Singapore orders Meta to implement anti-scam measures or face possible fineThe company could be fined up to S$1 million ($775,698) if it fails to comply as part of the first such order under the nation's new Online...
03 Sep, 2025, 12.33 PM IST
A top-grade Cambridge graduate with stints at Goldman Sachs, Meta, and OpenAI; yet he turned down a $1.5 billion offer from ZuckerbergAndrew Tulloch, an Australian AI expert and ex-Meta engineer, went viral after reportedly rejecting a $1.5 billion offer from Mark Zuckerbe...
05 Aug, 2025, 11.13 PM IST
Top illegal betting site Parimatch draws more visits than Amazon, XSome offshore operators have even adopted cash-on-delivery payment models, allowing minors to place bets without parental knowledge or acce...
01 Jun, 2025, 11.57 PM IST
Reddit unveils new content moderation and analytics tools to boost user engagementLike its rivals, including Meta, Reddit has been investing in new tools to attract more users and stave off competition in a crowded social...
07 Mar, 2025, 08.01 AM IST
Boat reboots IPO; Insurtechs & healthcareWearables brand Boat is gearing up for its second attempt at an initial public offering. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
26 Feb, 2025, 07.41 PM IST
WhatsApp faces EU tech rules after reaching very large platform statusAfter receiving the designation, a platform has four months to comply with the DSA requirements including identifying and assessing system ...
19 Feb, 2025, 10.07 PM IST
Meta tests ads on Threads, its alternative to XFacebook's parent company, Meta, is testing ads on its new social network, Threads. The ads debut amid Meta's recent content moderation cha...
25 Jan, 2025, 07.14 AM IST
India a key priority market; Reels, biz messaging supercharging growth: Meta's Sandhya DevanathanIn an interview with PTI, Meta India vice president Sandhya Devanathan said India is the leading market for short-form video Reels' watch-t...
15 Sep, 2024, 04.42 PM IST
Former Meta employee tells Senate company failed to protect teens' safetyThe employee, Arturo Bejar, worked on well-being for Instagram from 2019 to 2021 and earlier was a director of engineering for Facebook's P...
08 Nov, 2023, 10.23 AM IST
Zhang Yiming, founder of TikTok parent ByteDance, lost $17 billion in 2022The reasons for the losses are unknown, but Zhang is still the second-richest entrepreneur in the world under the age of 40, with wealth va...
06 Apr, 2023, 06.47 PM IST
Meta versed in addictionMeta faces hundreds of legal claims from parents and families of children and teens who suffered mental health problems after using Faceboo...
28 Mar, 2023, 12.08 AM IST
Meta-owned Facebook rolls out new comment moderation tools for creatorsThis will make it easier for creators to view moderation statistics and manage conversations.
09 Feb, 2023, 03.48 PM IST
Meta's new headset to feature better mixed reality tech: CEO Mark ZuckerbergMark Zuckerberg also mentioned that more than 200 applications on the company's virtual reality (VR) devices have made more than $1 million...
04 Feb, 2023, 12.13 PM IST
Irish watchdog fines Instagram 405 million euros in teen data caseIreland's Data Protection Commission said by email Monday that it made a final decision last week to fine the company 405 million euros ($4...
05 Sep, 2022, 10.06 PM IST
US lawmakers question Facebook, Instagram over removal of abortion postsBoth Facebook and Instagram reportedly removed numerous users' posts about abortion services.
12 Jul, 2022, 04.07 PM IST
India to play huge part in building metaverse: Meta CEO Mark ZuckerbergThe company, formerly known as Facebook, changed its name in October to signal a shift to becoming an emerging computing platform focused o...
15 Dec, 2021, 06.09 PM IST
Telecom companies reject Trai plan to compute call drop ratesTelecom companies have urged the sector regulator to continue with current practice of using network statistics to calculate call drop rate...
14 Nov, 2016, 01.07 AM IST