Tag: tech companies
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Abuse survivor fears Facebook’s security plan leaves room for predators
An activist who was sexually abused as a child after being groomed online has urged Facebook to drop plans she says will weaken protections for vulnerable ... -
Metaverse – the reason Xi’s crackdown on China’s tech industry isn’t working
VSChina’s crackdown on tech companies grabbed global headlines last year, but it’s still too early to consider it the final nail in the coffin. President Xi ... -
Facebook Whistleblower to the Oireachtas Committee
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is set to call for an independent review by the Data Protection Commission when she appears before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on ... -
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announces tens of millions of dollars in climate tech funding
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the philanthropic organization founded by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, today pledged $44 million in funding for ... -
Charity boss casts doubt on Tories’ claim that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg could be jailed
MARK Zuckerberg could end up in jail if Facebook fails to comply with new online safety laws, Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has said – but the ... -
New study shows how fake reviews hurt consumers
BRIGHTON, England, 02 Feb. 28, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — New research from local SEO platform, BrightLocal, reveals that the prominence of fake consumer reviews on popular ... -
Mark Zuckerberg defies criticism with Meta’s latest board member
Mark Zuckerberg appears to be sending a message with the latest addition to Meta’s board: the company will continue to do things its own way – ... -
What hit WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook in India in 2021
2021 was a year that WhatsApp, Twitter and Facebook would prefer to forget given the controversy. Explosive confrontations and clashes between social media giants like WhatsApp, ... -
India to play an important role in building the metaverse: Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta
Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said India will play a huge role in building the metaverse. The company, formerly known as Facebook, changed its name ... -
Facebook’s user data approach takes a hit, IT News, ET CIO
Facebook’s approach to user data has just received a heavy blow from the European Court of Justice (ECJ). In response to a question from the highest ... -
Meta delays encrypted messages on Facebook and Instagram until 2023 | Meta
The owner of Facebook and Instagram is delaying plans to encrypt user messages until 2023 amid warnings from child safety activists that his proposals would protect ... -
New “from Meta” brand starts appearing on WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Messenger apps on Android and iOS
Previously, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger displayed the “Facebook” test at the bottom of the screen Facebook to Meta: The new ‘Meta’ branding has started to appear ... -
WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Facebook applications begin to display “Meta” brand
WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and other Facebook apps have started displaying the company’s new “Meta” brand on Android and iOS devices. The update comes a week after ... -
Some older devices will no longer support WhatsApp
At the end of October 2021, several news outlets published articles warning that WhatsApp users with older smartphones will not be able to use the popular ... -
Federal Trade Commission examines Facebook disclosures
WASHINGTON — Federal Trade Commission employees have begun investigating disclosures Facebook Inc. FB -3.92% internal research at the company had identified the harmful effects of its ... -
Frances Haugen: “I never wanted to be a whistleblower. But lives were in danger ‘| Facebook
TIt was not Frances Haugen’s plan A. The Facebook whistleblower says she doesn’t like being the center of attention, but what she saw while working for ... -
Tech billionaire helps Facebook whistleblower
Omidyar’s global philanthropic organization Luminate manages Haugen’s press and government relations in Europe, and his foundation last year donated $ 150,000 to Whistleblower Aid, the non-profit ... -
Mark Zuckerberg knows exactly how bad Facebook is
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg looks down as a break is requested during his testimony before a joint hearing of the Trade and Justice Committees in April ... -
Facebook’s Andy Stone makes enemies to please Mark Zuckerberg: Insiders
A spokesperson for Facebook’s “ax man†is making enemies of politicians and journalists as the company heats up in Washington – and insiders tell the Post ... -
Facebook should cancel Instagram Kids, not pause it – TechCrunch
Sean Herman is the CEO of Kinzoo, a children’s tech company based in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is the author of “Screen Captured: Helping Families Explore ... -
Facebook, Warby Parker, Merck: decisive actions for the week
Social media giants announced Monday that they would suspend plans for Instagram Kids after lawmakers worried about the platform’s impact on the mental health of young ... -
Facebook to face Senate grill over Instagram’s effects on teens
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers took on Facebook on Thursday, harshly questioning one of its leaders about Instagram’s effect on teens, during a Senate hearing that highlighted growing ... -
Behind the Instagram Kids break
Facebook’s announcement Monday that it was “on hold on development†on Instagram Kids did little to slow down a wave of criticism of the project ahead ... -
Cramer sees opportunity to buy tech giants Apple, Amazon and Salesforce
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said on Monday that he believes long-term investors should be willing to buy shares in Amazon, Apple and Salesforce as tech companies face ... -
Facebook’s wearable glasses can succeed where Google Glass failed – TechCrunch
Ashish bhatia Donor Facebook recently announced its highly anticipated wearable sunglasses that can record video from a user’s perspective. Despite many of our legitimately reluctant reactions ... -
Top 10 CEOs and tech personalities creating the most buzz online
Entrepreneurs rule the world! All of the modern conglomerates that changed the world were the work of an entrepreneur in action. Most of the buzz surrounding ... -
Leaks just exposed just how toxic Facebook and Instagram are to teenage girls and, well, everyone | Siva Vaidhyanathan
FFor years, Facebook has faced torrents of criticism from human rights groups and academic researchers, who have sounded the alarm bells about the ways in which ... -
Razer “Prepares for the Metaverse” and Predicts “Balance Between Physical and Virtual Worlds,” CEO Says
Razer is “gearing up for the metaverse,” chief executive Min-Liang Tan says The independent, believing that there will be “a real balance between the physical world ... -
Google follows Facebook and Apple with new child safety tools for its apps
NEW DELHI: After Apple and Facebook, Google has now introduced new child safety features on its platforms. While Facebook has changed its advertising algorithms and Apple ... -
Facebook wants to build the metaverse. Not so fast.
