Facebook Apologises After Lombok Earthquake Balloons Blunder
Facebook apologised on Wednesday after users posting about a deadly earthquake in Indonesia on the social media platform saw their messages decorated with images of balloons [Read More…]
Facebook Sued by Shareholder Over Record Stock Plunge
Days after Facebook’s stock suffered the largest drop in Wall Street history, a shareholder sued the company, accusing the social media network of making misleading statements about its user [Read More…]
Zuckerberg Loses More Than $15 Billion in Record Facebook Fall
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune took a more than $15 billion (roughly Rs. 1.03 lakh crores) hit on Thursday, as the social media company suffered the biggest one-day [Read More…]
Facebook Hires Shahriar Rabii, Google’s Head of Chip Development, to Lead Its Own Efforts
Facebook, in an effort to further its ongoing development of AI-based chips, has hired one of Google’s lead chip developers – Shahriar Rabii. Previously Senior [Read More…]
Facebook Named Best Company to Work for in the US by Career Site Indeed
Facebook – despite suffering through what could be charitably described as a turbulent year – was ranked as best place to work in 2018, according to [Read More…]
Facebook Must Protect Children From Addictive Habits, Says UK NHS Chief
Speaking of an “insidious grip” that social media activities may have on young people, a top health official in England has asked social media companies [Read More…]
Facebook Shuts Down Solar-Powered Internet Drone Project: So What Happens Now?
Facebook officially ditches its efforts to deliver high-speed internet via solar-powered drones. The decision reportedly caused 16 employees from the project to lose their jobs. [Read More…]
Facebook Bots Label US Declaration of Independence as Hate Speech
Facebook has apologised after its content-filtering algorithms flagged the US Declaration of Independence as a hate speech. Parts of the document was flagged as “hate speech” [Read More…]
Mark Zuckerberg Becomes World’s Third Richest Person as Facebook Stock Soars
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has overtaken Warren Buffett as the world’s third-richest person, further solidifying technology as the most robust creator of wealth. Zuckerberg, who trails only Amazon.com founder Jeff [Read More…]
Facebook Forms Team to Find Worst Case Scenarios Before They Arise
Facebook has hired a team of ex-intelligence officers, researchers and media buyers to find the worst possible things that can be done using the platform and [Read More…]