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YouTube excels at recommending videos. Detecting hoaxes? Not so much

Craig Timberg, Drew Harwell and Tony Romm The Washington Post
Feb 24, 2018 12:05 am - YouTube's failure to stop the spread of conspiracy theories related to last week's school shooting in Florida highlights a problem that has long plagued the platform: It...
Analysis: Mark Zuckerberg says he wants to fix Facebook. His employees keep getting in the way.

Elizabeth Dwoskin The Washington Post
Feb 24, 2018 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Mark Zuckerberg has mandated wholesale change at Facebook after a year during which the company was rocked by Russian meddling, fake news, and controvers...
Google's algorithms see heart attack risk by looking at our eyes

Drew Harwell and Carolyn Y. Johnson The Washington Post
Feb 24, 2018 12:00 am - By looking at the human eye, Google's algorithms were able to predict whether someone had high blood pressure or was at risk of a heart attack or stroke, Google research...
Walmart's Amazon killer goes from superstar to man on hot seat

Matthew Boyle Bloomberg
Feb 24, 2018 12:00 am - He was hailed as Walmart Inc.'s online guru, the guy who would drag the lumbering giant into the digital-commerce era and put Amazon in its place. But 18 months after se...
5 things to expect at the 2018 Mobile World Congress

Stefan Nicola and Joe Mayes Bloomberg
Feb 24, 2018 12:00 am - Mobile World Congress, the wireless industry's biggest conference, begins next week in Barcelona, where more than 100,000 people are set to see the latest smartphones, a...
Algorithms are one reason a conspiracy theory goes viral; another reason might be you

By Abby Ohlheiser The Washington Post
Feb 23, 2018 12:00 am - The false belief that a 17-year-old who survived the Parkland massacre is actually a paid actor, or perhaps being nefariously coached by liberals to promote gun control,...
Twitter suspends thousands of suspected bots, angering Trump boosters

By Eli Rosenberg The Washington Post
Feb 22, 2018 12:00 am - The social media service Twitter is believed to have suspended thousands of accounts for being automated bots, or for other policy violations, drawing outcry from fringe...
Rosemont gives $1 million in TIF dollars for DHL Innovation Center

By Christopher Placek
Feb 19, 2018 12:00 am - Rosemont will give $1 million in tax increment financing funds to the developer of global logistics firm DHL's new Innovation Center, where the company plans to showcase...
Home Depot's response to tight labor market? Applications via smartphone

Matt Townsend Bloomberg
Feb 18, 2018 12:00 am - Home Depot says it has an edge in the battle for hourly workers in a tight labor market: making applying and scheduling an interview really easy, with only a smartphone....
Review: 5 things to know before you buy an Apple HomePod

Geoffrey A. Fowler The Washington Post
Feb 17, 2018 12:15 am - Hey Siri, play "All About That Bass." Because HomePod's all about that bass. Not that brain. Oh, Apple. Apologies to Meghan Trainor for my geeky remix of her ode to bott...

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