Facebook’s Instagram team began experimenting with hiding the number of “likes” almost two years ago. But since then, Instagram has revealed few details regarding its plans in this direction during the protracted testing. The new experiment gives users complete control over the “likes” count. The Instagram team has launched three new options that are now […]
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Facebook finally talks about data breaches of 533 million users
Representatives of Facebook have finally commented on the leak of personal data of more than half a billion users of the social network of the same name from 106 countries. A company spokesman noted that the attackers did not receive this data now or even last year. The data was stolen even before September 2019, […]
Personal data and phone number of Mark Zuckerberg himself were leaked to the Network
After the information appeared that a database of 533 acebook users was leaked to the Network, it became known that among them were the data of the founder of this social network, Mark Zuckerberg. This information was discovered by cybersecurity expert Dave Walker, who works for the American company Synack. He suggested that those who […]
The data of 533 million Facebook users have leaked to the Network. Including about 10 million Russians
Yesterday one of the users of the hacker forum published a database of more than 533 users of the social network Facebook. It contains the most detailed personal information – name, date of birth, phone numbers, email addresses, geolocation data, marital status, etc. The database contains users from 106 countries, including more than 32 million […]
Facebook and Google plan to link Southeast Asia and North America with new submarine cables
Facebook today announced that it is planning two new submarine cables to connect Singapore, Indonesia and North America in a joint project involving Google and regional telecoms. The new cables are designed to increase the bandwidth of the Internet connection between regions. “Called Echo and Bifrost, these will be the first two cables to take […]
Venezuelan President’s Facebook Banned over Covid Disinformation
Maduro’s page will still be visible to the public, however, no new posts will be allowed to be posted from the page for now.Â
Facebook removed 1.3 billion accounts in three months
Facebook posted a blog post in which the company announced that 1.3 billion accounts were removed from the social network of the same name between October and December 2020. There are fake accounts on various platforms, but Facebook is more likely to see them than other social networks. The main purpose of creating fake accounts […]
A previously unavailable Instagram function appeared in Russia
The team of the social network Instagram, which is part of Facebook, is launching a function previously unavailable in Russia – Instagram Shopping. At first, Instagram Shopping is available for a small number of business accounts, and the rest will be able to join it in the coming months. Instagram Shopping is a set of […]
WhatsApp for iPhone began testing acceleration of voice messages
The team of the popular messenger WhatsApp is gradually moving towards the implementation of the ability to change the playback speed of voice messages. A few days ago, the thematic resource WABetaInfo was able to publish screenshots of the function from the beta version of WhatsApp under the number 2.21.6.11 for Android, and now a […]
Madrid Is Postulated As A Digital Hub And Will Raise Its GDP 8,283 Million Thanks To The New Infrastructures
The investment in digital infrastructures will mean an estimated GDP growth of 8,283 million euros for the Community of Madrid, according to a report published this Thursday by the research consultancy IDG together with the data center company Interxion. The investment already announced in this regard, of 680 million for the next five years, would […]
