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A lone gunman killed 50 people at two mosques in New Zealand on March 15, while livestreaming the massacre. (Photo: AP)

Facebook looks to place restrictions on who can go live after...

The company will monitor who can go

31 March 2019 11:54 AM IST

Zuckerbergs plan, outlined Wednesday, expands Facebooks commitment to private messaging, in sharp contrast with his traditional focus on public sharing.

Facebook CEO calls for updated internet regulations

Zuckerberg also called for updated legislation focused on protecting elections, including new rules aimed at online...

31 March 2019 11:43 AM IST

The Housing Department claims Facebook mines data about its users and then employs machine learning to predict their responses to ads in ways that may recreate groupings defined by characteristics such as race.

Facebook is exploring restrictions on who goes Live

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg wrote that the company is taking three new steps in the aftermath of the tragic attacks.

31 March 2019 11:11 AM IST

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

Instagram to finally let you skip boring parts in videos

The tool only allows you to scrub without any frame preview.

31 March 2019 10:49 AM IST

The Fire TV Stick 4K also supports HDR10 and Dolby Atmos audio.

Amazon to launch video news app for Fire TV devices

The e-commerce giant is planning to launch the new service with Alexa integration.

31 March 2019 10:35 AM IST

Facebook is also extending researchers and developers programmatic access to Ad Library API, which was previously in closed beta.

Searchable Ad Library for Facebook

The library will now include active ads about anything.

31 March 2019 2:31 AM IST

Users and readers can find everything from the latest technology and gadget announcements to reviews, previews, comparisons and first impressions of different gadgets that are launched or about to launch.

Gadget Bridge announces the Android App with AI features

The categories section in the app is for users who want to follow or read about a particular gadget beat.

30 March 2019 1:56 PM IST

Uber opened a self-driving car research center in Toronto last year.

Making self-driving cars safer on roads

The researchers' new mathematical method is able to identify anomalies or bugs in the system before the car hits the...

30 March 2019 1:34 PM IST

Recently, the US warned its allies against using Huawei technology. (Photo: ANI)

Forget controversies, Huawei is actually making billions

Huawei has posted USD 107.4 billion in revenue in 2018, a 19.5 percent growth as compared to the previous year.

30 March 2019 1:32 PM IST

Google said it would not renew a contract to help the US military analyse aerial drone imagery when it expires, as the company sought to defuse internal uproar over the deal.

Anti-gay app gone from Google Play Store

Google finally removes controversial anti-gay app from its Play Store.

30 March 2019 1:27 PM IST

The Inbox by Gmail app finally is compatible with the iPhone X.

Gmail for iOS: Finally, you can now customise swipe gestures

Until now, if you swipe right or left on an email, it would only delete it on the iPhone.

30 March 2019 1:20 PM IST

Alexa has also chatted with users about sex acts. She gave a discourse on dog defecation. And this summer, a hack Amazon traced back to China may have exposed some customers data, according to five people familiar with the events.

Amazon to help enterprises build voice apps for employees with Alexa

Amazon has announced Alexa for Business for companies to build voice skills exclusive to their office employees.

30 March 2019 1:19 PM IST