Tag: Social Media
Apple says not interested in acquiring TikTok: Report
Apple has clarified that it is not interested in acquiring TikTok after some reports surfaced, saying the iPhone maker is willing to buy the...
Twitter faces $250mn FTC fine over misuse of users’ data
Twitter has disclosed that it may end up paying up to $250 million as fine to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in a...
US teen who executed Twitter hack owns Rs 22.5 crore worth Bitcoin
The Florida-based juvenile who is the mastermind of the mega Twitter Bitcoin hack owns more than $3 million (over Rs 22.5 crore) worth of...
3 young hackers charged with compromising 130 top Twitter users
The US Department of Justice has charged three young individuals (including one juvenile) with hacking Twitter last month that compromised the accounts of 130...
Zuckerberg flagged competitors moving faster in 2012, show emails
Worried about being left behind by mobile apps that made quick progress by cloning other services, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asked some of the...
Zuckerberg bought Instagram as it was a ‘threat’ to Facebook
The US House antitrust subcommittee has made public the email exchanges between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former chief financial officer David Ebersman, revealing...
Facebook logs solid growth in Q2, 3.14bn people use its apps
Facing ad boycott over its inaction to remove hate speech, Facebook shares surged over 7 per cent after the social network reported net income...
Facebook builds ML solution to spot harmful behaviour of people
Facebook has created a machine learning solution to train bots to realistically simulate the behaviour of real people on a social media platform, a...
Hackers accessed DM inbox of 36 users in crypto hack: Twitter
Twitter has revealed further details in the massive crypto hack, saying the hackers accessed the DM (direct message) inbox of up to 36 of...
This AI-based app to protect you from social media bullying
Computer scientists have launched an app, ‘Bullstop’ that uses novel artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to combat trolling and bullying online.
The downloadable app is the...