Tag: Facebook
New Facebook app to let you predict about world events
Facebook has announced to soon launch Forecast, an iOS app that will create a community around predictions related to world events including the Covid-19...
Facebook acquires Virtual Reality studio ‘Ready at Dawn’
Facebook has acquired Virtual Reality (VR) studio Ready at Dawn, the developer behind the Lone Echo games which one of Oculuss most successful series,...
Facebook kills VR headset Oculus Go, opens Quest for developers
Facebook has announced to discontinue its entry-level VR headset Oculus Go. Following a price drop to $149, the social network major has officially ended...
Facebook takes on Google Maps, acquires Swedish startup Mapillary
Taking on Google Maps, Facebook has acquired Swedish startup Mapillary, that is building a detailed, accurate, and up to date global street-level imagery platform,...
Facebook files 2 lawsuits over unauthorised use of bots
In an international crackdown on bots, Facebook filed separate lawsuits in Europe and the US over unauthorised use of automation software on Facebook and...
Facebook Messenger Rooms arrives on video chat device Portal
Facebook on Tuesday announced to launch Messenger Rooms on its video chat device Portal and the capability to go Live from Portal to Facebook...
Maharashtra to use Facebook tool to steer blood donation drive
As part of its efforts to overcome the shortage of blood during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Maharashtra health department has said it decided to...
Facebook AI achieves 65% accuracy to detect deepfake videosepfake videos
Alarmed at the growing forged or deepfake videos on its platform, Facebook organised a Deepfake Detection Challenge and the results were not very encouraging,...
Facebook AI model achieves 65% accuracy to detect deepfake videos
Alarmed at the growing forged or deepfake videos on its platform, Facebook organised a Deepfake Detection Challenge and the results were not very encouraging,...
Facebook buys tool to hack own user, helps FBI arrest child predator
In a perhaps first such case, Facebook bought a tool from a third-party cybersecurity firm in a bid to hack one of its own...