Even senators known as the more tech savvy of the bunch experienced hiccups. Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii, asked if Facebook could track what one user emails another on WhatsApp. WhatsApp is the encrypted messaging service — which doesn't use email — that Facebook bought in … Read More

Bengaluru: Upset by the Whatsapp post by V. Shashidhar, a former policeman who had in 2016 tried to trigger an agitation among the state constabulary, the government is planning to either extern him till the state elections are over or put him behind bars on flimsy grounds. The state government …

WhatsApp has more than 1.5 billion users, and some of them may even know that Facebook purchased the messaging network in 2014. Many of those users have become increasingly worried that, like many Facebook users, their data may have become compromised and may be used against them, … Read More

Earlier US President Trump posted a threat on his Twitter page to strike Syria with missiles in retaliation for the alleged use of chemical weapons in Douma, warning Russia “get ready,” if it expects to intercept them. Moscow has previously warned Washington against such actions, promising an … Read More

As of April 2 Dorsey owned 18 million shares of Twitter, currently worth $529 million as of Wednesday closing price. His holdings represent 2.39% of all outstanding shares. Dorsey also is the CEO of payments company Square, where his base salary was $2.75 for the year ended 2016. He owned …

With the release of Twemoji 2.6, Twitter is changing the way a handful of emojis look across the service. Those updates include a sharper-looking knife, a less Sputnik-esque alembic, and yes, a green squirt gun that will replace the cartoonish revolver in tweets. Twitter's change could be read as a … …

Facebook is refusing to explicitly confirm that this malicious third party is GSR, the company started by the Cambridge University researcher Alexsandr Kogan. But since – as Zuckerberg has also repeatedly said – the investigations into other companies are not yet complete, it is hard to think who else it … …

The Democratic congresswoman Anna Eshoo, reading questions from her constituents at a hearing of the House energy and commerce committee, asked Zuckerberg whether his data was “included in the data sold to the malicious third parties”. After a brief hesitation, the Facebook CEO replied: “Yes.” … Read More

Called before Congress this week, Mark Zuckerberg tried to present Facebook's approach to user data as open and transparent. In question after question, he focused on the privacy choices available to users, and their ownership over all the data they share — and it wasn't all wrong. Facebook has data … …

The recent Cambridge Analytica scandal has opened up a Pandora's box on privacy and has people engaging in passionate conversations about the worldwide impact social media platforms have on the quality of our lives, our thoughts, and ultimately our decisions. It casts a new light on tools such as … Read …