McGregor was mocking the size of the singer-songwriter's breasts and comparing them to that of the opposite sex. The post comes after a tense few days where the pair have been at each other's throats with a string of nasty Instagram posts. In his latest effort, McGregor claims to run …

Whatsapp is the most popular instant messaging app in the country with over 220 million subscribers. There are other players like Google Tez and Truecaller which are also offering UPI-based payment services. Without elaborating on what is the arbitrage, Sukthankar said it is difficult for it to continue in … Read …

False news stories spread much more quickly and widely on Twitter than truthful ones, an imbalance driven more by people than automated "bot" accounts, researchers said on Thursday. A study by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab examining about 126,000 stories … Read More

In one of the largest studies of its kind, MIT researchers examining thousands of fake news stories going back a decade on Twitter have determined that fake news is more likely to spread across the social network than factual information. “Duh,” you said, but the statistics might be even worse …

For Twitter, this system has proven to be a problematic one in recent years, often forcing the company to choose sides in debates it'd presumably rather not be a part of. For users, verification is a status symbol, and one that often leads their followers to believe they're a credible …

Facebook will create at least 100 full-time jobs and invest $750 million in a new data center in Stanton Springs, GA over the next five years. New jobs will include positions in engineering and management, as well as opportunities for data center technicians. The new facility will be Facebook's ninth …

Shares of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) put in a solid day yesterday, rallying over 2%. After struggling following a somewhat tepid earnings report, Facebook stock appears to have finally got its footing back. While I don't expect a rip-roaring rally to fresh new highs, I also feel that the lows are …

Facebook is using its knowledge of consumers' online behavior to help brands market their deals and destinations to travelers earlier in their planning process. “Trip consideration” is a new option that advertisers can use to prioritize delivery to people who have shown general intent to travel but have not … Read …

ACROSS the French countryside, in the summer of 1789, rumours swirled about vengeful aristocrats bent on the destruction of peasants' property. It was not true. The Great Fear, as it is now known, tipped France into revolution with a flurry of fact-free gossip and rumour. Two centuries later the methods … …

FILE – This Oct. 26, 2016 file photo shows a Twitter sign outside of the company's headquarters in San Francisco. A new study published Thursday, March 8, 2018, in the journal Science shows that false information on the social media network travels six times faster than the truth and reaches …