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‘An Ugly Truth’ unveils Facebook’s battle for dominion
New Delhi: Close on the heels of media reports on the Pegasus project that some 300 Indians were targeted using spyware capable of extracting data from a phone, comes a riveting book…
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Facts tell a different story on Covid misinformation, FB tells Biden
San Francisco: After US President Joe Biden said that social media platforms like Facebook are “killing people” with Covid-19 misinformation, the social network giant has replied saying that facts tell a very…
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Facebook is ‘killing people’ with Covid misinformation: Biden
San Francisco: US President Joe Biden has hit out at Facebook again, saying that such social media platforms are allowing Covid vaccine misinformation to spread and are “killing people”. In an interaction…
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Facebook records 38.2% increase in people of colour as leaders
San Francisco: Facebook said that it has achieved a 38.2 per cent increase in Black leaders due to strong recruiting and increased focus on retaining top talent across the company in the last…
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Netflix to expand into video games, hires new executive
Washington: OTT platform Netflix will now be expanding into video games, and for that, the company has hired Mike Verdu, a former Facebook and Electronic Arts executive, as its new vice president…
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Banned 2 mn accounts in India: WhatsApp report on new IT rules
New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Thursday filed its first monthly grievance redressal report as required under India’s new IT norms, saying it banned two million accounts in India alone from the May 15-June…
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FB plans to invest $1 bn to empowering creators
San Francisco: Facebook has announced that it is planning to invest over $1 billion in programmes that give creators new ways to earn money for the content they create on Facebook and Instagram.…
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Instagram gets new Security Checkup tool to secure users
New Delhi: Facebook on Tuesday launched a new feature called Security Checkup on Instagram that will guide people, whose accounts may have been hacked, through the steps needed to secure them. This…
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WhatsApp for iOS working on new call experience
San Francisco: Facebook-owned WhatsApp has released version 2.21.140.11 beta on TestFlight, which brings a new call interface and a few more tweaks to this function. According to WABetaInfo, when WhatsApp beta testers make…
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WhatsApp working on image, video quality options
San Francisco: Facebook-owned WhatsApp is working on two new features that might allow users to send images and videos in ‘best quality’. WABetaInfo reported that the two features are currently in development for…
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Apple rejects FB report that claims default apps dominate platforms
San Francisco: Apple has rejected a new Facebook-commissioned study that claimed that Apple and Google’s pre-installed apps dominate key categories, making it harder for third-party developers to compete. The study by US-based…
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Global VR headset market grows over 52%, Facebook leads
San Francisco: Led by Facebook, the global shipments of virtual reality (VR) headsets grew 52.4 per cent (year over year) in the first quarter of 2021, according to a new IDC report. Standalone…
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Facebook testing Twitter-like ‘threads’ feature
New Delhi: Facebook is reportedly testing a threads feature, just like Twitter, on Pages of some public figures that will provide them the ability to create posts related to previous ones on…
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Twitter, Google, FB pledge to protect women online
Paris: Tech firms like Twitter, Google, Facebook and TikTok have committed to tackle online abuse and enhance security for women on their respective platforms. The pledge came after consultations with the World…
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WhatsApp rolling out ‘view once’ mode to Android beta testers
New Delhi: Facebook-owned WhatsApp is rolling out a new “View Once” mode for Android beta testers that wipes photos and videos as soon as you view and dismiss them. The company’s top executives…
