Tag: facebook
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WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger May Still Put User Information at Risk.
Do you know that despite the end-to-end encryption provided by popular messaging platforms like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Viber, your sensitive information is vulnerable to hacking? A research report has highlighted the importance of what is called an ‘authentication ceremony’ to help mitigate the risk. Researchers from Brigham Young University (BYU) at Utah in the…
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Facebook Translation Services Now Use AI-Based Neural Networks Instead
To improve the quality of translations on its platform, Facebook has infused artificial intelligence (AI) into its translation services that account for more than 2,000 translation directions and 4.5 billion translations each day. With over two billion users, Facebook supports over 45 languages. “We recently switched from using phrase-based machine translation models to neural networks…
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Facebook Bid to Fight Fake News, Related Articles, Rolls Out More Broadly
After receiving positive feedback on how ‘Related Articles’ helped people determine whether the news they are reading is misleading or false, Facebook has now rolled out the feature more broadly. According to a report in TechCrunch on Friday, the feature is rolling out in the US, Germany, France and the Netherlands, because Facebook already has…
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Facebook Reportedly Working on a Group Video Chat App.
Facebook is reportedly working on a stand-alone app that would soon help its over two billion users make live group video chats on its platform. According to a report in The Verge late on Wednesday, the app that copies technology startup Life On Air’s popular group video chat app Houseparty was recently demonstrated for employees…
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Facebook to Live Stream UEFA Champions League Matches
Facebook will broadcast Champions League matches for American Internet users under a deal with Fox Sports, which will host the live streams on its pages, the channel said Tuesday. The partnership will involve two group matches per day, four round of sixteen games and the four quarter-finals of the 2017-18 season, in the social media…
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Facebook Will Add Fundraising Option to ‘Safety Check’
Facebook said on Wednesday it would soon allow its US users to raise and donate money using its “Safety Check” feature, to make it easier for people affected by natural disasters and violent attacks to receive help. “Safety Check,” launched in 2014, allows Facebook users to notify friends that they are safe. The feature was…
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Facebook Fined EUR 150,000 by French Data Watchdog
Facebook has been fined EUR 150,000 ($166,000 or roughly Rs. 1.06 crores) by France’s data protection watchdog for failing to prevent its users’ data being accessed by advertisers. Watchdog CNIL said its fine – which was imposed on both Facebook Inc and Facebook Ireland – was part of a wider European investigation also being carried…
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Whatsapp and Facebook Will Stop Working On Blackberry By End of 2016
WhatsApp will cease support the older mobile platforms such as all versions of BlackBerry OS (including BlackBerry 10), Nokia S40, Symbian S60, Android version 2.1 and 2.2 and Windows Phone 7.1 by the end of 2016. “While these mobile devices have been an important part of our story, they don’t offer the kind of capabilities…