CNNflipped into Top StoriesCapital Markets Dow soars more than 800 points after Pfizer announces great news about its vaccine and Joe Biden declared victorious verified_publisherCNN - By David Goldman, Anneken TappeNew York (CNN Business) — It was a wild day on Wall Street with stocks surging on Monday after Pfizer (PFE) said its Covid-19 vaccine is 90% effective and Joe Biden was projected to be the winner of the...
Business Insiderflipped into Tech InsiderMicrosoft If Microsoft buys TikTok, it could be bad news for Google Cloud verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Julie BortAt first glance, Microsoft's talks to acquire TikTok's US operations from Chinese owner ByteDance seems somewhere between odd and crazy. But at second glance and beyond, it could be a brilliant strategic...
Carmen chicaflipped into Start-ups/Entrepreneurs,Finance,Apps, AI, Business, Venture Capitalism, CryptoGoogle Assistant Amazon’s Alexa Is Driving IT Managers Crazy …And Other Small Business Tech News Forbes - Gene MarksHere are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 —Amazon’s Alexa is driving IT managers crazy. A recent study revealed that professionals...
Cait Oflipped into newzCoal Japan is closing its old, dirty power plants – and that's bad news for Australia's coal exports theconversation.com - Llewelyn Hughes Last month, the Japanese government announced a plan to retire its fleet of old, inefficient coal-fired generation by 2030. And what happens to coal …
AvatarLouise Sharmanflipped into Twitching The World n OzzAustralasia Google warns that if it has to pay for news content in Australia, the country could lose its free services verified_publisherMarketWatch - Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Google GOOG,-0.24% GOOGL,-0.21% warned on Monday that the Australian government’s plan to make digital giants pay for news …
WIREDflipped into Top StoriesMedia Industry She Helped Wreck the News Business. Here’s Her Plan to Fix It WIRED - Gilad Edelman Nandini Jammi’s advertiser boycotts scared brands away from journalism and into shady ad tech. Now she wants to teach marketers to think for …
The VergeYouTube YouTube suspends One America News for one week after it promoted a fake COVID-19 cure verified_publisherThe Verge - Adi RobertsonYouTube has temporarily suspended right-wing outlet One America News Network (OANN) for promoting a false COVID-19 cure. OANN’s channel will stay online, but it will be prevented from uploading new videos...
The New York Timesflipped into Most EmailedSara Gideon As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place verified_publisherThe New York Times - Davey Alba and Jack NicasThe instructions were clear: Write an article calling out Sara Gideon, a Democrat running for a hotly contested U.S. Senate seat in Maine, as a hypocrite. Angela Underwood, a freelance reporter in upstate...
Doug Sandlinflipped into Investing UnboundCryptocurrencyInsurer MassMutual scoops up $100 million worth of Bitcoin, and billionaire Mike Novogratz noted it as the most important... verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Shalini NagarajanMassachusetts Mutual Life Insurance has bought $100 million worth of Bitcoin for its general investment account, making it the latest firm to join in on the recent push into crypto assets. The insurer...
CNBCflipped into Top NewsApple App Store News publishers ask Apple for the same App Store deal it offered Amazon verified_publisherCNBC - Ryan Browne Major news publishers have joined a growing number of companies criticizing Apple over its App Store policies, which they argue promote …
Carmen chicaflipped into Internet & Social MediaFacebook Facebook’s new tool to stop fake news is a game changer—if the company would only use it verified_publisherFortune - Jeff John Roberts When an explosive—and most likely fake—story about Joe Biden's son began to circulate online this week, Facebook did something unusual: It decided to …
Forbesflipped into InnovationBusiness Amazon Web Service Explains Its Major Outage…And Other Small Business Tech News Forbes - Gene MarksHere are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 — Amazon Web Services revealed what caused the major outage last week. Many AWS were...
TheStreetflipped into Jim Cramer Jim Cramer Jim Cramer Says Markets Are Not Giving Pfizer News Reaction It Deserves TheStreet - Katherine Ross In Wednesday's market breakdown, Jim Cramer talks Pfizer's U.K. vaccine approval, Salesforce buying Slack, President-elect Biden's economic team and …
Michael Hartley CFP®flipped into Business BuzzBeyond Meat Beyond Meat shares rise on news that it collaborated with McDonald's on the McPlant options verified_publisherTechCrunch - Jonathan ShieberAfter tumbling earlier today, Beyond Meat shares are shooting upward on news that the company did indeed collaborate with McDonald’s on its new McPlant vegetarian menu. McDonald’s made waves this morning...
TechCrunchflipped into Top StoriesFacebook Facebook says it will prioritize original reporting and 'transparent authorship' in the News Feed verified_publisherTechCrunch - Anthony HaFacebook announced this morning that stories with original reporting will get a boost in the News Feed, while publications that don’t clearly credit their editorial staff will be demoted. The change comes...
Shane Leschasinflipped into APPLE UPROOTEDApple Wall Street Journal Sticking With Apple News Because It Brings 'Genuinely Different Audience' verified_publisherMacRumors - Juli CloverThe Wall Street Journal has been one of the few newspaper publishers to participate in Apple News+, and according to statements from the company's CEO, Robert Thomson, The Wall Street Journal has no plans...
CNNU.S. Politics After legal threat, Fox airs news package debunking election fraud claims made by its own hosts verified_publisherCNNNew York (CNN) — If President Trump tunes into Fox News this weekend, he may see something unexpected: a point-by-point fact-check to wild election fraud claims made by some of his favorite hosts on the...
Forbesflipped into LeadershipBrand Safety We’ve Known Brand Safety Tech Was Bad—Here’s How Badly It Defunds The News Forbes - Dr. Augustine FouWe’ve known for a long time that brand safety detection technologies were blunt instruments [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. Despite their claims of advanced AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning)...
Mehran Aziziflipped into My kind of GoogleGoogle Google wants publishers to decide if news is shown on its platform | ZDNet verified_publisherZDNet - Asha Barbaschow Despite this restricting the information available to those googling, the search giant believes the media bargaining code should preserve a system …
The Vergeflipped into The VergeAustralasia Facebook may block news from being shared on its platforms in Australia verified_publisherThe Verge - Kim LyonsFacebook plans to block the sharing of local and international news stories on its platforms if legislation requiring tech platforms to pay publishers for content becomes law, the company said in a blog...
Sky News Australiaflipped into Business & EconomyStartups (Australia) Commonwealth Bank commits $28m to safeguard its digital future | Sky News Australia Sky News Australia The Commonwealth Bank has committed $28 million to two venture capital firms in a bid to boost its position in the financial technology sector. Last …
