Senate committee questions Facebook over news selection
A U.S. Senate committee launched an inquiry on Tuesday into how social media website Facebook selects its news stories after a report that company employees blocked news about conservative issues...
Bias in Facebook ‘trending’ topics??
Facebook (FB.O) workers have often omitted conservative political stories from the website’s “trending” list, the technology news site Gizmodo said on Monday in a report that sparked...
The Reason Behind Facebook’s New “Purple Flower” Emoji
“Facebook” introduced a new “purple flower” emoji, in celebration of Mother’s day., “To celebrate Mother’s Day, we are testing the ability for people to...
New ‘cable’ trading: tech could boost landlocked FX cities
The dominance of financial centres such as London, New York and Tokyo in the $5 trillion-a-day global currency market may face challenges from landlocked cities as new technology erodes the...
Uber, Lyft spend big, lose big in Texas vote on driver fingerprinting
On-demand ride companies Uber and Lyft suffered an embarrassing defeat in a Saturday election in Austin as voters backed a measure requiring fingerprint background checks for drivers. The two...
Facebook pays $10,000 to 10-year-old Instagram hacker
Social media giant Facebook (FB.O) has paid a $10,000 reward to a 10-year-old Finnish boy for finding a glitch in its picture sharing app Instagram. Jani, whose last name was not released for...
U.S. trade panel to probe devices of eight smartphone vendors
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) is launching an investigation into mobile devices made by eight smartphone vendors including Samsung Electronics Co (005930.KS) over an alleged patent...
SkinTrack technology turns arm into smartwatch touchpad
Since the production of smartwatches, technologists have been looking for more complicated interactions with the watch screen. Carnegie Mellon University’s SkinTrack enables users to turn...
