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Removing European news from results barely affected usage of Google

Paul Hill — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 14:16:01 +0000

A study conducted by Google has found that removing European news from its results barely impacts people's usage of its search engine and doesn't affect ad revenue at all. Read more...

Mistral AI's ChatGPT competitor now features AFP news items thanks to partnership

Paul Hill — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 10:26:01 +0000

Mistral AI's Le Chat, a rival to ChatGPT, now references AFP newswire stories following a partnership. This will boost Le Chat's ability to be used for research. Read more...

Report: Apple planning to bring its News app to more countries

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 16:36:01 +0000

By expanding its News app to more countries, Apple aims to grow this source of revenue and improve its advertising effectiveness. Read more...

Facebook will shut down its News tab in the US and Australia in early April 2024

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:12:01 +0000

Meta announced that it will close the News tab for Facebook in the US and Australia in early April 2024, after previously closing down the tab in a number of European countries in 2023. Read more...

Instagram cofounders' news app Artifact is shutting down

Aditya Tiwari — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 07:40:01 +0000

Artifact, the news aggregator app launched by Instagram co-founders, is shutting down. The app will offer core news reading capability for some time but remove the ability to create new posts. Read more...

The Guardian battles controversy over offensive AI-backed poll, blames Microsoft for it

Anushe Fawaz — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:56:01 +0000

Microsoft is being charged with allegations by The Guardian for sharing an offensive AI-generated poll beside a news article on Microsoft Start by The Guardian. Microsoft has yet to reply. Read more...

YouTube launches a new watch page just for news stories

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:42:02 +0000

YouTube has started the rollout of a new watch page that displays news stories related to specific topics. The feature will be available in over 40 countries across the globe over time. Read more...

Meta stops serving news to the Canadian users as Bill C-18 gets closer becoming reality

Mehrotra A — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 08:20:01 +0000

Meta has announced that it will cut access to news for the Canadian users as the company refused to go along with the government's plan to have social media companies pay publishers for news articles. Read more...

Samsung News starts rollout in the United States, bringing balanced coverage

Paul Hill — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 01:06:02 +0000

Samsung News has begun rolling out to users in the United States. It aims to give users a more balanced view of the news by bringing in articles from a range of diverse sources, on the left and right. Read more...

Meta to stop news access on its platforms in Canada if Online News Act becomes law

Justin Luna — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:50:01 +0000

Meta is threatening to stop news access on Facebook and Instagram in Canada if the proposed Online News Act passes in its current form. Canadian news outlets, however, support the bill. Read more...

Gigabyte launches the AORUS Gen5 10000, its first high-end PCIe Gen 5 SSD

Robbie Khan — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 10:24:01 +0000

Hot off the press, Gigabyte has launched its AORUS Gen5 10000 model of SSD aimed at the enthusiast. But be warned, the price is eye watering, and the gaming benefits? Still somewhat up in the air! Read more...

Samsung issues new firmware to stop, but not reverse, 990 Pro SSD rapid health degradation

Robbie Khan — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 23:56:01 +0000

The German Samsung community forum admins reports a new firmware that addresses the rapid health degrade on 990 Pro SSDs. Sadly, it comes with some pros and cons that are important to note. Read more...

Intel just surprised employees with drastic pay cuts throughout the company

Dean Howell — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 03:20:30 +0000

Intel just cut pay for corporate employees by five percent or more in surprise internal communication that has left employees of the firm shellshocked in the wake of a weak, inflationary economy. Read more...

Twitter will soon allow users to attach long-form text to tweets

Hemant Saxena — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 09:52:01 +0000

Elon Musk recently announced that Twitter will soon do away with 280 character limit and allow users to add long-form text. It will completely end the absurdity of attaching notepad screenshots. Read more...

UK teens are getting more of their news from social media, according to Ofcom

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 02:12:01 +0000

Younger internet users are getting their news primarily through social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok, according to a survey done by the UK's communications regulator, Ofcom. Read more...

Google News for Android gets redesign scrapping top five stories

Paul Hill — Tue, 15 Mar 2022 18:59:23 +0000

Google News has been given a refreshed look. Gone are the top five stories on the For you page, instead replaced with a few top stories, larger titles, and a larger weather widget. Read more...

Microsoft rebrands its news service to Microsoft Start

Abhay V — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 18:18:02 +0000

Microsoft Start is a unified brand for Microsoft's news service and a rebrand for MSN News and Microsoft News. The new name applies to all platforms, including the News apps on mobile. Read more...

Google fined €500 million in France over lack of agreement with news publishers

Usama Jawad — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:58:01 +0000

Google has been fined a whopping €500 million ($592 million) in France for failing to reach an agreement with news agencies about how they will be compensated for their content being displayed. Read more...

Google News Showcase is now live in India

Usama Jawad — Tue, 18 May 2021 05:34:01 +0000

Google has announced the launch of News Showcase in India. By partnering with over 30 Indian publishers, the company hopes to increase audience reach with adequate financial compensation. Read more...

Following success in the U.S., Facebook News to launch in the U.K. next month

Usama Jawad — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 06:56:01 +0000

Facebook News will launch in the U.K. in January 2021. The aim of the program is allow publishers to reach a wider audience coupled with a wide variety of advertisement and subscription offers. Read more...

