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Facebook Takes Out Full-Page Ads To Apologize

A few days ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg broke his silence and publicly announced his stance on the massive Cambridge Analytica scandal that...

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Security

Facebook Owns Android Users’ Call History And SMS Data

If you thought Facebook had access only to your profile data and friends list, think again. Android users have discovered their call...

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Misc

Elon Musk Deleted SpaceX And Tesla Facebook Pages

Update: Elon Musk did respond to the suggestion of deleting the companies’ Instagram accounts and responded in typical Musk fashion: Instagram’s probably...

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Security

Facebook Under Fire: Even WhatsApp Founder Says #deletefacebook

Hashtag of the year? #deletefacebook, for sure! Believe it or not, WhatsApp creator Brian Acton has just joined the movement against the...

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Misc

Facebook Gives Up The Explore Feed Experiment

In recent months, Facebook has experimented with changes on their platform to combat clickbait publishers and to find different ways of expressing user’s...

facebook stories news feed algorithm change

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Misc

Facebook News Feed Could Be Replaced By Stories, Says Mark Zuckerberg

The iconic Facebook news feed could soon be replaced by Facebook Stories, the 24h then gone images posted by friends and brands...

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Security

Facebook Can Find You In Photos You’re Not Tagged In

Facebook announced that it would start employing its AI to find pictures of users where they haven’t been tagged properly in order...

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Smart Life

Facebook To Punish Pages With “Engagement Bait” Posts

Facebook continues its crusade against spammers, businesses that only “ask” and hardly ever give back. This time, Zuckerberg and his team are...

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Security

Facebook Rolls Out Messenger Kids, A Safer Chat App For Youngsters Under 13

After issues like cyber-bullying or online sexual harassment, Facebook is trying to make youngsters’ social media lives safer. That’s a big part...

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Future

Facebook AI Help Tool For Users With Suicidal Thoughts Rolls Out Outside US

For months now, Facebook has been using its artificial intelligence program to filter posts for suicidal thoughts. In just one month, CEO...

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Gaming

Facebook Announces Oculus Go, A $199 Standalone VR Headset

As appealing as virtual reality is, few of us are actually ready to invest in hardware meant to bring that type of...

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Smart Life

Microsoft And Facebook Plant A 160-Terabits-Per-Second Cable Across Atlantic

Microsoft, Facebook and Telxius have just finished setting up the highest capacity cable under the Atlantic Ocean. To get an idea of...

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Future

Facebook AI Learned How To React Like A Human

Facebook’s artificial intelligence algorithm is getting closer and closer to passing that uncanny valley. Recently, researchers proved that their bot could not...