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Livestreaming on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube needs radical change

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Commentary: As the tragedy in New Zealand shows, livestreaming has become a nightmare.

  • Date March 15, 2019
  • Tags analysis, cnet, commentary, facebook, internet, politics, social issues, television

VR’s missing link? A killer app that convinces us to buy in

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Facebook, Sony, Microsoft and many others have bought in on virtual reality. You likely haven’t, and it’s starting to show.

  • Date September 24, 2018
  • Tags cnet, consoles, facebook, playstation, politics, scoops, videogames, virtual reality

This is not your father’s Microsoft

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CEO Satya Nadella knew the culture at the world’s largest software maker needed a fix. Employees and investors are sold. Now he’s got to convince the rest of us

  • Date August 20, 2018
  • Tags analysis, cnet, interview, politics, scoops, xbox

The answer to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube’s problems with Infowars? Transparency

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Commentary: The only way these companies can fix this mess is to be open and honest with all of us about what’s going on. Why is that so hard?

  • Date August 16, 2018
  • Tags analysis, cnet, commentary, facebook, internet, politics, social issues

Microsoft’s obsession with Windows is ending, and I couldn’t be happier

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Commentary: It’s all about AI and the web now.

  • Date May 11, 2018
  • Tags analysis, cnet, commentary, internet, politics

Mark Zuckerberg apologized. Now he has to fix Facebook for real

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Facebook’s CEO defiantly refuses to let Russian propaganda, the Cambridge Analytica scandal or hate-spewing trolls ruin his creation. We’ll see how that turns out.

  • Date May 4, 2018
  • Tags analysis, cnet, facebook, internet, politics, social issues

Congress isn’t ready to regulate Facebook, but it wants to

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Facebook’s CEO was told testifying before Congress was a make-or-break moment. While he escaped unscathed, Congress still wants to act.

  • Date April 18, 2018
  • Tags analysis, cnet, facebook, international, internet, politics, social issues

Zuckerberg takes Facebook data apology tour to Washington

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The creator of the world’s largest social network is testifying at two congressional hearings this week. The crux: Can we trust Facebook?

  • Date April 10, 2018
  • Tags analysis, cnet, facebook, legal, politics, social issues, television

Trump’s national anthem Twitter feud with the NFL changed the game

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A tweetstorm from Trump drew attention to players protesting by kneeling during the national anthem. Will that happen at the Super Bowl?

  • Date February 4, 2018
  • Tags analysis, cnet, entertainment, internet, politics, social issues, television

Twitter, what the hell with all the harassment?

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Commentary: The social network has changed the face of media and politics, but does it take harassment seriously enough? Let’s ask CEO Jack Dorsey — together.

  • Date October 2, 2017
  • Tags analysis, cnet, commentary, facebook, legal, politics, social issues

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