Forget 5G, Qualcomm and Facebook want to deliver gigabit Wi-Fi in urban areas
The next big thing happening in wireless communications is 5G, but that doesn’t mean Wi-Fi isn’t also getting better. Qualcomm, which is at the forefront …
Political activists are now asking the FTC to break Facebook up into four companies
For the most part, it seems that Facebook managed to weather the storm following the Cambridge Analytica scandal. For starters, Mark Zuckerberg did a decent …
Facebook user data collected by key Cambridge Analytica researcher was available online for years
Some two months have passed since the Cambridge Analytica shady Facebook user data practices were first exposed, and we’re not done learning new things about …
Facebook suspended 200 more apps that may have breached your privacy like Cambridge Analytica
Well, that was fast! Facebook on Monday revealed that as many as 200 Facebook apps may have misused your data just like Cambridge Analytica. Following …
Hard questions: Is Facebook making its own Bitcoin rival?
Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency world is very attractive to all sorts of businesses, including tech companies, because of the underlying technology, the blockchain. Facebook is …
Facebook talks up end-to-end encryption, but still won’t use it on Messenger
News broke out a few days ago that the WhatsApp co-founder that’s still working for Facebook will leave the company soon over various differences with …
The Cambridge Analytica scandal hasn’t really hurt Facebook at all
Despite all of the outrage directed at Facebook on account of the Cambridge Analytica saga, a new poll conducted by Reuters/Ipsos reveals that the social …
An ad-free Facebook might finally be an option, but you’ll have to pay for it
Facebook’s had a rough few weeks after the public learned just how much data the social network can collect about users and how said data …
Facebook has a backdoor to your account, and you’ll never know if it’s being used
No matter how strong a password you set for your Facebook account, you should know there is one entity that can access it without your …
Facebook might very quietly launch its smart speaker overseas to avoid more attention
Facebook was supposed to unveil its first smart speakers at this year’s F8 event, but all that changed the minute the Cambridge Analytica user data …
Cambridge Analytica is shutting down
Cambridge Analytica, the data firm at the heart of the Facebook privacy scandal and a company that some credit for Donald Trump’s election victory, is …
Facebook’s latest privacy feature sounds too good to be true
Facebook’s F8 even could not have arrived at a better time for the company, as the Cambridge Analytica scandal is almost forgotten. Mark Zuckerberg announced …
Facebook accidentally rolled out a ‘Report Hate Speech’ option before it was ready
As part of a broad effort to make Facebook more inclusive as a platform, the social networking giant on Tuesday began rolling out a new …
5 biggest announcements from Facebook’s F8 2018 developer conference
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage in San Jose, California on Tuesday at the social network’s annual F8 developer conference for two reasons: To …
Facebook will start telling users which third-party websites and apps are keeping tabs on them
With Facebook still trying to recover from the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the social networking giant has already started to implement a number of initiatives designed …
How to live stream Mark Zuckerberg’s F8 2018 keynote address
The last time we saw Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, he was answering questions before Congress about his company’s commitment to keeping private user …
Jan Koum is leaving Facebook and WhatsApp users will end up paying the price
Jan Koum, the other Facebook-made WhatsApp co-founder that’s still working for the giant social network will leave the company over clashes with Mark Zuckerberg about …
Facebook’s ‘Dislike’ button is rolling out to more users
Your Facebook experience is getting a “Dislike” button, though it’s not really an actual button. Nor is it called “Dislike.” However, it is a step …
This is what Facebook won’t let you post
Despite the fact that Facebook is the largest social network in the world, it often operates as a nearly opaque box. There’s no oversight of …
Facebook insists you’re not the product and claims it’s not selling your data to anyone
Curious whether your data is sold to Facebook advertisers? Well, that’s a hard question for Facebook, and the company has published a blog post on …
Forget Facebook, Google hoards even more of your personal data
Facebook is currently going through the worst user privacy crisis in its history. The Cambridge Analytica privacy breached that was revealed a few weeks ago …
Facebook wants to build its own processors for AI devices
Facebook is the latest titan in the tech business to manifest interest in manufacturing its own processors, a practice that’s increasingly popular. Apple was one …
Russia struggles to maintain straight face while asking why Facebook banned fake Russian accounts
Roskomnadzor, which actually not Skynet’s Soviet cousin but rather the Russian telecoms regulator, made the news earlier this week thanks to the ban on Telegram …
Pay close attention to Facebook’s new passive-aggressive privacy settings
Facebook on Tuesday unveiled the new privacy protections meant to help the company comply with new privacy laws that come into effect in Europe on …
Facebook will have to face a massive lawsuit over facial recognition
Remember that Facebook feature that lets you tag friends in photos with the help of facial recognition? Well, it might be illegal for Facebook to …
Facebook explains what data it collects from non-users, but still doesn’t offer a way out
Just because Mark Zuckerberg appeared before US Congress last week to answer a plethora of questions about the way Facebook handles user data and privacy …
Facebook tracks you even if you’re not a user, and you can’t really do anything about it
We’ve talked about the fact that Facebook is tracking everyone online — even people who choose not to open a Facebook account — long before …
Survey claims that 9% of Facebook users have deleted their accounts
While Facebook has endured a number of scandals over the past few years, the fallout and controversy stemming from the Cambridge Analytica saga undoubtedly represents …
Facebook is the least-trusted tech company by a country mile
While Mark Zuckerberg spent all day yesterday answering awkward questions about Facebook from his booster seat, Recode published a new poll showing which tech companies are trusted …
The last day of Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony begins at 10AM – watch live right here
In a hearing that was scheduled to last two hours yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg ended up answering questions from the US Senate committee members for over …
