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Meta fined $101.5 million for 2019 breach involving Facebook passwords
London: Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Friday fined Meta 91 million euros (around $101.5 million) for 2019 breach that exposed hundreds of millions of Facebook passwords. The Irish regulator announced its…
- Technology
Global VR headset shipments drop 4 pc in Q2, Meta leads
New Delhi: Global virtual reality (VR) headset shipments fell 4 per cent in the April-June quarter (Q2), primarily due to a sharp drop in Sony’s PlayStation VR2 shipments, a report said on…
- Hyderabad
Meta partners with Telangana govt on e-gov, citizen services leveraging AI tech
New Delhi: Social media giant Meta on Thursday announced a two-year partnership with the Telangana government aimed at enhancing e-governance and citizen services using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. According to a release,…
- India
Meta suspends OpIndia’s Instagram account, reinstates later
Meta on Thursday temporarily suspended the Instagram account of right-wing news outlet Opindia on charges of violating its policy. The suspension was reinstated shortly after. The exact reasons for the suspension were…
- India
Breaking free from digital dominance of West: Case for Indian-owned messaging platform
New Delhi: In an article written by Rebecca Kern published in Politico in 2024, it was alleged that WhatsApp had been operating for over eight months worldwide without explicit election-disinformation policies. While…
- Technology
Meta’s Llama Impact Grants programme launched in India
New Delhi: Tech giant Meta on Thursday launched its Llama Impact Grants programme in India, to extend access to the opportunities of artificial intelligence (AI) to more organisations around the world. The…
- Technology
India becomes largest market for Meta AI usage: Mark Zuckerberg
New Delhi: Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that India is now their largest market for artificial intelligence (AI) usage. In the Q2 earnings call with analysts, Zuckerberg said they…
- Business
Meta rolls out ‘verified subscription’ plans for businesses in India
Mumbai: Meta on Wednesday introduced verified subscription plans for businesses on Facebook and Instagram in India. The Meta Verified for businesses will offer them with a verified badge, enhanced account support, impersonation…
- Business
WhatsApp’s new feature to help users stay safe in group messaging
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday rolled out a new feature that will help users stay safe in group messaging. This has already started rolling out to users and will be available…
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Meta purged over 21 mn pieces of bad content on FB, Insta in India in May
New Delhi: Meta said that it took down over 15.6 million pieces of bad content across 13 policies for Facebook and more than 5.8 million pieces of objectionable content across 12 policies…
- Business
Tech MSMEs in India eager to harness AI’s full potential: Nasscom-Meta
New Delhi: In India, 94 per cent of tech micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) acknowledge artificial intelligence’s (AI) ability to drive business growth while 87 per cent of them showed confidence…
- Business
WhatsApp soon lets you dial numbers to place calls directly from app
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new in-app dialer feature that will allow users to make calls directly from the app. According to WABetaInfo, users will not need to…
- Technology
Meta’s Threads launches API for developers
New Delhi: Meta on Tuesday launched its much-awaited API (Application Programming Interface) for Threads so developers can build experiences around it. The development was also shared by Meta Founder and CEO Mark…
- World
Facebook hit with fresh user data leak, claim researchers
New Delhi: Cybersecurity researchers have reported an alleged data leak involving at least one lakh users of Facebook which appeared on a data breach forum. The team from New Delhi-based non-profit organisation…
- Technology
Meta under fire for using personal data to train AI models
New Delhi: Eleven complaints were filed against Meta (formerly Facebook) in European countries on Thursday over proposed changes that would allow the company to use personal data to train its artificial intelligence…
