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Aam Aadmi Party legislator from Timarpur Pankaj Pushkar

AAP MLA assaulted by ration shop owners

The incident, which became viral on the social media, took place at around 11. 30 am on Saturday.

04 Aug 2019 5:42 AM

A Facebook’s spokesperson states, “We want to be clearer about the products and services that are part of Facebook.”

Facebook to rename WhatsApp, Instagram because, well, they can

Facebook is set to change the name of its services because they want to show whose boss.

03 Aug 2019 9:47 AM

The algorithms have been released on Github and Facebook hopes that developers and other companies will make use of it to identify harmful content.

Facebook to open-source algorithms to identify child sexual exploitation

PDQ and TMK+PDQF are the two technologies which Facebook uses to identify child sexual exploitation.

03 Aug 2019 7:41 AM

Facebook has been accused of favouring male sexual products over female in its advertising policies. (Photo: Approved, Not Approved)

Sex toy brands come together to protest Facebook’s sexist ad policy

There is an obvious double standard when it comes to advertising sexual wellness products for women and men.

02 Aug 2019 2:45 PM

Some swimmers were launched out of the pool and onto the pavement. One woman was on the ground afterward, knees bloodied. (Photo: Screengrab)

Video: Wave machine malfunction triggers 'tsunami' at China's water park, injures 44

Officials at Shuiyun Water Park said that the wave machine malfunctioned, and that the worker operating the machine was not intoxicated.

01 Aug 2019 3:21 PM

Republican Senator Josh Hawley who has proposed the bill argues that the companies behind such apps are using psychological tricks to keep users hooked. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Social media apps with infinite scrolling and addictive autoplay videos may be banned

It specifically seeks to prohibit practices including infinite scrolling as seen on Facebook newsfeed.

01 Aug 2019 7:50 AM

The attendant was in the overhead bin "for a solid 10 minutes." (Photo: Twitter)

Passenger spots flight attendant inside overhead bin; see pics

'Southwest Employees are known for demonstrating their sense of humour and unique personalities,' the airline said in a statement

31 Jul 2019 3:53 PM

The company’s response was widely praised on social media. (Photo: File)

MP man cancels order from ‘non-Hindu’ delivery boy. Check out Zomato’s response

Shukla shared the screenshots of his conversation with Zomato’s customer care and said he would take up the issue with his lawyers.

31 Jul 2019 3:33 PM

Police said Legan managed to get into the annual outdoor festival -- which attracts nearly 100,000 and is billed as the "world's greatest summer food festival" -- by cutting through a fence to avoid security measures, including metal detectors, that were in place. (Photo: AP/ video screengrab)

Gunman mocked US food festival on social media before mass shooting; see video

Gilroy police chief Scot Smithee said investigators were trying to confirm witness accounts of a second suspect who may have assisted Legan.

30 Jul 2019 9:57 AM

It is said that a country’s culture can only be experienced upon visiting it. When Iran is spoken about, the word ‘turmoil’ often accompanies the conversation. However, despite the politician situation, there is a lot more to the place than meets the eye.

Lens on Iran

A photo exhibition that takes you deep into Iranian heritage and gives you a taste of life in the country.

28 Jul 2019 1:59 AM

The user metric was also up from 188 million a year earlier. (Photo: ANI)

Snapchat’s new android fixes boost shares up 9 per cent

The number of daily active users rose to 203 million in the second quarter ended June 30 from 190 million in the prior quarter.

24 Jul 2019 12:18 PM

- The social media platform can compensate for the lower use of traditional media to maintain relationships with close friends from high school. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Facebook can play significant role in boosting self-confidence

Facebook can help college students with confidence issues build relationships: Study.

24 Jul 2019 10:10 AM

Youth stabbed to death for intervening in fight

The CCTV footage of the incident is circulating on social media.

23 Jul 2019 1:22 AM

As a testimony to ByteDance's recognition of India's efforts to frame a new data protection legislation, we are pleased to announce that we are taking a significant step towards establishing a data centre in India, said ByteDance.

Examining options to set up data centre in India: TikTok, Helo parent ByteDance

The development assumes significance given that Indian government recently issued notices to Tiktok and Helo.

21 Jul 2019 5:22 PM

Nine Indians have been stranded in the UAE after accepting fake job offers through social media, according to a media report on Sunday. (Representational Image)

9 Indian men stranded in UAE after accepting fake job offers

A Kerala men, who are currently stranded in Al Ain and Ajman, claim they met an agent on WhatsApp and paid up to Rs 70,000 for visas to UAE.

21 Jul 2019 12:49 PM

The study published in the journal 'Behaviour and Information Technology' carried out one experimental and two questionnaire studies to know whether using social networks can trigger depressive tendencies. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Can Facebook be the cause of developing depressive symptoms?

Does Facebook lead to depression?

19 Jul 2019 9:23 AM

The study was published in 'EClinicalMedicine'. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Social media: Growing cause of suicidal tendency among young girls

Girls prone to injuring selves more affected by social media feedback, claims study.

19 Jul 2019 9:08 AM

With an objective to boost the SME segment on social channels, many Indian companies are offering tools for shipments, account management, etc to these small sellers.

Are you a social seller? These companies can help to boost your business

If you are selling on social channels, here are few companies you can look at to boost your business online.

18 Jul 2019 12:54 PM

FaceApp uses neural network technology to automatically generate highly realistic transformations of faces in photographs. (Photo: FaceApp)

Viral ‘make-old’ software now owns private data of more than 120 million people

The FaceApp software lets people transform their face to make it look younger, look older, or even change gender.

18 Jul 2019 11:10 AM

He has been arrested for uploading a post on social media inviting people to a 'beef festival' to be held in Kumbakonam soon, police said. (Photo: Representational)

Tamil Nadu man arrested for posting invite to beef fest on social media

Ezhilan posted message on July 13 and an FIR was registered against him on a complaint by a Village Administrative Officer in the district.

17 Jul 2019 4:56 PM

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