Several high-profile tech companies reported their results last week, including Apple, Microsoft, Google and Facebook. They all have things in common. They are all making a ... -
Democrats can’t force Facebook to stem COVID disinformation | New
Defeating COVID-19 in the United States is now mired in a partisan information war, a fight President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats are ill-equipped to win. ... -
Reviews | The crackdown in China is a mess, and it’s happening for us
On one subject at least, Mark Zuckerberg was right. Three years ago, in an interview with me – while trying to dodge questions about the growing ... -
‘An Ugly Truth’ Gives Insight As Zuckerberg Becomes Warchief
Mark Zuckerberg surprised a tip from Facebook’s top executives in July 2018 by saying, “So far I have been a peacetime leader … That will change.” ... -
This is the dumbest video you’ll ever see from Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg appears on a monitor as he testifies remotely during a hearing at … [+] discuss the reform of Section 230 of the ... -
Facebook, Twitter and Google threaten to leave Hong Kong over proposed data laws
HONG KONG – Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have privately warned the Hong Kong government that they may cease offering their services in ... -
The 15 highest-paid tech CEOs in the United States
Recently, the Wall Street Journal published the list of the highest paid CEOs of the 500 largest S&P companies. The publication also listed the median salary ... -
Bill Maher trashes Facebook and Google for suppressing Wuhan lab leak theory: “You were wrong!
“Real Time” host Bill Maher blasted big tech companies for their “outrageous” efforts to suppress the Wuhan coronavirus lab leak theory, which in recent months has ... -
Congress wants to stop Big Tech’s out-of-control acquisitions
The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee recently released a comprehensive set of bills designed to curb Big Tech excesses. One of them, the Competition Law ... -
New decision by EU data watchdogs increases attention to Facebook, big tech
Elevate your technology and enterprise data strategy to Transform 2021. (Reuters) – Facebook and other Silicon Valley giants could face closer scrutiny and potential sanctions in ... -
Will Facebook’s new remote working rules kill Dublin?
As a city, Dublin faces big questions over Facebook’s decision to start letting its Irish workforce live abroad. . Will other tech companies follow suit? 2. ... -
Mark Zuckerberg gives more Facebook employees the option to work from home
Mark Zuckerberg plans to spend at least half of the next year working from home, and he’s also giving more Facebook employees the ability to work ... -
Congress Introduces 5 Antitrust Bills To Curb Big Tech
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Washington, DC, October 23, 2019. Andrew Harnik / AP House lawmakers have unveiled bills to strengthen the power of tech companies ... -
Tokopedia CEO defied critics to start multibillion dollar company
Today, William Tanuwijaya is a formidable force. As CEO of e-commerce site Tokopedia, the 39-year-old represents a quarter of the leadership of the newly merged GoTo ... -
Amazon and Facebook will pay more taxes after the new G-7 deal. What they say
The Group of Seven Wealthy Nations has struck a landmark deal that could help countries collect more taxes from big business and allow governments to impose ... -
Facebook extends Trump suspension until January 2023 – TechCrunch
For a recap of TechCrunch’s most important and important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3:00 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to ... -
Why are Twitter and WhatsApp outraged by the Indian authorities? | Asia | An in-depth look at news from across the continent | DW
The Indian government’s battle with social media giants escalated Thursday, with Twitter accusing police of “intimidation.” The microblogging site’s statement came days after Delhi police visited ... -
India to ban WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter from May 26? Not likely, but it’s complicated
Three months ago, after some sort of Twitter challenge, the central government quickly released a new set of IT rules. These rules are broad, giving the ... -
Facebook ‘gives terrorists free pass’ with secret texts, warns MI5 chief
FACEBOOK has been criticized as giving terrorists and child molesters a “free pass” by the head of MI5. The damning criticism targets Facebook’s plans to deploy ... -
Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) – Not just Facebook, Alibaba is also concerned about the impact of Apple’s new privacy rules on businesses
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Holding Group Limited (NYSE: BABA) worries about how Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) The new privacy policy changes will impact its business, according ... -
“ A perfect positive storm ”: bonkers dollars for big tech
During the Great Recession over a decade ago, big tech companies had a rough time, just like everyone else. Today, they have become clear winners in ... -
Tech giants Facebook and Apple double their profits
Apple said on Wednesday that its profits more than doubled to $ 23.6 billion in the last quarter as people adopted its latest iPhones and bought ...
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