Web Stories are now available on Google Discover

Usman Khan Lodhi — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 18:18:01 +0000

The Mountain View firm has added a dedicated carousel for Web Stories to its Discover app on both Android and iOS. The feature is presently available in the U.S., Brazil, and India. Read more...

Google will let you listen to personalized and local news via Podcasts and Assistant

Jay Bonggolto — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 18:32:01 +0000

Google has unveiled new features meant to make it easier to explore local news through Assistant and listen to a mix of personalized news articles based on the users' interests via a Nest speaker. Read more...

Facebook lets users link their accounts to their news subscriptions as part of a test

Jay Bonggolto — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 19:12:01 +0000

Facebook is testing allowing users who have subscribed to its partner publishers to link their accounts to their subscriptions with those organizations, making it quicker to access paywalled content. Read more...

Google criticizes Australia for new code about news media bargaining [Update]

Usama Jawad — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 05:44:01 +0000

In an open letter, Google has slammed Australia for its proposed News Media Bargaining Code, claiming that it hurts free services and that it also places the search data of users at risk. Read more...

Facebook now warns you if you share an article that's more than three months old

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 18:14:01 +0000

Facebook is rolling out a new notification screen that pops up before you can share a news article that's more than three months old. It will also explore other uses of notification screens. Read more...

Google launches the Journalism Emergency Relief Fund to help local news firms

Ather Fawaz — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 11:02:02 +0000

With this program, the local newsrooms will be provided emergency funding to help cover the downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A donation of $1 million was also announced for two organizations. Read more...

Slimmer lite version of Opera News launches in 40 countries

Paul Hill — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 15:16:01 +0000

Opera has launched Opera News Lite for those on data- and storage-restrictive plans and devices. It comes in at just 1MB and uses less data to retrieve news stories resulting in a faster experience. Read more...

Apple adds Covid-19 section to news app to fight fake news

Paul Hill — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 16:18:02 +0000

Apple has launched a new section in its news app to help people find verified information about the Covid-19 disease. It also includes the latest case figures and tips to help you fight the disease. Read more...

Google Assistant can now read web pages out loud on Android

Usman Khan Lodhi — Wed, 04 Mar 2020 18:10:01 +0000

The firm is rolling out its new Google Assistant "Read It" feature to Android users. Once invoked, it will be able to read aloud web pages with an option to translate over 42 languages. Read more...

Project Newsbar app shows up on the Microsoft Store

Florin Bodnarescu — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 18:18:01 +0000

An app called Project Newsbar has surfaced onto the Microsoft Store, though you can't actually obtain it via regular means. As the name implies, it's a sidebar that displays a variety of news items. Read more...

Privacy-oriented Startpage search engine adds News tab to results

Paul Hill — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:00:01 +0000

The privacy-oriented search engine, Startpage, has announced a News tab in search results. As with its other products, Startpage news results will not be personalised to individual users. Read more...

Google Assistant can now read your daily news digest

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:24:01 +0000

Google is rolling out a new feature for the Google Assistant, allowing it to read a set of tailored news based on your interests. The feature is initially only available to users in the U.S. Read more...

Facebook News, a section dedicated to bringing news and journalism is now in testing

Ather Fawaz — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:16:01 +0000

News is Facebook's move to sustain quality journalism, provide a variety of news, and strengthen democracy. It has been built with help from journalists, publishers, and news organizations. Read more...

BBC turns to the dark web in a bid to fight censorship

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 14:32:01 +0000

The BBC is launching the international version of its website on the dark web in a bid to fight censorship and spread news in areas where it has faced blockages. The website can be accessed via Tor. Read more...

Facebook reaches a deal with News Corp. for headlines in upcoming news section

Paul Hill — Sat, 19 Oct 2019 00:56:01 +0000

Facebook and News Corp. have reached an agreement to feature headlines from the latter's publications in Facebook's upcoming news tab. Facebook will pay an undisclosed licensing fee for the content. Read more...

OpenAI unveils the next version of its language model that spews frighteningly real fake news

Ather Fawaz — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:08:01 +0000

The firm has released the next iteration in its staged release of GPT-2. Alongside it, a paper has also been posted that studies the release strategies and social impacts of the same. Read more...

Report suggests UK should set up digital news regulator

Paul Hill — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 10:36:01 +0000

A review into the news landscape in the UK has provided its findings to the public. It suggests several points to strengthen local new publishers and also recommends a new regulator be set up. Read more...

iOS 12.2, macOS 10.14.4, watchOS 5.2, and tvOS 12.2 betas are now available

Rich Woods — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 20:32:01 +0000

Apple today released the first developer beta builds for iOS 12.2, macOS 10.14.4 Mojave, watchOS 5.2, and tvOS 12.2. The new updates will finally bring support for Apple News to Canada. Read more...

Google might pull its news service from Europe

Faheemmuddeen Patel — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 20:30:01 +0000

Google is considering ending its news service in Europe in response to the controversial European Union's Copyright Directive. The law would require platforms to pay publishers for use of excerpts. Read more...

Google partners with Automattic to support local news with Newspack

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:26:01 +0000

Google has partnered with the company behind WordPress.com to launch Newspack, an initiative to provide local news publications with the necessary tools to make their content available. Read more...