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Facebook Awards $5m As Bug Bounty Scheme Turns Five

The programme has paid more than $5m to 900 researchers since 2011

8 years ago

Facebook Twitter & Instagram Ban Data Monitoring App Geofeedia

New privacy row as social networking sites halt access by data gathering app used by law enforcement

8 years ago

Google Cloud And Facebook To Benefit From ‘Highest Capacity’ Transpacific Cable

Google and Facebook invest in new subsea cable between Los Angeles and Hong Kong

8 years ago

Tech Giants Aware VR Adoption Is As Much About Content As Technology

ANALYSIS: Recent investments show Facebook, Google and others are aware that people need more than just technology to convince them…

8 years ago

Facebook Targets Enterprises With ‘Workplace’ Social Network

Facebook's first business product aims to take its popular features into the enterprise collaboration market

8 years ago

Facebook ‘Plans’ Denmark Data Centre

The social media giant is planning to build its third European data centre in Odense, Denmark, reports say

8 years ago

Businesses Can Speak To Facebook Messenger Lite Users From ‘Day One’

Facebook Messenger head says stripped down version for Android might not have some functionality, but is still attractive for businesses

8 years ago

Tech Giants Form ‘Partnership For AI’ Artificial Intelligence Alliance

Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft join forces to explore the challenges, opportunities and ethics of artificial intelligence

8 years ago

Facebook At Work Slated For Launch Next Month To Challenge Yammer And Slack

The enterprise version of the social network looks to take on Yammer, Slack and other collaboration tools

8 years ago

German Regulator Orders WhatsApp To Halt Data Harvest

Breaking the law...Watchdog accuses WhatsApp of 'misleading' users and breaking German data protection laws

8 years ago

Google Station To Provide Free Wi-Fi Across India’s Public Hotspots

Facebook’s Internet.org project is about to get some competition in India

8 years ago

Facebook Brings Native Payments To iOS and Android Messenger App

The social networking giant has tweaked its chatbot platform with a suite of features

8 years ago

Facebook Changes Trending Topics After Bias Row

Less human input after accusation that Facebook hid conservative opinions in its Trending news feed

8 years ago

Researchers Warn Of ‘Epidemic’ Money-Flipping Malware On Instagram

Bank followers on Instagram beware of money-flipping 'epidemic', but photo-sharing platform says scams are "low volume"

8 years ago

WhatsApp Changes Privacy Policy To Let Businesses Send Messages

WhatsApp changes terms and conditions to allow businesses to send users messages and to give Facebook more information for ad…

8 years ago

Facebook Improves Ad Preference Tools And Will Override Ad Blockers

Facebook promises to give users more control over adverts buts says ad blockers threaten journalism and free services

8 years ago

Facebook Converges Hardware Labs, Opens Area 404

Facebook pools hardware teams into one lab to boost efficiency

8 years ago

Google Works With Facebook To Release First OCP Designs

Google shares plans for its data centre space-saving 48V rack Open Rack 2.0 Standard

8 years ago

Facebook Messenger Tests End-to-End Encryption

Playing catch up? Facebook tests encrypted "secret conversations" after last month's security scare concerning chats

9 years ago

Facebook’s OpenCellular Platform Enables Open Source Mobile Networks

OpenCellular platform looks to make it cheaper and easier to deliver mobile connectivity using open hardware and software

9 years ago

Belgian Appeal Strikes Down Facebook Privacy Ruling

The appeal annuls a ruling that had prompted Facebook to block access to its Belgian site for non-users

9 years ago

WhatsApp Users Make 100m Calls Every Month

WhatsApp continues to find success in over the top communications, with 1,100 calls made every second

9 years ago

Lessons From Mark Zuckerberg’s Social Networking Account Breach

ANALYSIS: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a mistake that many, perhaps most, people make and reused passwords for…

9 years ago

Mark Zuckerberg Hit By LinkedIn Password Hack

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg attacked after login details allegedly leaked in LinkedIn breach last month

9 years ago

Instagram Adds Analytics, Contact And Promotional Tools For Businesses

Instagram looks to boost advertising revenues by giving businesses more features

9 years ago

Facebook To Track Non-Users To Aid Advert Push

Social network giant will begin tracking people without Facebook accounts as part of advertising growth

9 years ago

Microsoft And Facebook Team Up To Build Transatlantic Data Cable

Set to be completed in 2017, new MAREA cable will help speed up cloud and online services at both companies

9 years ago

Irish Watchdog Refers Facebook Data Transfers To European Court

Debate over data privacy reaches next level as Facebook's transfers to the US are pushed up the legal ladder

9 years ago

Instagram Patches Two Brute Force Login Bugs

Instagram lacked basic security protections on its mobile and web logins, a researcher has found

9 years ago

Facebook Open-Sources Its Capture The Flag Competition Platform

Security gamification technology has already been used for hundreds of contests, helping to improve the state of security education

9 years ago