Twitter Ropes in Academic Partners to Curb Abuse, Harassment on the Platform
In line with its efforts to curb abuse and harassment of users on its platform, Twitter has now selected two research projects that aim to develop metrics [Read More…]
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Twitter Sees a Fall in Monthly Active Users to 335 Million, Revenue Beats Estimates
Twitter posted record profit on Friday with second quarter revenue that beat financial analysts’ estimates and said penalising misbehaving users this year had paid off even [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…]
Twitter Shifts Navigation Bar to the Bottom for Android Users
Twitter has been on a clean-up spree recently, deactivating over 1 million accounts a day in a bid to combat abuse and fake news. The social media app [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…]
WhatsApp Starts Testing ‘Suspicious Link Detection’ Feature to Limit Spam Circulation: Report
In another move to put a stop to the circulation of spam on its platform, WhatsApp is working on a Suspicious Link Detection feature. The new feature, [Read More…]
WhatsApp Starts Testing ‘Suspicious Link Detection’ Feature to Limit Spam Circulation: Report
In another move to put a stop to the circulation of spam on its platform, WhatsApp is working on a Suspicious Link Detection feature. The new feature, [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…]
As Facebook Ages, Teens Look Elsewhere to Connect
Manon, 17, has a Facebook account but to connect with her friends she turns to other social networks like Instagram or Snapchat. “I don’t use it to post status updates [Read More…]
Mojang’s Scroll Collectible Card Game Renamed to Caller’s Bane, Made Free-to-Play
HIGHLIGHTS Mojang’s Scrolls game is now called Caller’s Bane The game is now available for free-to-play It is available to play on Windows and macOS [Read More…]