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Google unshackles Android-device firms
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Google is dropping restrictions it imposed on Android-device-makers, following a clash with the EU.
It is ending a ban on manufacturers having a line-up that includes tablets and phones powered by alternative…
Facebook to say who pays for UK political adverts
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Facebook said on Tuesday that it would require British political adverts posted on its pages to carry disclaimers and identity flags, in an attempt to crack down on the spread of misinformation.
Britain’s parliament…
Facebook says it purged more than 800 spam accounts, pages
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Facebook said it has purged more than 800 U.S. pages and accounts for spamming users with politically-tinged garbage links and clickbait just weeks ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.
The banned accounts and…
Data breach affected 29m users: Facebook
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Cyber attackers stole data from 29 million Facebook accounts using an automated program that moved from one friend to the next, Facebook Inc (FB.O) announced on Friday, as the social media company said its largest-ever…
Facebook’s WhatsApp says has fixed video call security bug
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Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messenger service said on October 10 it has fixed the latest bug on its platform that allowed hackers to take over users’ applications when they answered an incoming video call.
The…
Google unveiled the third edition of its Pixel smartphone
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Google has unveiled the third edition of its Pixel smartphone, a Google Home smart speaker with a display and its first tablet computer as it makes a come-from-behind push into hardware. The company’s Android software…
‘China spy attack hits Apple and Amazon’
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Apple and Amazon are among US companies and agencies who have had data stolen by Chinese spies, claims Bloomberg.
The data had been siphoned off via tiny chips inserted on server circuit boards made by a company…
Lawsuit accuses Facebook of enabling human traffickers
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A human trafficking survivor from Texas sued Facebook this week, alleging the social media platform provides human traffickers an unrestricted way to "stalk, exploit, recruit, groom ... and extort children into the…
Facebook names its new head of Instagram
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Facebook on Monday announced Adam Mosseri will take over as the head of Instagram following the sudden resignations of co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger last week.
Mosseri has been Instagram's head of…
Apple infringes Qualcomm patent, ITC spares ban on iPhone
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In its latest filing the US International Trade Commission (ITC) said that Apple might have infringed a Qualcomm patent but it doesn't qualify for a ban on the sale of iPhones.
The Administrative Law Judge Thomas…