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Facebook to verify the identities of some user profiles behind viral posts
Lost in the news of the George Floyd protests against police brutality and racism in the U.S., Facebook last week…
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Facebook takes on Twitter with Venue, a ‘second screen’ companion for live events
Facebook’s R&D group, NPE Team, is launching a new app for engaging fellow fans around live events, Venue. This is…
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Investors say emerging multiverses are the future of entertainment
The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating the adoption of new technologies and cultural shifts that were already well underway. According to…
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Google removes millions of negative TikTok reviews amid backlash in India
ByteDance’s TikTok app, which has gained hundreds of millions of users in India with its short-form videos, is facing criticism…
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Ease of the lockdown might result in improvement of both demand and price of oil.
The effect of relaxation in the lockdown begins to appear on oil prices Due to ‘a consensus‘ made in the…
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Casino Tycoon Stanley Ho, Who Transformed Macau into the ‘Las Vegas of Asia,’ Dies at 98
Stanley Ho, a onetime kerosene trader who built a casino empire in Macau that propelled the Chinese island past Las…
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Pioneering Ventures acquires Indian agri-tech company Lateral Praxis
Switzerland-based agri-food investor Pioneering Ventures has announced the acquisition of an Indian agri-tech company Lateral Praxis. The move is aimed…
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Facebook and Instagram roll out Shops, turning business profiles into storefronts
Starting today, you’ll be able to browse and buy products directly from a business’ Facebook Page or Instagram profile. Both…
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Facebook launches Avatars, its Bitmoji competitor, in the U.S.
Facebook’s Avatars feature, which lets you customize a virtual lookalike of yourself for use as stickers in comments and Messenger…
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Facebook to pay $52 million to content moderators suffering from PTSD
Facebook has agreed in principle to pay $52 million to compensate current and former content moderators who developed mental health…
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