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WhatsApp rolls out fingerprint lock for Androids

Technology

Pegasus spyware effect? WhatsApp introduces fingerprint lock for Android phones

The users who install the new version of the WhatsApp messaging application will have to scan a fingerprint to open the application

Oct 31, 2019

By Soumya Thomas

Social Media

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unlikely to buy Twitter CEO's challenge to ban political ads, here's why?

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has defended his decision to allow politicians to spread false information on its social media platform.

Oct 31, 2019

By Manthan Chheda

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Technology

Facebook agrees to pay fine for involvement in Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook has been found guilty of failing to safeguard users' data, by allowing Cambridge Analytica to harvest data of more than 87 million people worldwide without their consent

Oct 31, 2019

By Soumya Thomas

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Jack Dorsey, CEO of Square and CEO of Twitter, speaks during an interview

Politics

Twitter bans all political ads on its platform, leaving Facebook a tough choice

Twitter's chief financial officer tweeted separately on Wednesday that the microblogging site made less than $3 million from political ads in 2018.

Oct 31, 2019

By Jacob J

Internet

Google launches 'Paper Phones' to help users overcome digital addiction

Tech giant Google said it launched a 'Paper Phone' application to tackle the menace of digital addiction among people.

Oct 30, 2019

By Soumya Thomas

Technology

Finally Apple allows users to delete Siri recordings in their iPhone devices

Now, with the latest update from Apple allow users to delete all their saved or stored recordings from Siri.

Oct 30, 2019

By Krishna Prasad

Technology

Facebook-owned Instagram pledges to ban images, posts related to self-harm and suicide

The Facebook-owned app announced that it will not allow users to post images such as memes, drawings and posters that depict the themes of self-harm and suicide.

Oct 29, 2019

By Soumya Thomas

Social Media

Facebook builds AI tool to trick facial recognition system and prevent privacy breach

Social media giant Facebook has rolled out a new tool that tricks the facial recognition system to wrongly identify a person in a video.

Oct 27, 2019

By Soumya Thomas

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Weird World

Mother slams school teacher after she paints bullet wound on her son's forehead

The woman was shocked to see his seven-year-old son with a bullet wound when she went to pick him up from drama school.

Oct 24, 2019

By Pinaz Kazi

$10-year-old girl makes a stand against an 'offensive' question on her school math test$ Society

Find who is heavier: 10-year-old marks maths question offensive, refuses to write answer

The Utah student says she doesn't want to judge people's weight. "This is offensive. Sorry I won't right this it's rood [sic]", she wrote.

Oct 14, 2019

By Pinaz Kazi

Social Media

Whatsapp to offer two new features, Self-destructing messages and Dark mode: How these help you

The Facebook-owned popular chat app company is coming up with new features. Some of these features are available various apps like Chrome, YouTube and a few others.

Oct 9, 2019

By Krishna Prasad

Technology

Instagram introduces its new chat app 'Threads' for close friends

Facebook came up with a new chat app for Instagram called "Threads". Now you can bring your close peers together and share the private moments of your life.

Oct 5, 2019

By Krishna Prasad

Technology

Deepfake master Hao Li says 'perfectly real' images to come soon; Will animation films don real faces now?

Deepfakes that seem "perfectly real" and hard to detect will appear within a few months, artist Hao Li has said.

Sep 22, 2019

By Priya Yadav

Mark zuckerberg

Tech & Trend

Facebook pushes smart glasses project with Rayban parent firm despite failed Google Glass

Facebook Reality Labs has teamed up with Rayban and Oakley's parent company, Luxottica, to bring its augmented reality (AR) glasses into reality.

Sep 19, 2019

By Mario Manlupig, Jr

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Technology

Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple to bare email, financial records in antitrust probe

Alphabet's Larry Page, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, and Apple's Tim Cook are given time until October 14 to file replies

Sep 18, 2019

By Mario Manlupig, Jr

Mark zuckerberg

Society

Singapore Deputy PM Heng complains against misleading Facebook post for spreading 'fake news'

As per the Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat, a picture of him shared on Facebook along with a post which he addressed as "fake news."

Aug 4, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Fake news

Business

Facebook and T-Hub announce AI startups shortlisted for India Innovation Accelerator Program

FBStart will also be available to the selected startups under the aegis of the program and will provide access to technical support, ad credits and credits for tools and services from dozens of premier partners.

Jul 17, 2019

By IBTimes SG Desk

Science

Millions sign up to storm Area 51 to see aliens but US Air Force warns 'invaders'

Nevada's Little A'Le'Inn hotel has been booked almost full on September 20 and guests have given reference to the Facebook event.

Jul 17, 2019

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Companies

US regulators approve $5 billion Facebook settlement over privacy issues

Investors cheered news of the deal and pushed Facebook shares up 1.8%, while several powerful Democratic lawmakers in Washington condemned the proposed penalty as inadequate.

Jul 14, 2019

By Reuters

Technology

Facebook Looking To Acquire Game Studios, Report Claims

By acquiring more studios and titles, Facebook just might be able to secure the Oculus VR's place in VR gaming for along time.

Jul 12, 2019

By Julio Cachila

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