Facebook launches PyTorch 1.4 with library updates
Facebook recently launched a new version of its deep learning framework PyTorch. The update goes under the name PyTorch 1.4 and includes limited Java support, adjustments to the mobile version of the framework and various upgrades for the audio, vision and text libraries.
PyTorch is one of the m... Read more
New TLS protocol advances web security
Facebook, Cloudflare and the Mozilla Foundation have been collaborating to advance Transport Layer Security (TLS).
Strengthening web security
Individually, the companies released updates regarding security protocol Delegated Credentials. The new TLS protocol aims to strengthen web security an... Read more
Facebook introduces new business Messenger tools
Facebook comes up with some new tools for business Messenger users. This includes a tool that automates parts of conversations and a function for integrating business calendars in Messenger.
The automation tool is called Lead Generation, because the start of conversations is automated. Employees... Read more
Facebook forms research group for Natural Language Processing
Facebook will set up a consortium to tackle the challenges of Natural Language Processing (NLP). Realistic interaction between speech and computers creates quite a few obstacles, which Facebook wants to solve with this research collaboration.
Three months ago, Facebook distributed a number of calls... Read more
WhatsApp vulnerabilities let hackers take over calls
WhatsApp appears to contain a series of vulnerabilities with which hackers can take over conversations. The vulnerabilities and three methods to abuse them were revealed this week by Check Point researchers Dikla Barda, Roman Zaikin and Oded Vanunu.
According to the researchers, the errors can enabl... Read more
FTC reviews Facebook acquisitions in competition research
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Facebook acquisitions as part of a competition investigation. Meanwhile, the social medium has decided to make it clearer that it owns Instagram and WhatsApp, by adding its name.
The FTC wants to know whether the takeovers of Facebook were part ... Read more
Facebook develops AR glasses that can be controlled with thoughts
Facebook claims to be another step closer to developing augmented reality glasses (AR glasses) that allow people to type without having to use a keyboard. The glasses can be controlled with thoughts.
The tech and social media giant collaborates with the University of California in San Francisco, ... Read more
Facebook Like button makes European websites responsible for data sharing
According to the European Court of Justice, websites that contain a like-button from Facebook are co-responsible for the collection of data. These websites are also responsible for sending the data to the social network.
The decision was made in a case about the German website Fashion ID, NU.nl writ... Read more
Co-founder Facebook is working with authorities to break up business
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook, works with authorities to break up the company. Hughes is said to have visited the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Hughes is working with two major antitrust academics. These are Scott Hempill from New York University ... Read more