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

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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

Companies

Wikipedia founder Larry Sanger flays Facebook for profiting with user data

Sanger also expressed anguish at the way internet's evolution was handled in the last two decades ever since he set up Wikipedia up in 2001.

Jul 7, 2019

By Kalyan Kumar

Technology

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter encounter technical issues worldwide

Major social media networks such as Twitter, Facebook and messaging services have faced frequent issues in recent months.

Jul 4, 2019

By Wesley Dockery

Technology

Russia Demands Tinder Hand Over User Data, As Crackdown On Social Media Continues

Tinder is a popular dating mobile app where people looking for dates swipe left or right on the profiles of other users in order to indicate their romantic preferences.

Jun 18, 2019

By Wesley Dockery

Social Media

Facebook may unveil its cryptocurrency on June 18; Bitcoin fans unfazed

Facebook plans to make the cryptocurrency transferrable with zero fees via Facebook products including Messenger and WhatsApp.

Jun 9, 2019

By Prathapan Bhaskaran

Mark zuckerberg

Technology

Independent foundation to manage facebook's cryptocurrency, may debut in June

Mark Zuckerberg, met the Bank of England governor, Mark Carney, last month to discuss the opportunities and risks of launching the cryptocurrency.

Jun 7, 2019

By Nandika Chand

Mark zuckerberg

Companies

Hand over data privacy records: US judge tells Facebook

The irony is that Facebook argues that privacy doesn't actually exist on Facebook.

Jun 1, 2019

By IANS

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Society

Seriously look at breaking up Facebook: Kamala Harris

Apart from presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, another Democratic candidate, Senator Elizabeth Warren had also stressed upon the possibility of breaking up Facebook.

May 13, 2019

By IANS

Social Media

Mark Zuckerberg rejects call to break up Facebook

In an opinion piece in The New York Times on Thursday, Hughes said the government must hold Mark (Zuckerberg) accountable.

May 12, 2019

By IANS

Facebook celebrates Mother's Day with temporary reactions of a flower

Social Media

Facebook sues South Korean firm over data misuse

The lawsuit alleged that Rankwave abused Facebook's developer platform's data and refused to cooperate.

May 11, 2019

By IANS

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