Apple blocks Facebook update after revenue discussion
Apple has blocked an update of the Facebook app in which the app shows a message about revenue collection. According to Facebook, Apple refuses the update because it shows 'irrelevant information' to users, referring to the message about the 30 percent Apple fee.
This month, Facebook wanted to l... Read more
Facebook rolls out updates for Messenger Rooms
One of Zoom’s competitors is Messenger Rooms by Facebook. Today, Facebook rolled out new features that are designed to make Rooms easier to discover or create. The changes also make it personalized.
These updates come after Messenger, which usually sits at the top of the U.S. App Stores charts... Read more
Facebook releases tools that will help AI navigate the physical world
Facebook has announced that they are well on their way to creating assistants capable of understanding and interacting with the physical world, in much the same way that people do. The social media giant announced progress that implies the future of their AI program is going to involve exciting adv... Read more
Facebook Becomes a Platinum Member of The Linux Foundation
Facebook is one of the most popular contributors to open-source software, and it is time they joined The Linux Foundation. The company is known for contributing to projects like the Open Compute Project, React JavaScript library, cGroup2 GraphQL, Osquery, ONNX, and Presto.
Facebook signing up as... Read more
Will Google, Apple and Amazon change after historic antitrust hearing?
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the House Judiciary Antirust Subcommittee as part of an antitrust probe. A historic hearing, as the CEOs faced questions about the power of the tech titans. Eventually the companie... Read more
Instagram is facing a lawsuit over illegal biometrics harvesting
A lawsuit, targeting the photo-sharing app Instagram, claims that Facebook has been illegally harvesting biometrics data of the app’s users. Last month, Facebook offered to pay $650 million to settle a lawsuit where the accusation was about illegal biometric data harvesting.
In the previous la... Read more
Facebook makes Pysa tool for detect vulnerable code open-source
Facebook makes its Pysa tool for automatic discovery of vulnerable code in Python open-source. The tool uses static code analysis for this purpose.
With Pysa, software developers can check their Python code for potential vulnerabilities. This prevents these vulnerabilities from ending up in prod... Read more
Antitrust investigation report involving big tech expected this fall
The highly anticipated investigation is expected to detail the antitrust allegations involving Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google. Also, the recommendations on how to enforce new rules to decrease their power within the market are expected. The report can be expected early fall or, if things work ... Read more
‘Microsoft shares Office 365 user data with Facebook’
Microsoft has been sued for sharing the user data of Office 365 users with Facebook. The data was allegedly shared with Facebook's app developers as well as Microsoft's partners and vendors. If this accusation turns out to be accurate, this is a major violation of Microsoft's own privacy policy.
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Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google will testify before Congress
The CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google are ready to testify before Congress as part of the lawmaker’s inquiry into competitive practices in the technology industry.
The news of the CEO's participation was announced on Twitter by Record co-founder Kara Swisher, but the official confir... Read more