Business & Finance

Researchers from Southern Methodist University and the University of Michigan published a study that examines platforms' A-B testing of online ads and uncovers significant limitations that can create misleading conclusions about ad performance.... Read more

Research published in the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology suggests that machine learning tools might be used to detect and so combat financial fraud.... Read more

Hearing a lot about Lemon8 lately? You're not the only one.... Read more

Meta said Wednesday that it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace service, as it tries out a possible way to resolve European Union charges of anticompetitive behavior that the bloc leveled last year.... Read more

Indonesia on Wednesday upheld a ban on iPhone 16 sales despite Apple's $1 billion pledge to invest in the country after a negotiation deadlock, citing the company's failure to meet domestic market requirements.... Read more

Mark Zuckerberg's U-turn on Meta's content rules piles pressure on the EU—already in the crosshairs of Donald Trump ally Elon Musk—to prove it still calls the shots when it comes to Big Tech's behavior in Europe.... Read more

Meta has announced it will abandon its fact-checking program, starting in the United States. It was aimed at preventing the spread of online lies among more than 3 billion people who use Meta's social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads.... Read more

Generative AI, including platforms like ChatGPT, is transforming industries by making processes simpler, more efficient and easier to interact with. However, in the heavily regulated financial services sector the benefits also come with some serious risks. So it's vital that this emerging technology is employed responsibly in order to maintain... Read more

Welcome to the age of the blob internet, a time in which the world wide web is overrun by bots automated to spam us, imitate us and ensure that we are all stuck picking fire hydrants from six different images just to read an article like this one.... Read more

South Korea's Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it expected fourth-quarter profits to fall sharply from the previous quarter and miss forecasts as it struggled to meet robust demand for chips used in artificial intelligence servers.... Read more

Tech giant Meta's shock announcement that it is ending its US fact-checking program triggered scathing criticism Tuesday from disinformation researchers who warned it risked opening the floodgates for false narratives.... Read more

Getty Images is buying Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion visual content company.... Read more

Social media giant Meta on Tuesday slashed its content moderation policies, including ending its US fact-checking program on Facebook and Instagram, in a major shift that conforms with the priorities of incoming president Donald Trump.... Read more

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said the company plans to invest $3 billion in India on artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud infrastructure over the next two years.... Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this week about a pending ban on social media app TikTok, an outcome of a law signed by President Biden last April that would take effect Jan. 19.... Read more