Facebook Confirms Using a ‘Trustworthiness Scale’ to Rate Users Facebook has confirmed media reports that it has started scoring at least some of its users on a trustworthiness scale. The tech giant said that the system, which rates users from a scale of zero to one, was introduced as one of the ways to reduce theproliferation of fake newson its platform. The company, however, declined to reveal how the score is calculated or the limitations in its use....

Facebook Deletes 652 Fake Accounts For ‘Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior’ Facebook has removed 652 fake accounts for “coordinated inauthentic behaviour” that originated in Iran and Russia and targeted people across multiple Internet services in the Middle East, Latin America, Britain and the US. According to Facebook, some of the fake Pages, groups and accounts originated in Iran and some in Russia.“We’re still investigating, and we have shared what we know with the US and UK governments....

Flipkart Acquires AI Speech Recognition Startup Liv.Ai to Boost Voice-Based Shopping India’s leading e-tailer Flipkart has acquired artificial intelligence (AI)-led speech recognition startup Liv.ai to solve the language-barrier problem for its customers across the country. “Acquisition of Liv.ai positions us to solve the language barrier problem for adoption of e-commerce as the startup has developed speech-to-text platform in nine Indian languages,”said the retail giant Walmart-owned e-commerce firm in a statement here....

Flipkart Conducts Survey To Know What Users Want in Their Next Smartphone Suppose you’re looking for a new smartphone, what would be some of the most important features for you? Is it a taller display, premium glass build, or the 3.5mm headphone jack? Flipkart is on the quest to learn all about your preferences, and is currently conducting what it calls the largest smartphone survey of its kind on its mobile app....

Flipkart Launches 2GUD Platform for Selling Refurbished Phones, Laptops and More Flipkart purchased eBay India back in May and a month later,shut it downwith the goal of launching a ‘new platform’ for selling refurbished or used goods in the country. And today, Flipkart has launched its own independent platform for selling refurbished goods called2GUD. The 2GUDwebsitehas already gone live for mobile devices, however, a desktop version and a standalone app will be launched soon....

Get These Awesome Xbox Games at Huge Discount on the Microsoft Store The Xbox Live sale is back, and this month’s edition is chock full of hit Xbox titles which are currently available at huge discounts. Batman: Arkham Knight, Need for Speed Payback and Injustice 2 are among the games which you can grab right now at a fraction of their regular prices, alongside huge discounts on add-ons. However, you must hurry as the Xbox Live sales fest expires 5 days from now....

Google Assistant Will Now Brighten Up Your Day By Reading Out Good News To brighten up your day as you wade through a sea of bad news, Google Assistant will now deliver curated good news – stories about people who are solving real-life problems across the world.“Tell me something good”is a new experimental feature, currently available for Assistant users in the US. Just say“Hey Google, tell me something good”to receive your daily dose of good news, Google said in a statement on Tuesday....