Facebook: News

31 Aug 2019

Minecraft

Facebook has an AI assistant for Minecraft: Here's why

From winning complex games to detecting dangerous diseases, artificial intelligence is thriving in a range of fields, improving progressively.

30 Aug 2019

India

Is Facebook planning to charge money from users?

With more than two billion users (still increasing), Facebook dominates as the biggest social media service on the planet.

29 Aug 2019

X

Congress looking for social media head: Here are top contenders

Congress has finally woken up from its slumber, or so it seems. The party, which was decimated in the Lok Sabha polls, has launched a hunt for its social media head.

28 Aug 2019

Instagram

Instagram building new 'Threads' app to take on Snapchat

Once again, Facebook is mimicking Snapchat to improve its own product.

27 Aug 2019

Chennai

Chennai techie finds Instagram bug, again; wins Rs. 7 lakh

A Chennai-based security researcher was awarded $10,000 (Rs. 7.18 lakh) for discovering a bug on the photo/video sharing application, Instagram.

23 Aug 2019

iOS

WhatsApp for Android, iOS to get these new features soon

Over the years, WhatsApp has evolved into one of the most loved messaging platforms in the world.

21 Aug 2019

South Korea

Now, you can see what information websites/apps share with Facebook

Facebook has finally released the tool that would let you see what kind of data it collects from third-party websites/apps you visit.

18 Aug 2019

Instagram

#Rebranding: WhatsApp gets 'WhatsApp from Facebook' tag

We recently heard of reports that Facebook is renaming WhatsApp and Instagram by attaching its own name to these popular services. Just last week, the company started adding 'Instagram from Facebook' tag on Instagram.

14 Aug 2019

WhatsApp

Facebook paid people to listen, transcribe Messenger calls

WhatsApp offers end-to-end encryption to keep messages secured between the sender and receiver.

14 Aug 2019

X

Finally, Facebook is getting its own dark mode: Details here

Following the footsteps of leading technology giants and social networks, Facebook has started working on a dedicated dark mode for its main app.

Uzbekistan woman gang-raped, dumped near home in South Delhi

A woman hailing from Uzbekistan has alleged she was gang-raped by three men in Gurugram and later dumped near her flat in South Delhi on Saturday.

08 Aug 2019

Instagram

Instagram's 'preferred marketing partner' tracked location of millions

Even after scandals like Cambridge Analytica and a massive FTC fine, Facebook's privacy woes aren't coming to a halt.

03 Aug 2019

Instagram

Facebook renaming Instagram and WhatsApp; adding its own name

Despite being marred by plenty of privacy-related debacles, Facebook is making some decisions that are difficult to explain.

28 Jul 2019

Robert Vadra

Robert Vadra posts video of cow that 'predicts the future'

Early on Sunday morning, businessman Robert Vadra shared a video of a cow that "predicts the future."

28 Jul 2019

iOS

Soon, Facebook will remove Instant Games from Messenger

At the recent F8 conference, Facebook had announced plenty of changes for Messenger, noting that the service would become faster/lighter than ever.

27 Jul 2019

Mumbai Police

Suchitra Krishnamoorthi receives vulgar FB messages, seeks Mumbai Police's help

Remember Suchitra Krishnamoorthi from Shah Rukh Khan's Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa?

Facebook unveils AI tool capable of mapping the world

Facebook dominates as a social media giant, but its work in the technology industry goes way beyond that.

23 Jul 2019

Security

Facebook's flaw allowed strangers to interact with kids: Here's how

Facebook's security issues are not really coming to a halt.

22 Jul 2019

Oculus VR

Soon, Facebook's device will help you 'feel' VR games

As VR continues to go mainstream (with game, gyms, and spas), Facebook is doing everything it can to establish its footprint in the arena.

20 Jul 2019

Instagram

Now, Instagram will warn before banning accounts

Instagram is reinforcing its stance against policy violation and introducing a new warning system to let people know their account is about to be banned.

19 Jul 2019

Instagram

Indian finds 'account-hacking' bug in Instagram, wins Rs. 20 lakh

An Indian security researcher has bagged $30,000 (over Rs. 20 lakh) for flagging a critical bug in Instagram, the photo-sharing service owned by Facebook.

