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Facebook and Microsoft briefed state officials on election security efforts today
So much for summer Fridays. Yesterday, BuzzFeed reported that a dozen tech companies, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Snapchat, would…
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Facebook poaches new CMO Antonio Lucio from HP
Amidst Facebook’s biggest branding crisis, it’s just hired a veteran CMO formerly of Pepsi and Visa to boost the social…
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Google and Labster open virtual science labs to Daydream VR users
Virtual reality offers the tantalizing prospect of visiting remote locations from the comfort of your home — but it also…
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Mozilla’s VR Hubs can now share web, clipboard, and uploaded content
Mozilla’s shared virtual reality app Hubs launched back in April as a WebVR “experiment” — a basic 3D environment for cross-platform…
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Facebook will forego 30% share of Instant Games in-app revenue on Android
Facebook has announced it is going to forego its 30 percent share of Instant Games in-app revenue on the Android platform. Instant…
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Facebook and Twitter remove hundreds of accounts linked to Iranian and Russian political meddling
Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts and pages for what it calls “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” generally networks of ostensibly independent…
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Study ties Facebook engagement to attacks on refugees
A study of circumstances and demographics attendant on attacks against refugees and immigrants in Germany has shown that Facebook use…
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Say ‘Aloha’: A closer look at Facebook’s voice ambitions
Facebook has been a bit slow to adopt the voice computing revolution. It has no voice assistant, its smart speaker…
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Facebook slashes ad targeting options as it faces federal housing discrimination complaint
Following months of heavy scrutiny into its ad targeting practices, Facebook announced today that it is getting rid of more…
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U.S. government wants Facebook to break Messenger encryption for a criminal investigation
(Reuters) — The U.S. government is trying to force Facebook to break the encryption in its popular Messenger app so…
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