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Facebook and other internet companies have been facing increased scrutiny over how they handle user data. (Photo: AP)

Facebook took three years to act against fake news in this country

It was a chance contact with a Facebook employee in January 2019 that influenced its decision to remove offenders.

4 March 2019 12:26 PM IST

While there are no official numbers on the sale of the console, estimates by third parties indicate that the console sold somewhere in the range of 10-15 million units.

Sony officially ends PlayStation Vita production

The original PlayStation Vita was introduced in 2011 in Japan, followed by US release a year later.

4 March 2019 12:07 PM IST

Apple is still reviewing Absher and Rep. Speier told the publication that the responses by both the tech giants are deeply unsatisfactory. (Photo: PCMag)

Google refuses to ban the controversial app that allows men to track...

Google has concluded that it does not violate any agreements and hence, can remain on the Google Play Store.

4 March 2019 11:50 AM IST

The sun shines off the rear deck of a roadster on a Tesla dealers lot in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

UK Tesla showroom damaged by accidental fire

The fire occurred the day after Tesla announced that it would dismantle its network of showrooms .

4 March 2019 9:05 AM IST

Xin Xiaomeng is modeled after real life Xinhua news anchor Qu Meng and was developed by Xinhua and tech firm Sogou Inc.

China goes live with robot as news anchor

The AI robot named Xin Xiaomeng sported a short haircut and wore a pink blouse and earrings.

4 March 2019 9:03 AM IST

That was until her shock arrest of Huaweis Meng Wanzhou in Canada at the request of US authorities on Wednesday, a move that has entangled her in the protracted diplomatic tensions between Washington and Beijing. Her fate is now uncertain. (Photo: AP)

Huawei CFO suing Canada government over Meng's arrest

Canada arrested Meng in Vancouver on Dec. 1 at the request of the United States.

4 March 2019 8:59 AM IST

TikTok has more than 500 million users worldwide, a large number of whom are children.

TikTok locks out chunk of users, suggests absurd way to get in

FTC slapped TikTok with a fine of USD 5.7 million for illegally collecting data on children under the age of 13.

3 March 2019 4:17 PM IST

Amazon declined to put a price tag on the program, called Amazon Future Engineer, but said it will take up a big chunk of the USD 50 million that it committed to spend on computer science education last year.(AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Amazon will no longer sell Dash Buttons

The Dash button may have died of its own success, but it is considered to have succeeded in its core mission.

3 March 2019 3:34 PM IST

The content creators will now be required to actively moderate comments on such videos.

YouTube to disable comments on videos of minors

YouTube has disabled comments from tens of millions of videos that could be subject to predatory behaviour.

3 March 2019 2:34 PM IST

Google has New York real estate deals in the works that would give it room for nearly 20,000 workers. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Google Clock app gets Pandora and YouTube Music support to wake you up

To enable the option, you will have to update the Google Clock app.

3 March 2019 2:19 PM IST

Instagram had introduced re-sharing on Stories last year, letting people regram public feed posts from other users to their Story.

Instagram is most used platform for grooming offences

Grooming is defined as the act of building an emotional connection with a child to gain their trust for the purpose of...

3 March 2019 1:33 PM IST

Google says YouTube isnt for children under 13, which is why it created a separate app for them, YouTube Kids. (Photo: AP)

Disabling comments on minors' videos a trade-off for child safety:...

The paedophilia ring' controversy began last week when a Redditor exposed how YouTube's algorithm.

3 March 2019 1:11 PM IST