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Technology Published 09 Nov, 2022 06:03pm

Facebook owner Meta to lay off 11,000 staff

Tech industry is in a serious slump and several major firms have announced mass layoffs

Technology Published 31 Oct, 2022 10:07pm

Instagram looking into outage as thousands of accounts ‘suspended’

Shares of Meta were trading nearly 5% lower

Technology Published 11 Oct, 2022 07:50pm

Russia adds Meta to ‘terrorist and extremist’ groups list

Facebook and Instagram have been inaccessible in Russia since March

Technology Published 07 Oct, 2022 05:21pm

Meta warns of password stealing phone apps

Meta has identified more than 400 "malicious"

Technology Published 06 Sep, 2022 12:53pm

Irish watchdog fines Instagram 405m euros for breaching regulations on handling children’s data

Probe centred on 'appropriateness' of profile, account settings

Technology Published 02 Sep, 2022 02:16pm

Meta, Qualcomm strike agreement on custom virtual reality chips

Financial terms not disclosed.

Technology Published 16 Jul, 2022 05:40pm

Facebook owner Meta releases first human rights report

Report includes summary of a controversial human rights impact assessment of India

Technology Published 23 Jun, 2022 11:54am

Google agrees to pay for Wikipedia content

Wikipedia, one of the world’s most visited websites, Google has agreed to pay Wiki­pedia for content

Technology Published 22 Jun, 2022 01:44pm

Meta and other tech giants form metaverse standards body, without Apple

Metaverse Standards Forum include many of the biggest companies working in the space

Technology Published 20 Jun, 2022 01:12pm

New Instagram to look like TikTok?

No news on how new algorithm will function

Technology Published 16 Jun, 2022 04:53pm

Meta, Google, Twitter vow to fight fake news better as EU gets tougher

More than 30 signatories have committed to the updated Code of Practice on disinformation: European Commission

Technology Published 16 Jun, 2022 11:32am

YouTube Shorts touts 1.5 bn users, taking on TikTok

YouTube Shorts went live less than two years ago, adding videos of no longer than 60 seconds

Technology Published 14 Jun, 2022 03:44pm

Instagram beefs up child protection measures

Young people were finding it hard to tear themselves away from the app

Technology Published 11 Jun, 2022 01:09pm

Meta’s Quest VR gear to let people ‘hang out’ in fake worlds

The software update will open a door to Horizon World virtual reality platform that Facebook-parent Meta opened to the public

Technology Published 02 Jun, 2022 09:58am

Key Facebook force Sheryl Sandberg steps down

Sandberg joined Facebook in 2008 when it was still just a startup, playing a formative role in its development

Must Read Published 19 May, 2022 05:20pm

Now you will be able to sneak out of WhatsApp groups

Don't want to offend your family but don't want to stay on a group chat? Say no more, WhatsApp is on it

Technology Published 16 May, 2022 04:42pm

Facebook: from Harvard dorm to global phenomenon

Mark Zuckerberg sees Facebook as the future of the internet with 2.94 billion monthly users, as Facebook is the biggest social media platform and a habit of the masses

Science Published 15 Apr, 2022 11:16am

Musk makes $43b offer for Twitter to build 'arena for free speech'

Social media company says it is evaluating Musk's offer

Technology Published 22 Mar, 2022 11:28pm

EU in final push for Big Tech crackdown

EU lawmakers put the final touches on a new law that would impact Google, Meta, Apple and Amazon

Technology Published 21 Mar, 2022 06:29pm

Russia's security service urges immediate Meta ban

The court considers a request by prosecutors to designate Meta as an "extremist" organisation

Technology Published 11 Mar, 2022 09:12am

Facebook eases rules to allow violent speech against 'Russian invaders'

'We still won't allow credible calls for violence against Russian civilians,' says Facebook's parent company Meta

Technology Published 01 Mar, 2022 05:58pm

Google, Meta face penalties in Russia as deadline passes to open local offices

Russian legislation obliges foreign social media companies to open local offices

Science Published 16 Feb, 2022 04:47pm

Meta agrees $90m settlement in Facebook privacy suit

Suit alleged social media giant violated privacy guidelines by tracking its users' visits to outside web pages

Science Published 11 Feb, 2022 11:40am

Telework in metaverse precursors already a reality

Weiser spends 25 to 35 hours each week working with Oculus VR gear on his head in his home in the city of Cincinnati

Must Read Published 07 Feb, 2022 05:57pm

Unreal demand? Irregular sales worth billions fire up wild NFT market

Top 27 most expensive recorded sales across the whole NFT industry in January, totalling $1.3b, came from just two wallets transacting on LooksRare

Science Published 03 Feb, 2022 05:09pm

Meta's miss creates Big Tech divide: who's got the data

Meta says macroeconomic issues like supply-chain disruptions and inflation contributed to the earnings miss