fake news: false news stories, often of a sensational nature, created to be widely shared online for the purpose of generating ad revenue via web traffic or discrediting a public figure, political ...

TMZ got the news up first, 3:30 p.m. ET. Dick Clark was dead at 82, felled by a “massive heart attack.” Because I follow TMZ on Twitter, I got the newsbreak at 3:31. Because a lot of the ...

Facebook and Google, two of the world's most powerful internet giants, have taken a hit over fake news. That could mean some soul-searching is in order.

Maybe it’s time to acknowledge tech companies will never be able to eradicate, or even stem the tide, of fake news, data and facts. But that doesn’t mean there’s no hope.

The future of the journalism relies heavily on understanding the ways people consume news online. But mastering that information is challenging. Behavior is changing quickly, and the metrics can be ...