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Facebook Hires Former IBM Watson Exec As New AI Boss

Yann LeCun steps down as boss of Facebook's artificial intelligence group, replaced by a former IBM executive

7 years ago

WhatsApp Business Version Debuts On Android

WhatsApp Business promises to overhaul the experience for SMBs

7 years ago

Skype Gets End-To-End Encryption With Signal Protocol

The latest preview version of Skype introduces Private Conversations, using the same secure protocol used by WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and…

7 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg Promises Major Shakeup Of Facebook Newsfeed

More personal posts and less commercial content will be promoted on users' Facebook Newsfeed, CEO says

7 years ago

Facebook Dismisses Claim WhatsApp Chat Groups Can Be Infiltrated

Facebook denies claim by German researchers that there is any secret way into WhatsApp groups chats

7 years ago

Government May Tax Tech Companies Over Extremist Content

The government may impose a tax on companies such as YouTube and Facebook to 'incentivise' them over taking down militant…

7 years ago

German Competition Watchdog Calls Facebook Data Collection ‘Abusive’

The preliminary ruling, ahead of a final decision next year, could mean limits on how Facebook collects and processes European…

7 years ago

French Watchdog Finds WhatsApp-Facebook Data Sharing Illegal

The CNIL has given WhatsApp and Facebook one month to bring themselves into compliance with French data protection law or…

7 years ago

How Facebook Users Can Thwart Imposters Who Spoof Their Identities

ANALYSIS: Scammers are spoofing the Facebook user's account names to engage in phony Messenger conversations to phish for information. Here's…

7 years ago

Facebook’s New London Office Will Hire 800 New Staff

Facebook brings engineers, tech and sales under one roof in London

7 years ago

Facebook Bug Allowed User To Delete Any Image

A flaw in a new polling feature could have been manipulated by a malicious user to delete images of their…

7 years ago

Online Giants, Small Businesses Criticise US Net Neutrality Repeal

The planned removal of a 2015 US law could mean more charges for large businesses and start-ups, not to mention…

7 years ago

Major WhatsApp Outage Impacts Millions Of People

What went wrong? Major outage across the world sees WhatsApp offline for at least half an hour

7 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Myspace

Facebook's last serious challenger Myspace is still going, although much diminished from its heyday in 2007

7 years ago

News Of NYC Terror Attack Changes Focus Of Senate Social Media Hearing

ANALYSIS: Experts on international terrorism turn from describing how terrorists use social media to reporting the level of chatter on…

7 years ago

Facebook, Amazon Pump Cash Into NTT’s Trans Pacific Cable

Jupiter cable to stretch 8,700 miles between Asia and US and will carry 60Tbps of data per second

7 years ago

Legal Changes Could Mean More Privacy Restrictions For Facebook, Skype

A legal opinion and a vote by MEPs could signal more restrictions on what social media and digital communications firms…

7 years ago

WhatsApp Live Location Enables Real-Time Location Tracking

But the tracking feature has already raised concerns over safety and privacy

7 years ago

Facebook Pushes Deeper Into VR With Oculus Go Wireless Headset

The headset will cost $199 and be released early 2018

7 years ago

Law Lessons: Facebook’s Spanish Fine Highlights Importance Of GDPR Readiness

ANALYSIS: Much of the conversation around GDPR has focused on the security implications for businesses, but what about privacy?

7 years ago

Slack Teams With Oracle On Enterprise-Grade Chatbots

ORACLE OPENWORLD: Deal could help $1bn startup Slack compete with Microsoft and Facebook in the enterprise-grade messaging market

7 years ago

Facebook & BT Admit First Startups Into UK Telecoms Tech Accelerator

AI, SDN and Quantum computing firms will have access to £125m in funding and resources at Telecom Infra Project (TIP)…

7 years ago

FEC, Lawmakers Propose Disclosure Rules For Political Web Ad Sources

ANALYSIS: New rules would place disclosure requirements on online political advertising similar to those already in place for TV ads

7 years ago

Microsoft & Facebook Lay Highest Capacity Transatlantic Cable

Microsoft and Facebook lay 160Tbps subsea cable between Virginia and Bilbao to protect Transatlantic traffic against natural disasters

7 years ago

Britain, France And Italy Will Pressure Internet Companies To Tackle ‘Terrorist Content’ Faster

Britain wants Internet firms to remove extremist content from their sites and services in a speedier fashion, with the aim…

7 years ago

Microsoft, Facebook Partner On AI Framework Interoperability

The new open-source ONNX format will help developers move between AI frameworks with greater ease

7 years ago

WhatsApp Details Plans For Business Version Of Application

WhatsApp reveals more details about long-awaited business edition, promising verified accounts and ability to stop spam

7 years ago

Instagram API Flaw Reveals Celebrity Data

Oops. Celebrity email addresses and telephone numbers exposed by flaw with Instagram API

7 years ago

A-Level Results Day: British University Uses Chatbot To Help With Clearing

Leeds Beckett University is using Facebook Messenger to help students find the right courses in clearing

7 years ago

Facebook AI Experiment Shutdown Holds Lessons For IT Industry

Facebook's reasons for shutting down an AI-based chatbot were more mundane than it first appeared

7 years ago