeth Dwoskin and Craig Timberg The Washington Post
Apr 28, 2018 1:16 am - SAN FRANCISCO - On Amazon, customer comments can help a product surge in popularity. The online retail giant says that more than 99 percent of its reviews are legitimate...
6 ways to get around Amazon Prime's new $119 fee

Abha Bhattarai The Washington Post
Apr 28, 2018 1:13 am - Amazon is justifying Prime's 20 percent price hike, to $119 a year, by saying it is more a valuable service than when the fee last rose four years ago. "The value of Pri...
Want to work for Ikea? Your interview could be conducted by Russian robot.

Peter Holley The Washington Post
Apr 28, 2018 1:06 am - A Russian startup has created a new way to help companies connect with jobseekers and interview them. Her name is Vera, and she's able to interview as many as 1,500 job ...
6 things to know about Labo, Nintendo's cardboard video game accessory kit

By Hayley Tsukayama The Washington Post
Apr 28, 2018 1:00 am - I built a car today. And it only took me 10 minutes. A remote-controlled car is the first project you make as part of the Nintendo Labo, a new type of build-it-yourself ...
PagerDuty gets you out of bed when a work emergency strikes

Eric Newcomer Bloomberg
Apr 28, 2018 1:00 am - As the corporate world reckons with an always-on work culture, some of the world's biggest companies are turning to a tool made by a Silicon Valley startup that automati...
Analysis: Facebook's handpicked watchdogs gave it high marks for privacy

Tony Romm The Washington Post
Apr 28, 2018 1:00 am - Facebook's mishandling of its users' personal information prompted stiff penalties from the U.S. government in 2011 - including a requirement that the social giant submi...
If Amazon is building a home robot, how close are we to 'The Jetsons'?

Peter Holley The Washington Post
Apr 28, 2018 1:00 am - Robots are already being used to build cars, perform surgeries and look after the elderly, but domestic robots may be coming to a home near you faster than you imagined....
Meet the museum world's answer to obsolete technology

Peggy McGlone The Washington Post
Apr 28, 2018 1:00 am - Washington, D.C.'s Hirshhorn Museum's current exhibition on '80s pop art raises serious questions about consumerism, marketing and the artist as a brand, but it also spo...

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