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Watch Fox News host call Trump statement 'fake news' - CNN Video

Watch Fox News host call Trump statement 'fake news' Following an interview with President Trump on D-Day, Fox News host Laura Ingraham had to clarify that Trump's claim that the interview held up the D-Day ceremony was "fake news."

Microsoft teases next-gen Xbox news at E3 event

Many have suspected that Microsoft would talk about its next Xbox at its E3 event, and that now appears to be virtually guaranteed. Gamers have discovered that Microsoft's E3 countdown videos have included background references to "R255 G36 B0," or the RGB co…

HBO cancels daily news show ‘Vice News Tonight’ – TechCrunch

HBO cancels daily news show ‘Vice News Tonight’ Just ahead of the 2016 presidential election, HBO announced its plans to carry a nightly news show courtesy of Vice News, called “Vice News Tonight.” That show is now being canceled, which puts an end to HBO’s seven-year-long relationship with the new media b…

Telemedicine as a Workaround to Abortion Regulations, and More News

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Samsung’s CEO says Galaxy Fold launch news is arriving soon – TechCrunch

Samsung’s CEO says Galaxy Fold launch news is arriving soon Samsung has been understandably silent about the Galaxy Fold for the last couple of weeks. The company’s been reassessing issues with the foldable’s display after initially chalking problems with review units up to small sample sizes and user error. It’s toug…

How to Replace Your Hackable Google Titan Bluetooth Security Key

If you’re using one of Google’s Titan Bluetooth Security Keys to sign into all your two-factor protected accounts, there’s good news and bad news. The bad news, as you can probably guess, is that Google has announced the discovery of a vulnerability that allo…

WhatsApp Was Hacked, Your Computer Was Exposed, and More News From Today

WhatsApp Was Hacked, Your Computer Was Exposed, and More News Catch up on the most important news today in 2 minutes or less.

Google’s big VR news is that there is no VR news – TechCrunch

Google’s big VR news is that there is no VR news Google seems to be waking up from its VR daydream. The company’s ambitious plans to leverage the smartphones that people already own to power VR experiences went unmentioned at its I/O developer conference. After spending 2016 and 2017 making big promises for…

Facebook's Latest Changes Will Only Promote Well-Established Fake News

Facebook, in an attempt to clean up the mess it’s created, has announced yet another set of changes meant to help it be less awful. Read more...

Bernie Sanders scoffs at Fox News' question - CNN Video

Bernie Sanders scoffs at Fox News question Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) quickly pivoted to President Trump's taxes when he was asked about his tax rate at a town hall with Fox News.

The most overlooked path to commercialize AI is for companies to do it themselves – TechCrunch

The most overlooked path to commercialize AI is for companies to do it themselves This tweet of breaking news went out 49 minutes late after the article was published. That really hurt our ability to spread the news and our traffic. Any update on getting this fixed?

Apple launches $9.99 Apple News Plus with more than 300 magazines

Apple launches Apple News Plus service Apple’s “Netflix for news” subscription service has just been announced. Building out the Apple News app with the participation of multiple high-profile news organizations and publishers — that either use a paywall already or are expanding into subscriber con…

How to Watch Apple's News and Media Event Monday

Apple is holding a media event Monday at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino. Kicking off at 10am PT / 1pm ET, Apple is expected to use the event to announce a new video streaming service as well as a new news subscription service built on the bones of Textur…

Apple announces news subscription service, Apple News+

Apple News is getting into the subscription business. At Monday's Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, the company announced a new subscription service called Apple News Plus (or, Apple News+). Tim Cook positioned the service as a way to get ac…

Apple announces a premium news service for $9.99 per month

Apple unveils its $9.99 per month news subscription service, Apple News+ Apple today unveiled a revamped Apple News app which now includes a premium tier called Apple News+, offering access to over 300 magazines and newspapers for $9.99 per month. At launch, the subscription includes magazine titles like Bon Appétit, People and Gl…

Apple’s news subscription service doesn’t have a lot of news

If Apple News is supposed to be the digital equivalent of a newsstand, there’s still a big piece missing: newspapers. It’s a strange weak point in the service, and one that could seriously jeopardize Cook’s goal of building an all-in-one location for reading …

Facebook can't find enough local news for its local news service

Facebook hoped to help people across the US stay more informed about local news, information and events when it launched its Today In feature in November. But Facebook says it's having trouble finding enough news to feed into the service -- in part because it…

Mozilla partners with news subscription service Scroll to build an ad-free internet

Scroll is an upcoming news subscription service that promises to let you read all your favorite news websites, ad-free in exchange for a monthly fee. The service already has some big names in media onboard (including Buzzfeed, Gizmodo Media Group, and Vox Med…

NBC’s free news-streaming service, NBC News Now, will launch in May

NBC’s free news streaming service, NBC News Now, will launch in May NBC will launch a free, streaming news service called NBC News Now in early May, which will include eight hours of daily programming and live hourly updated. The service, which was announced by NBC News President Noah Oppenheim at SXSW this weekend, will riva…

Maybe Facebook's Seldom-Clicked Watch Tab Isn't the Future of News

In June, Facebook’s head of news partnerships announced that the social network was going to fund news shows for its Watch video service. “Watch is the destination on Facebook where people come together around video,” said Campbell Brown in a blog post. Flas…

How to Give Someone Really, Really Bad News

There are bad phone calls, and then, there are really bad phone calls, like the ones in which you’re forced to give someone news that a loved one was in an accident or worse—they’ve died. Read more...

Duterte signs expanded maternity leave into law

| News | GMA News Online - GMA News | News | GMA News Online GMA News Duterte signs expanded maternity leave law ABS-CBN News Duterte signs into law longer maternity leave benefits INQUIRER.net Duterte signs law giving mothers 3 months of paid lea…

You Can Read the New York Times for Free in California

On Tuesday, the New York Times announced its content will be entirely free to anyone carrying a library card in California. Here’s how to access the news as easily as you access sunshine, Californians. Read more...

Google Threatens Pulling News From EU as Disastrous Copyright Legislation Flounders

The European Union has spent the last year working on a controversial overhaul of its copyright laws and was scheduled to finalize the proposal on Monday. Lawmakers failed to come to an agreement and the legislation is stalled for the time being, but that has…

N.Y. Today: Bad News and Good News About the News

New York Today: A local paper in Queens is the latest to struggle, while a news nonprofit is hiring high-profile reporters. Also: a Christmas song is born.