10 matters in tech you want to recognize these days

1. Facebook is doing a $6 billion (£four.eight billion)
stock buyback. It said the repurchase software will go into impact inside the first zone of 2017 and does not have a set expiration date.

2. BuzzFeed is raising another $two hundred million (£161 million) at the identical valuation it had closing 12 months. Recode suggested that the investment might come from NBCUniversal, making the organisation's investment in BuzzFeed general $400 million (£323 million).

3. facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a put up on Friday explaining what the enterprise is doing to fight the spread of faux news. He said the enterprise is experimenting with including warnings to stories that have been flagged as faux.

four. Amazon is going to promote motors on-line. Fiat Chrysler will sell three fashions — the 500, the 500L, and the Panda — on Amazon's Italian website at a charge that is up to 30% less expensive than other dealerships.

5. music piracy site What.cd has been close down. French media has mentioned that police in France seized servers belonging to the website online.

6. Google plans to remove the "inside the news" segment from its laptop search following complaint of the spread of faux information. it will be replaced with the aid of a carousel of "pinnacle stories" similar to what now exists on cellular.

7. Hyperloop One has settled its lawsuit with former personnel. Brogan BamBrogan, co-founder and former chief era officer, and numerous other personnel sued the employer.

8. Facebook is killing off its Atlas ad server (but maintaining the relaxation of it). The news comes  months after commercial enterprise Insider revealed facebook had shifted Atlas from its advert tech division into its "advertising and marketing sciences organization".

9. Apple design guru Jony Ive designed a Christmas tree with none decorations. Claridge's famous Christmas tree seems as an alternative minimalist this yr.

10. Facebook will rent 500 additional personnel within the united kingdom in 2017. it is starting a brand new headquarters in London.