On Friday, the Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced that employees could have a paid time off on Election Day. The tech giant joined a growing list of companies making a similar decision. In addition, it also launched a recruitment drive for polling volunteers. Wanted: Poll Volunteers On November 3, […]
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Facebook Settles Class-Action Lawsuit for $650M
After a landmark class-action lawsuit, Facebook has agreed to pay $650 million in a settlement. Users had sued Facebook in 2015 over facial scanning. At first, the company settled for $500 million, but it has added $100 million to the final package. Why Did They Sue Facebook Over Facial Recognition […]
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Facebook Warns of Blocking All News in Australia
Facebook warns it might ban users in Australia from sharing news on the app. The government had pushed a law that would force Facebook to pay for content. Facebook Getting Stingy Engadget reports that Facebook has stressed that news content doesn’t bring in a lot of revenue. Moreover, the company […]
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Ambani’s Company To Put 2G As ‘Part of History’
On Friday, chairman of Reliance Industries and India’s richest man emphasized the need for many Indians to move on from 2G technology. In a statement video, Mukesh Ambani mentioned that many Indians are still “trapped” in the 2G technology, keeping them from even basic Internet services as the world is […]