Uber Technologies Inc released its first diversity report on Tuesday, showing that women and non-white employees are underrepresented at the ride-services company – just as they are at many other technology firms. Uber released the information after a series of revelations about
SpaceX, the satellite internet company owned by Elon Musk, has announced plans to roll out its Starlink service to 37 African countries this year. According to the company, Angola, Kenya, Mozambique, and Zambia will be the first to receive the service by June, with Zimbabwe and over two dozen other countries set to be connected
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The term “metaverse” seems to be everywhere. Facebook is hiring thousands of engineers in Europe to work on it, while video game companies are outlining their long-term visions for what some consider the next big thing online. The metaverse is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination, and it could be the future,
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A former Facebook whistleblower responsible for a series of bombshell leaks has revealed her identity. Frances Haugen, 37, who worked as a product manager on the civic integrity team at Facebook, was interviewed on Sunday by CBS. She said the documents she leaked proved that Facebook repeatedly prioritised “growth over safety”. Facebook said the leaks
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Facebook, Instagram and Messenger are back up and running after a social media blackout. The sites and apps have been down for hours and Facebook’s CTO explained it was because of ‘networking issues’. But the sites have slowly been coming back online for people all around the world. It’s estimated the outages was costing Facebook
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WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook have all gone down in a major outage. The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure – all completely stopped working shortly before 5pm. Other products that are part of the same family of apps, such as Facebook Workplace, also stopped working. Visitors to the
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Facebook plans to make an “Instagram experience” for under-13s, dubbed Instagram Kids, have been paused. Earlier this spring facebook revealed it had started work on a dedicated version of Instagram for kids under the age of 13 — the current minimum age for an Instagram account six months on, the social media company has announced
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Government report claims censorship software on Xiaomi phones can be switched on remotely
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Instagram appears to be down for many frustrated users around the world. According to DownDetector, more than 6,000 Instagram users have reported problems with the app as of midday on Thursday. MailOnline has contacted Facebook, which owns the photo-sharing app, for comment. Instagram users flocked to Twitter to share their frustration – and to check
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PayPal Holdings Inc will allow customers in the UK to buy, sell and hold bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies starting this week, the company said on Monday. The roll-out, which marks the first international expansion of PayPal’s cryptocurrencies services outside of the United States, could inspire further mainstream adoption of the new asset class. With over 403
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American social media giant Facebook says its investments in internet connectivity in Africa will see the continent’s economy grow by nearly $60bn (£47bn) by 2024. A report released by the company shows that an increase in access would significantly lower the cost of internet on the continent. Facebook says it is investing in data centres,
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