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Want to lead a de-stressed life? Quit Facebook, says study

Taking a Facebook break for just 5 days reduced a person's level of the stress hormone cortisol.

9 April 2018 8:52 AM IST

All 2.2 billion Facebook users will receive a notice on their feeds titled Protecting Your Information. It will have a link to information on which Facebook apps they use and what information they have shared with those apps. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Technology

Did Cambridge Analytica get your data? You'll know soon

Facebook will begin alerting users whose private data may have been compromised in the Cambridge Analytica scandal...

8 April 2018 10:18 AM IST

The government has issued notice to Facebook on Wednesday seeking information over the alleged data leak. (Photo: AFP/File)

Technology

Facebook says it should have audited Cambridge Analytica

Sandberg said that at the time, Facebook received legal assurances that Cambridge Analytica had deleted the improperly...

6 April 2018 8:37 PM IST

WhatsApp, bought by Facebook in 2014, said it would begin sharing some user data with the social media group in 2016, drawing warnings from European privacy watchdogs about getting the appropriate consent.

Technology

Experts cast doubt on privacy features of FB-owned WhatsApp

WhatsApp, which has one billion users globally, is one of the most popular mediums of instant messaging in India.

6 April 2018 4:57 PM IST

$Facebook on Thursday admitted that nearly 5.62 lakh people in India were \potentially affected\ by its global data breach.$ Technology

Facebook fined $33 million for failing to aid Brazil graft probe

A Brazilian judge ordered in April 2016 that Facebook give authorities access to the WhatsApp messages in question.

6 April 2018 1:56 PM IST

Last month, a Twitter account posing as Elon Musk targeted fans of the Silicon Valley billionaire, claiming to give away cryptocurrency.

Technology

Twitter: 1 million accounts suspended for 'terrorism promotion'

Twitter has faced pressure from governments around the world to crack down on jihadists and others calling for violent...

6 April 2018 1:27 PM IST

Users also have the option to toggle between video and voice.

Technology

Now you can video conference with 16 friends on Snapchat

Up to 16 friends can video chat together at the same time, and each friend will receive a notification inviting them to...

5 April 2018 2:14 PM IST

Scrutiny of Facebook has intensified following reports that it failed to prevent the data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica from amassing personal information about millions of users - possibly used to aid Donald Trumps campaign - and that the social network has been collecting Android users phone call and text message histories without notice.

Technology

Facebook unveils bulk app removal tool for privacy help

In order to redeem itself, Facebook has now released a new way to select as many apps as one wants, and then remove them...

5 April 2018 1:56 PM IST

User is being manipulated at every stage on platforms like Facebook, Google, Twitter etc.

Technology

Facebook scandal affected more users than thought: up to 87M

Facebook is basing the estimate in part on the number of friends each user might have had.

5 April 2018 8:40 AM IST

Life

Is Internet addiction real?

Here is what a new study has found.

2 April 2018 12:10 PM IST

Rival digital payments services have pointed out exceptions that have been applied to WhatsApps service.

Technology

Much awaited WhatsApp feature goes live

WhatsApp has now finally launched the group calls for voice and video feature.

31 July 2018 5:19 PM IST

In case the video makers do not have their own scripts or professional captioners at hand, they can depend on YouTube automatic speech recognition technology (LASR) to auto-generate captions.

Technology

YouTube to curate regional content

YouTube will be focusing on its audience in India, Germany, Japan, Mexico, and France.

30 July 2018 8:50 PM IST