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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 C.

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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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This latest WhatsApp update allows you to block contacts from adding you to any groups

The latest WhatsApp update gives control over their contacts from adding them to groups. This feature will soon roll out globally for Android and iOS users.

Oct 24, 2019

By Krishna Prasad

Suicide bombing or deadly snakes? Pakistani singer Rabi Pirzada fantasises killing Indian PM Modi

In her latest freak-out on the social media, Pak singer Rabi Pirzada wishes if she could be the suicide bomber who would kill Indian PM Narendra Modi

Oct 23, 2019

By Jacob J

Gojek CEO Nadiem Makarim resigns to join Indonesia cabinet; to head digital economy ministry?

Besides the digital business background, Makarim also has a political background. His grandfather was an Indonesian independence hero

Oct 21, 2019

By Jacob J

This latest feature of Instagram allows you to control the data sharing with third-party apps

Instagram's latest feature allows users to have authority over the data they are sharing with third-party apps.

Oct 17, 2019

By Krishna Prasad

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

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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

Facebook

YouTube removes robot fighting video by mistake, alleges display of animal cruelty

The said video makers were accused of airing videos containing scenes that deliberately display animal cruelty.

Aug 25, 2019

By Leah Yecla

Singapore: Man posts intellectually disabled woman's nude photo online with nasty comment

FaceApp poses security risks; viral app can be used by 'Russia'

The policy of using the app states that it can actually collect and store information from your mobile device and use it in the future for marketing purposes.

Jul 18, 2019

By Lorraine Lorenzo