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Facebook's smart glasses can take calls and photos, lack augmented reality

The social network on Thursday showed off the glasses, called Ray-Ban Stories -- a direct rival to Snapchat's Spectacles.

Facebook is developing a machine learning chip, says report

The company has developed another chip for video transcoding to improve the experience of watching recorded and live-streamed videos on its apps, according to the report

Facebook slams UK antitrust watchdog over call to sell Giphy

The social network's strongly worded response to the Competition and Markets Authority sets the stage for a battle over the future of Giphy

Australian court rules media outlets liable for comments on Facebook

Australia's highest court made a landmark ruling that media outlets are 'publishers' of defamatory comments posted by third parties on their official Facebook pages

How Facebook undermines privacy protections for its 2 bn Whatsapp users

WhatsApp assures users that no one can see their messages - but the company has an extensive monitoring operation and regularly shares personal information with prosecutors.

Misinformation on Facebook gets way more engagement than news: Study

Misinformation received six times as many likes, shares, and interactions as legitimate news articles, researchers at New York University and France's Universite Grenoble Alpes have found.

Five years of Reliance Jio: From disruption to data revolution

Its user base in India doubled from 205 million in 2016 to 425 million now

WhatsApp fined $266 mn by Irish regulator over data transparency breaches

The fine comes weeks after Amazon.com Inc. was hit with a record 746 million-euro penalty in Luxembourg, where it has its European base

Facebook, Xiaomi want a slice of India's $1 trillion digital loan market

India's digital payments market is drawing the attention of some of techs biggest names after online transactions surged during the pandemic.

Google, Facebook, Microsoft top EU lobbying spending, shows study

Such efforts should be a wake-up call to EU policymakers to further beef up the draft laws and lobbying rules, the study by campaign groups Corporate Europe Observatory and LobbyControl warned.

Facebook took action on 33.3 mn content pieces during June 16-July 31

Facebook "actioned" over 33.3 million content pieces across ten violation categories proactively during June 16-July 31 in India, the social media giant said in its compliance report

Instagram asking users' birth date to enforce child safety measures

In a bid to make the platform safer for its younger audience, the Facebook-owned Instagram is asking users to supply their date of birth

Reply to pleas by Facebook, WhatsApp against IT rules: HC to Centre

The pleas have challenged the new rules on the grounds that they violate the right to privacy and are unconstitutional

HC to hear in Oct appeals of FB, WhatsApp in privacy policy matter

WhatsApp and Facebook have also challenged the CCI's asking them to furnish certain information for the purpose of inquiry conducted by it.

HC asks Centre to respond to pleas by FB, WhatsApp challenging IT Rules

The new IT rules for social media intermediaries require the messaging app to trace chats and make provisions to identify the first originator of information

Facebook considering forming commission on election matters globally: NYT

Company has approached academics to create a panel that could decide on matters such as the viability of political ads

FB plans independent poll panel to review political content decisions

The social network is considering to form an independent election commission that would keep a tab on its decisions.

He sold his firm to Facebook and is now building voice tech for the world

Kumar Rangarajam's firm Slang Labs has pioneered the concept of voice assistant as a service (VAaaS), and aims to reduce thought to action latency among those coming online for the first time

Facebook allows users in Afghanistan to instantly lock their accounts

Facebook has launched a one-click tool for people in Afghanistan to quickly lock down their account, as the Taliban has regained control of the war-torn country

Facebook 'shelved' report that made it look bad on Covid misinformation

Facebook reportedly shelved a report for the first quarter of 2021 that might have reflected poorly on the social networking giant for its handling of Covid misinformation on its platform.