Facebook admitted today that Cambridge Analytica may have gained access to the private data of up to 87 million users, not the 50 million user figure that was previously reported. Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer revealed the new figure in a blog post focused on […]
Day: April 4, 2018
News startup Knowhere aims to break through partisan echo chambers
It’s become a common complaint that social media allows everyone to limit their news consumption to stories that reinforce what they already believe. But the team at Knowhere says it’s found a solution: News stories written by machines. The idea is that Knowhere’s technology is can […]
‘Hitman’ games have brighter future thanks to Warner Bros. deal
Warner Bros. is launching Hitman: Definitive Edition on May 15th for the PS4 and Xbox One, and it includes a handful of content beyond what you received in the Game of the Year Edition release. You’ll get Hitman‘s core Season One and GOTY content, of […]
Facebook Exposed 87 Million Users to Cambridge Analytica
Facebook now says the data firm Cambridge Analytica gained unauthorized access to up to 87 million users’ data, mainly in the United States. This figure is far higher than the 50 million users that were previously reported. Facebook’s chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer shared this […]
New story in Business from Time: Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s Still the Best Person to Run Facebook, Despite Its ‘Huge Mistake’ With the Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
On the same day that Facebook announced that 87 million users may have had their personal data improperly accessed — up from the 50 million the social network previously reported — the company’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg held a rare question-and-answer session with the […]
New story in Business from Time: Mark Zuckerberg Says He’s Still the Best Person to Run Facebook, Despite Its ‘Huge Mistake’ With the Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal
On the same day that Facebook announced that 87 million users may have had their personal data improperly accessed — up from the 50 million the social network previously reported — the company’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg held a rare question-and-answer session with the […]
Pensioni: feeling M5s-Lega su Fornero ma difficoltà sul governo, le novità
Resta la sintonia sulla riforma #Pensioni ma ancora sembra lontana l'ipotesi di un'intesa di governo tra la Lega di Matteo Salvini e il Movimento 5 stelle di Luigi Di Maio. Le diverse proposte uguali su previdenza, scuola, lavoro, fisco avevano subito fatto pensare a un […]
Smartsheet co-founder’s next project is a robotic rock picker-upper
A co-founder of Smartsheet, the enterprise collaboration startup that just filed for an IPO, is taking a hard right turn into the world of agriculture robotics. Brent Frei tells Geekwire that he has been working on an automated system for clearing rocks from land. It’s […]
Prime Minister to travel to Peru, France, and the United Kingdom
OTTAWA, April 4, 2018 /CNW/ – The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced that he will travel to Lima, Peru, from April 12 to 14, to Paris, France, from April 15 to 17, and to London, United Kingdom, from April 17 to 20. In Lima, […]
Zuckerberg says that nobody got fired over Cambridge Analytica mess
Has anyone been fired in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal?Mark Zuckerberg: I have not. At the end of the day this is my responsibility. I’m not looking to throw anyone else under the bus for mistakes that we’ve made here. — Recode […]