With fake news being a scourge on the Internet, Google has joined Facebook in vowing to weed it out from its roots. Google will now prohibit fake news websites from using its ad-selling software, which will obviously discourage publishers from setting up fake news websites. #marketing #ads #publishing
Mozilla Firefox is still used by a number of people and its popularity hasn’t waned. Firefox 50.0 comes with built-in emojis, but no significant improvements from its predecessors. An interesting feature of this update is that it shows lock icon strikethrough for certain pages whose password fields are not secure. #developer
Linux isn’t as secure as we might all have been believing, according to this news report. A new vulnerability in cryptsetup can allow attackers to retrieve root rescue shell. Once this happens, the attacker can copy, edit or destroy a hard disk. #security
Facebook’s ad metrics are in trouble again. The social giant made it public that it has uncovered several more miscalculated metrics with respect to consumer behavior in response to published content. To address this issue, Facebook will begin to allow third-party measurement companies like Nielsen to track its metrics. #analytics
If you thought Microsoft and Linux didn’t go along very well, think again. The technology giant made its decision to join Linux Foundation public recently. It will join as a high-paying Platinum member and it also underscores the new found importance that Linux has garnered in recent months. #corporate
