Entertainment
Facebook gets exclusives rights to 25 MLB games this season
This MLB season, Facebook will get exclusive rights to stream afternoon MLB games, starting with the first game on April 4th between Philadelphia Phillies and the New York…
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Business
Snap has confirmed layoffs of ‘just over 120’ engineers
Snap has confirmed that it will lay off "just over" 120 engineers from its engineering team over the next few days. First reported by Cheddar, Snap's layoffs were…
Instagram
To help curb violence, Sri Lanka has cut off access to social networks
Government officials in Sri Lanka have ordered some social networks to shut down in order to help curb extremist violence in the country. Anonymous sources told ABC News…
Facebook
All Oculus Rift headsets are offline after a software error
If you're the owner of an Oculus Rift headset and it's not working for you, you're not alone. People around the world aren't able to use their Oculus…
BlackBerry
BlackBerry is suing Facebook for isolating messaging patents
Facebook is facing a lawsuit from BlackBerry for infringing a messaging technology patent in a Los Angeles Federal Court. The lawsuit points out Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram for…
Facebook
Reddit says users unknowingly spread Russian propaganda during US election
We've already seen companies like Facebook and Twitter get cooked pretty good from lawmakers on how their platforms were used to influence the last US presidential election, but…
Apple
Netflix will now let parents block individual titles
Parent controls on Netflix just got better. Netflix announced today that will soon be releasing a new tools for parents. As of right now, parents can manage what…
Entertainment
Facebook apparently asked users if it’s okay for adults to sexually harass children
Facebook seems to have done something again that's going to rile people up. The Guardian reports that Facebook asked some of its users to take a survey over…
Amazon
European Union provides details for taxes on tech companies’ revenue
The European Union is out to counter tech companies' tax maneuvers by directly targeting their revenue, and now we get some insight into how the EU will make…
Facebook
New survey says more than a third of all US adults now use Instagram
According to a new Pew Research Center survey, 35 percent of US adults now use Instagram, an increase of 7 percent from 2016. Other findings tell us that…
Instagram
Hidden code inside Instagram code hints at voice and video call feature
Your communication on Instagram may not be limited to just messaging for too long. Our friends over at TechCrunch discovered some hidden codes and icons for "Call" and…
Facebook
New European guidelines ask social network to remove terrorist content within one hour
Today, European Commission published new guidelines for social network and among them, there's a request for these websites to remove reported terrorist content within one hour (via Financial…
Facebook
Former president Barack Obama warns Facebook and Google to check themselves
Speaking for an hour at MIT's Sloan Sports Analytics Conference on Friday, former president Barack Obama had a few interesting things to say about social media companies. He…
Facebook
A Tinder security flaw granted access to accounts with just a phone number
Tinder was previously hit with a big security flaw that allowed access to accounts with just a phone number. Security researchers at Appsecure discovered a way to access…
Companies
Facebook has signed a music licensing deal with European rights company ICE
Facebook has signed a music licensing deal with London-based International Copyright Enterprise Operations (ICE) to provide royalty payouts on music the company represents, according to a report from TechCrunch.…