Facebook’s ongoing attempt to reckon with its impact on civil life continued today with the company acknowledging that its platform is not always good for democracy. In a set of blog posts published as part of its “Hard Questions” series, Facebook execs and outside experts assess the company’s impact on elections, partisan politics, and fake news. As ever, Facebook tempers its self-criticism. For example, referring to “the damage that the internet can do to even a well-functioning democracy” (our emphasis), rather than damage caused by Facebook specifically.

Facebook has made public its plan to prioritize news sources deemed to be more trustworthy on its News Feed.

The company, which has more than 2 billion monthly users, said its members, not experts or Facebook executives, would determine how news outlets rank in terms of trustworthiness based on the use of surveys from users.

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday that Facebook Inc will prioritize “trustworthy” news in its feed of social media posts, using member surveys to identify high-quality outlets and fight sensationalism and misinformation.

The chief executive charted the shakeup in a post on Facebook, saying that starting next week the News Feed, the company’s centerpiece product, would prioritize “high quality news” over less trusted sources.

YouTube is committed to pushing tougher requirements on video publishers who desire to make profit from its platform as it reinforces Advert payment rules.

The Google-owned service revealed that its staff will manually review all clips before they are added to a premium service that pairs big brand advertisers with popular content.

The decision was hinged on the heels of series of advertiser boycotts and a controversial vlog which featured an apparent suicide victim.

Mark Mulligan, from the consultancy Midia Research said "Google presents the impression of acting reactively rather than proactively," "It needs to get better at acting faster."

Amazon Go, in Seattle on Monday opens its first supermarket without checkout convenience, human or self-service as purchases are billed to cutomers' credit cards as they leave the store.

The move which could revolutionise the way shoppers make purchases will most likely make the dreaded supermarket queue a thing of the past and give any retailer a huge advantage over its competitors.

Basically, customers download an app which allows monitoring and tracking of their every move in real time, as they go on picking up whatever they want from the inventory, and then walk right out the door without anyone stopping them.

Fitbit Coach, has launched its personal training app on Microsoft’s Xbox One videogame console and other Windows 10 PCs, allowing customers to follow guided audio and video workouts in the comfort of their homes.

The company announced in a recent blog post that, the app which comes with additional features provided by Fitbit wearables costs $39.99 annually.

The personal training app is a rebranded version of the FitStar service, which Fitbit acquired in 2015 for roughly $25 million.

Androids users could get a little boost for their secure files as Truecaller introduces Backup for Android, a feature that will simplify users moving their files to a new phone or SIM card.

Truecaller's Public Relations Agent made the disclosure in a statement in Lagos on Monday, adding that the company achieves this by securely backing-up users contacts, calendar events and settings one Google Drive.

"Each day, hundreds of thousands of Truecaller subscribers are switching to new devices and are getting new SIM cards, resetting their phones or in general having to start their Truecaller journey a new."