After weeks of reports that the company was working to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its privacy practices, the two parties have finally come to an agreement. The Wall Street Journal reports that commissioners voted to approve a $5 billion settlement — something Facebook had already accounted for for the social network […]
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has some advice for most Facebook users: Delete your account. “You should figure a way to get off Facebook.” That’s the advice Apple co-founder Steve ‘Woz’ Wozniak offers, warning that technology firms are invading our privacy now more than ever. His solution? Let people pay to keep their data more secure […]
Facebook had problems loading images, videos, and other data across its apps yesterday, leaving some people unable to load photos in the Facebook News Feed, view stories on Instagram, or send messages in WhatsApp. Facebook said it was aware of the issues and was “working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.” […]
Users across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have reported issues with parts of the social media giant’s suite of apps. Many took to rival platform Twitter to highlight the problem, which seems to be preventing images and videos from loading properly. Facebook said it was working to resolve the error as the hashtag #instagramdown began to […]
Facebook evacuated four buildings at its Menlo Park, Calif., campus Monday after equipment at the company’s mail-processing facility detected a package that might have contained sarin, a potentially lethal nerve agent, according to reports. Two individuals may have been exposed to sarin but are not currently showing signs or symptoms of exposure, Reuters reported, citing […]
WhatsApp is testing a feature that will allow users to share their Status posts to Facebook and other services, according to The Verge. WhatsApp won’t require users to directly link their Facebook account to the chat app in order to port their Status to their Story. Instead, the transfer is made via the data-sharing API […]
Instagram is introducing ads into its Explore section, continuing the trend of making the app more like its parent company’s main platform, Facebook. Instagram announced on Wednesday that it will launch ads in its Explore section “slowly and thoughtfully” in the months to come. Explore is the part of the app where Instagram suggests content […]
A consortium of 40 tech companies, including the likes of Facebook and Google, have come together to release a set of evaluation benchmarks for AI. The benchmarks which cover image recognition, object detection and voice translation are meant to help companies compare various AI tools to see which work best for them as they pursue […]
Facebook is testing the ability to turn off the crimson in-app notification dots that seem to pop up every time you check Facebook on your phone. According to app researcher and reverse-engineering expert Jane Manchun Wong, Facebook is currently testing the ability to turn on and off the red notification dots, known as badges, that […]
The Senate Banking Committee announced on Wednesday that it would hold a hearing on Facebook’s proposed Libra cryptocurrency. The social network’s plans for a new cryptocurrency and digital wallet app were immediately met with scepticism from regulators shortly after it was announced on Tuesday, with calls for it to be halted to allow regulators time […]
Facebook is finally ready to talk about its blockchain plans. After rumors and speculation, Facebook is finally making its cryptocurrency efforts official. This is Calibra, a digital wallet that will use a new cryptocurrency called Libra. Calibra, which is now a subsidiary of Facebook, is designed to “provide financial services that will enable people to […]
Facebook has secured some pretty big backers for Project Libra, according to The Wall Street Journal. PayPal, Uber, Visa and Mastercard are reportedly investing around $10 million each in the social network’s cryptocurrency. Other investors include Stripe and Booking.com. By agreeing to put money into the initiative, they’ve become part of a consortium created to […]
Facebook says its blood donation feature in India, Bangladesh, Brazil and Pakistan has been doing so well, over 35 million users have signed up to be donors. In India and Brazil, over 20 percent of the people who go to blood banks say their decision was influenced by the social network. Now, the company has […]
Facebook has been busy designing new variants of its Portal video chatting devices. According to the company’s Vice President of AR/VR, Andrew Bosworth, Facebook plans to unveil new Portal models this fall. Bosworth has made the announcement on stage at the Code Conference in Phoenix, where he told the audience that the social network is […]
Facebook won’t allow Huawei to pre-install its apps on smartphones anymore, Reuters is reporting. It’s the latest example of Western tech companies cutting ties with the beleaguered Chinese telecom giant after President Trump issued an effective trade ban against it. The decision won’t be as much of a blow to Huawei as Google and Arm […]