When Facebook users had finished mocking the company over its calamitous global outage on Monday, October 4, many apparently flocked to rival apps in order to get back in touch with friends and family. The six-hour outage — caused by configuration changes to Facebook’s routers that prevented its computer systems from communicating in the usual way — also impacted Messenger, […]
Router configuration changes affected tools and systems employees used in day-to-day operations Facebook revealed in an official blog post on Monday evening that the six-hour outage across its platforms including Instagram, Messenger, Whatsapp, and OculusVR were caused by configuration changes to its routers. Shortly before 5pm on Monday, the three social media services had confirmed on Twitter they were aware of issues […]
Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer is stepping down from the social media company, taking on a part time role while longtime executive Andrew Bosworth will replace him next year Facebook’s Chief Technology Officer Mike Schroepfer is stepping down from the social media company, taking on a part-time role while longtime executive Andrew Bosworth will […]
Facebook’s app back in the day allowed users to chat with friends while browsing the app. However, the company later opted to split up the feature by forcing users to download and use the Messenger app if they wanted to chat with friends or call them for video or audio chats. For the most part, […]
Cybercriminals and online scammers have begun setting up fake Facebook Pages for banks and other financial institutions in an effort to steal user credentials and other personal information. According to a new blog post from the cybersecurity firm Cyren, one of the company’s security researchers recently discovered a fake Facebook page imitating their bank that even had its own chatbot. The […]
Back in 2018, multiple big tech firms such as Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and Google teamed up to launch the open source Data Transfer Project (DTP). Its aim is to make it easier for customers to transfer their data across services and platforms. To that end, Facebook announced tools – such as Transfer Your Information (TYI) – that make it […]
Facebook is planning to launch new hardware, starting with the Ray-Ban smart glasses, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Zuckerberg confirmed during an earnings call this week that it will launch the glasses next, though exactly when remains unclear. The last reported time frame was sometime in 2021. “Looking ahead here, the next product release will be the launch of […]
Trump’s “free speech” case is likely doomed by First Amendment and Section 230. Former President Donald Trump today sued Twitter, Facebook, Google subsidiary YouTube, and their CEOs, claiming that all three companies are guilty of “impermissible censorship” that violates “the First Amendment right to free speech.” Trump’s lawsuits are almost certainly doomed. The First Amendment […]
Cybersecurity analysts have discovered ten different Android apps that surreptitiously pilfered user credentials, nine of which had managed to collectively clock over 5.8 million downloads on Google’s Play Store. Malware analysts at security firm Doctor Web said that the apps masqueraded behind genuine use cases such as photo editing and framing, exercise and training, horoscopes, and removal of junk files from Android […]
Facebook is making it even easier to buy stuff while you scroll past photos of your high school lab partner’s dog. Yes, Instagram Shops and Facebook Marketplace are already displayed prominently on the apps’ bottom navigation tabs. But now, you can shop on WhatsApp too, along with other updates. Today on a Live Audio Room, CEO Mark […]