News Around the Globe
By Vega Facebook is quietly moving forward with a controversial plan to merge the messaging features of its Messenger and Instagram platforms. US Instagram users over the weekend were met …
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By Vega It’s looking like Big Tech isn’t going back to the office anytime soon. Facebook this week announced it will allow its employees to work from home until next …
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By Manskar Facebook has inked deals with music giants that will let its billions of users watch hit music videos alongside viral cat clips and political rants, company officials said. …
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By Elissa A day after their leaders faced five hours of interrogation in Congress over allegations their power and influence is out of control, four of the biggest American tech …
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By Vega Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is turning up the heat on TikTok. The campaign this week ran ads on Facebook claiming that the wildly popular, Chinese-owned social-media app is …
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By Vega Google’s advertising business is experiencing a major slowdown due to the coronavirus-battered travel industry. The search giant will see its ad revenue drop for the first time in …
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By Vega A former adviser to Steve Jobs has joined the Facebook pile-on, accusing the social networking giant of failing to better police incendiary posts and misinformation because that keeps its …
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By Vega Facebook on Friday announced that it had acquired the massive animated-image database Giphy in a deal that’s worth a reported $400 million. New York-based Giphy — whose trove …
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By Garger Facebook will pay content moderators who are tasked with repeatedly monitoring graphic material on its platform $52 million as part of a class-action lawsuit settlement. The social media …
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By Manskar WhatsApp has put new restrictions on forwarded messages in an effort to clamp down on misinformation about the coronavirus. Users can now forward certain messages to only one …
Read More By Vega Facebook Inc’s Instagram said on Tuesday it would remove coronavirus-related content and accounts from recommendations and its “explore” option, unless posted by or belonging to credible health organizations. …
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By Manskar Facebook plans to give all its employees $1,000 bonuses to support them during the coronavirus pandemic, the company said. The cash will go to full-time employees who are …
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By Nicolas The coronavirus is rattling big tech, with Facebook, Twitter and Intel all pulling out of this month’s South by Southwest festival and Google canceling its annual developers conference. …
Read More By Vega This job is the pits! Communications employees at social networking giant Facebook routinely blow-dry CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s armpits before big speeches, a new book claims. Zuckerberg — who …
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By Nicolas The coronavirus has a new victim: the world’s largest phone show. Mobile World Congress (MWC) — the annual convention where smartphone makers from around the world come to …
Read More By Crothers It should not come as a great shock that Facebook tracks your online behavior and partners with companies to target you with ads. But reigning in what Facebook …
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By Manskar Facebook plans to take down posts spreading false claims and conspiracy theories about the deadly coronavirus in an unusually aggressive effort to tackle misinformation. The social media giant …
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By Noah Facebook and eBay pledged Wednesday to more aggressively tackle scammers trading fake and misleading product reviews in new agreements with British regulators. The companies have cracked down on …
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By Noah Facebook has rejected Attorney General William Barr’s plea for the social media giant to help law enforcement officials more easily access encrypted messages. Giving authorities a “back door” …
Read More By Tamar So much for sharing those Thanksgiving photos. Facebook and Instagram seemed to experience major outages on Thursday, affecting thousands of users worldwide. Reports of Facebook going down shot …
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