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Another week, another big tech hearing in Congress. With a flurry of antitrust reform bills on the way, Democratic lawmakers are again bringing in some of the world’s most powerful tech companies for questioning. In the next hearing, scheduled for Tuesday, April 27 at 10 AM ET, the Senate Judiciary’s subcommittee on privacy and technology […]

The next tech hearing targets social media algorithms — and ...

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YouTube is expanding the test of its “Explore” feature, a new discovery tool it first introduced as an experiment within its iPhone app last year. Similar to Instagram’s Explore page, the new YouTube feature aims to introduce users to a diverse set of personalized recommendations so they can more easily find something new to watch. […]

YouTube expands test of its Instagram-like Explore tab to more ...

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Techonomy16 conference in Half Moon Bay, California, Thursday, November 10, 2016. (Photo by Paul Sakuma Photography) www.paulsakuma.com In the aftermath of the U.S. Presidential election, Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Techonomy16 to address concerns that Facebook didn’t do enough to stop the proliferation of fake news on News Feed. Zuckerberg insisted that the company can always do more to improve the quality of the News Feed experience, but that Facebook could not have influenced the outcome of… Read More

Zuck denies Facebook News Feed bubble impacted the election

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