Digmine Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Being Spread via Facebook Messenger: Trend Micro

HIGHLIGHTS Digmine malware said to only affect Messenger's desktop, Web versions Digmine was first observed in South Korea It has since spread to Vietnam, Thailand, and other countries A new cryptocurrency-mining…

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Facebook Confirms Aadhaar Prompt Test for New Users, Says It Isn’t Mandatory

HIGHLIGHTS Facebook asks users to enter name appears on their Aadhaar card The new testing is limited to small group of users with mobile devices It doesn't make it mandatory…

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Snapchat ‘Stories Everywhere’ Will Bring Stories to the Web: Report

HIGHLIGHTS Snapchat move is said to seek user growth Separately, Snapchat is said to hire News Corp's Rahul Chopra It is set to overtake Facebook for the first time in…

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Why Social Media Companies Can’t Stop ‘Fake News’

Why Social Media Companies Can’t Stop ‘Fake News’ Right before the holiday, Guy Benson noted that two widely-spread viral tweets about the tax reform bill were flat-out false. The first, from actress…

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Social Media-Manipulating Cult Influencers And Other Trends To Look For In 2018

TBWA Worldwide's annual 2018 insights report examines what the agency calls  "pre-trends" rooted in evolving cultural shifts. Convergence is the emerging theme uniting the predictions, says TBWA. Genetic technology will…

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Facebook Improves How Visually Challenged Can ‘See’ Images Using AI

HIGHLIGHTS New AI-based recognition features launched for the sighted The same features can help tag friends for visually impaired Facebook has also automated descriptions of what's happening in a photo…

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Facebook Data Harvesting Is ‘Abusive’, German Watchdog Finds

HIGHLIGHTS German competition watchdog made the statement on Tuesday The watchdog said Facebook was abusing its dominant position FCO said it focused probe on Facebook's use of third-party sites Germany's…

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Meet the Man Who Believes the Google-Facebook Duopoly Is Ripe for Disruption

Today's Internet advertising model is a scam: It's a system in which giant, monopolistic companies - Googleand Facebook - are selling inflated user numbers and overhyped targeting opportunities to advertisers while collecting way too…

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Twitter Starts Testing ‘Bookmarks’ Save for Later Feature

Twitter has started testing the 'save for later' bookmarking feature that it had teased last month. Called 'Bookmarks', the feature is aimed at helping its 330 million monthly active users privately…

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Twitter Admits Bug Revealed Location of Some Users

Micro-blogging site Twitter has admitted that specific locations included with some of its users' tweets were revealed without their permission last week due to a "bug". "We've discovered an issue for a…

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