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Facebook Releases Bryce Canyon Storage And Big Basin AI Design To Open Compute Project
Design specification released for Facebook's new storage platform, coupled with the new AI 'Big Basin' Design
WhatsApp ‘Tests’ Business Messaging System With Startups
WhatsApp is working with Y Combinator to test business messages so Facebook can make some money from its expensive acquisition
Tales In Tech History: WhatsApp
Popular messaging app celebrates 8th birthday.
Facebook Revenues Soar As Its Nears 2 Billion Users
Mobile users drive Facebook's Ad revenue and bulging profits
Facebook Takes £400 Million Hit Over VR Lawsuit
Oculus co-founders found guilty of violating non-disclosure agreement with ZeniMax in the company's early days
Android Veteran Hugo Barra Joins Facebook As VR Head
Big name signing to lead Facebook's virtual reality team at Oculus, and welcomed personally onboard by Zuckerberg
Facebook To Build Third Data Centre Outside The US In Denmark
Facebook Data Centre in Odense, Denmark will run on entirely on renewables
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Tells Court That Oculus VR Theft Claims Are ‘Wrong’
Oculus' products are built on its own code, says Facebook chief executive in court testimony
Bounty Hunter Earns £32,5000 Reward For Catching Facebook Bug
Facebook pays out its highest ever reward for PoC behind ImageMagick security flaw
WhatsApp Denies It Has Compromised Encryption With ‘Backdoor’
UPDATED: Researcher says WhatsApp can reissue encryption keys for offline devices, compromising privacy. WhatsApp says there is no backdoor and design decision saves millions of messages
WhatsApp Still Supports BlackBerry & Nokia… For Now
WhatsApp delays end of life for BlackBerry and Nokia smartphones for another six months
Facebook Introduces ‘Instant’ Two-Factor Authentication
The 'instant verification' feature allows users to log into services using their phone number without having to receive a text message
Facebook Under Fire From EU Antitrust Probe Over Data Sharing With WhatsApp
The social networking company has been accused of misleading the EU during its acquisition of WhatsApp
Labour Ridiculed For Wanting To Regulate Algorithms
Companies algorithms should be made transparent to government for industrial regulation to be effective, the party argues
Facebook’s Aquila Drone Crash Was Due To Turbulence
Turbulence caused the Aquila drone to suffer a "structural failure" during its inaugural flight
UK Tech Industry Pressures Government Over Brexit Impact
An open letter to Prime Minister Theresa May raises concerns around the impact leaving the EU will have on the UK's tech industry
Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter And Google Will Create Shared Database To Tackle Terror Propaganda
A shared database will be used to flag up content that appears to be trying to spread terror speech
Fake News Campaigns to Increase in Frequency, Security Experts Say
ANALYSIS: With the possibility that fake news may have impacted the US election, people are giving a new look to propaganda and misinformation
Facebook Developing AI System For Offensive Video Takedown
The social networking giant's battle against offensive videos, nudity, and fake news continues
Facebook To Hire 500 UK Staff Next Year To Boost Engineer Workforce
The expansion comes on the heels of Google's approval of a £1bn UK investment
Facebook Suspends WhatsApp Data Sharing Across EU
Facebook stopped harvesting WhatsApp data in the UK last week, now it's doing the same across Europe
Tech Giants Call For President Trump ‘Dialogue’ And Support For Encryption
Facebook, Amazon, Google and others call on the US president-elect to support encrypted communications, net neutrality
Facebook Claims Record 20Gbps Millimeter-Wave Wireless Connection
Demonstration of how millimeter-wave (MMW) part of spectrum can be used for Internet access in developing world
Web Summit 2016: Facebook CTO Says Priorities For The Next Decade Are Connectivity, AI & VR
Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer says his firm's technology priorities over the next ten years are getting people connected and offering new experiences
Facebook & WhatsApp Pause Data Sharing In UK After ICO Threats
Facebook and WhatsApp have yet to agree to a commitment to be more transparent over how they collect and use customer data
US Election 2016: Silicon Valley Mostly Picks Clinton Over Trump
Major tech firms are clearly on the side of Hillary Clinton with Trump failing to win much favour in Silicon Valley
Facebook Blocks Insurance Firm Admiral From Using Profile Data
Is Facebook a privacy champion? Admiral banned from using FB data in order to price insurance policies
Microsoft Open Sources Its Future Cloud Hardware Design
Microsoft's open source dalliance continues with news of the Project Olympus cloud hardware design via Open Compute Project
Facebook Details Voyager And Other Fruits Of Open Network Project
The first Telecom infra Project (TIP) Summit gives an insight into how Facebook plans to build open source networking infrastructure for the industry