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Facebook is fighting "fake news" but raising more questions than it answers (updated)

by Mark Salay
Sep 21, 2017
How effective are the platform's methods?
Facebook founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the so-called 'Facebook Innovation Hub' in Berlin on February 25, 2016. 
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88 percent of US students now have fast internet in their classrooms. Here’s why.

by Aaron Schrank
Sep 20, 2017
Four years ago, less than 10 percent of U.S. students had adequate internet bandwidth in their classrooms, based on Federal Communications Commission standards. Today, 88 percent do, according to a report out this week from nonprofit EducationSuperHighway. How did the digital divide get narrowed so quickly?  Click the audio player above to hear the full […]
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Facebook let ad buyers target hate groups

by Kai Ryssdal and Emily Henderson
Sep 15, 2017
ProPublica reporters investigated a tip and found that they could spend $30 to purchase Facebook ads specifically targeted to “Jew haters” and other anti-Semitic groups. ProPublica alerted Facebook, and the site said such ad audience options were the result of algorithms that automatically create categories based on the interests expressed by Facebook users. Facebook said it […]
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Can a free market solve the digital divide?

by Molly Wood
Sep 12, 2017
FCC chairman Ajit Pai believes fewer regulations and more competition will lead to broadband expansion.
Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai participates in a discussion at The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research in May in Washington, DC. 
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There are tough specs for Amazon's second headquarters

by Mitchell Hartman
Sep 7, 2017
But with tax incentives and other perks, competition is expected to be stiff among cities.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the second headquarters will be "a full equal" to its Seattle office.
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How venture capital works

Following the venture capital money trail

by Molly Wood and Kristin Schwab
Sep 7, 2017
The investments VCs make impact industries beyond Silicon Valley.
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How venture capital works

These words will help you understand venture capital

by Stephanie Hughes and Molly Wood
Sep 7, 2017
There's a whole vocabulary to learn.
A sign with the 'like' symbol stands in front of the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
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The Source Code: William Gibson

by Stephanie Hughes and Molly Wood
Sep 6, 2017
Because two minutes is too short a time to spend with the man who came up with the term "cyberspace."
Author William Gibson.
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Weather Economy

Crowdfunding is playing a larger role in disaster relief

by Amy Scott
Aug 31, 2017
With more options for giving, donors are urged to do their research.
Volunteers get a briefing on Monday at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, where the American Red Cross is housing victims of Hurricane Harvey.
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Cloudflare's CEO wants to talk about who censors the internet

by Kai Ryssdal , Robert Garrova and Emily Henderson
Aug 22, 2017
Matthew Prince terminated the account of extremist website The Daily Stormer, but he's still worried about censorship.
Matthew Prince, CEO of Cloudflare, says the company has tried to be neutral.
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