19 Jul 2019

Instagram

Here's why Instagram is hiding likes on photos, videos

Photo-sharing giant Instagram has started hiding like count on photos and videos shared by users in select countries.

19 Jul 2019

Google

Now, Google, Facebook are tracking you even on porn sites

US giants have put web trackers across thousands of porn sites.

19 Jul 2019

Entertainment

Actress Shobha, of 'Magalu Janaki' fame, dies in car crash

Kannada actress Shobha, who appeared on the show Magalu Janaki, died in a car crash recently along with four others.

17 Jul 2019

Mumbai

Vistara aircraft almost ran out of fuel, passenger recalls horror

In a shocking turn of events, a Delhi-bound Vistara flight almost ran out of fuel mid-air. The UK944 aircraft, which took off from Mumbai on Monday, landed in Lucknow with only 10 minutes of fuel in its tank.

16 Jul 2019

WhatsApp

Banned on WhatsApp? Here's what you can do

Being the biggest messaging app, WhatsApp has a clear set of rules to enable seamless, end-to-end encrypted communication.

14 Jul 2019

Texas

Facebook's AI just smashed top professionals in six-player poker

The first-ever AI bot created by Facebook has smashed top professionals in no-limit Texas Hold'em, one of the most popular and widely played poker formats in the world.

14 Jul 2019

Business

Facebook faces $5 billion fine over privacy violations: Details here

From Cambridge Analytica to data leaks, Facebook has committed a plethora of privacy violations over the last two years.

13 Jul 2019

iOS

Soon, WhatsApp will let you edit images directly

Today, Facebook-owned WhatsApp dominates as the most used messaging app on the planet.

13 Jul 2019

Android

Want to read 'deleted' WhatsApp messages? Try these tricks

WhatsApp, the world's biggest messaging platform, has long been offering the ability to 'unsend' messages.

11 Jul 2019

Uber

Kolkata: Actress 'dragged out' of Uber, threatened; driver arrested

In a troublesome incident, a popular Bengali actress was recently abused, threatened and thrown out of the Uber cab which she had booked to reach her shoot location.

11 Jul 2019

India

Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency won't launch in India: Details here

In a matter of months, Facebook plans to launch a cryptocurrency, dubbed Libra, to streamline digital payments between individuals as well as businesses.

10 Jul 2019

Android

Soon, Facebook will launch new apps for Android, iOS

In a major move, Facebook has announced a skunkworks division to launch new experimental apps for Android, iOS, and the web.

09 Jul 2019

Bollywood

Media demands apology from Kangana Ranaut: Here's why

At a launch event for a song from her upcoming film Judgementall Hai Kya?, Kangana Ranaut got into a spat with a journalist.

09 Jul 2019

India

John Cena shares a hilarious picture of Virat Kohli

The ICC World Cup 2019 has reached its business end, but the excitement continues to stay alive, at least for the teams which have qualified for the semis.

04 Jul 2019

WhatsApp

How Facebook's AI sees our life through photos. It's spooky

On Wednesday, all Facebook products - from WhatsApp, main Facebook site to Instagram- suffered a major outage.

03 Jul 2019

India

WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram down; users report media download issues

The services of popular social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are reportedly down in what appears to be a global outage.

02 Jul 2019

YouTube

Deadly chemical weapon found inside Facebook's headquarters, four buildings evacuated

The deadly nerve agent sarin, which can cause paralysis and respiratory failure, might have entered Facebook's headquarters in Silicon Valley, prompting the tech giant to evacuate four buildings on Monday.

30 Jun 2019

Mumbai

This is how Sonam Kapoor met husband Anand Ahuja

It was a dreamy affair when Bollywood beauty Sonam Kapoor tied the knot with long-time boyfriend Anand Ahuja in a grand ceremony in Mumbai, last year.

27 Jun 2019

WhatsApp

Soon, WhatsApp will share Statuses to your Facebook account

WhatsApp appears to be testing a new feature, an option that would let you share your Statuses to Facebook.