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SAN FRANCISCO—Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday ordered one of the biggest management shakeups in the history of the social network, giving more responsibility to his chief product officer and launching a blockchain division. The shakeup appeared to consolidate power at the sprawling internet company, although it included no firings or outside hires […] -
SAN JOSE, California—Facebook Inc is entering the dating game, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday, planning a dating service to matchmake millions of people on the world’s largest online social network and nudge them into spending more time there. The service, which Facebook had considered offering for over a decade and will launch soon, […]
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More evidence has emerged to support the widely held suspicion that China’s most popular messaging app, WeChat, is recording private messages between users, data which is then accessible by the Chinese regime, despite the app’s insistence that it is not spying on the 1 billion people worldwide who use it. In a WeChat public post […]
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WhatsApp has announced it will ban people under the age of 16 from using its service in the European Union. Following changes in European data privacy rules coming into force next month, European users will now be asked to confirm they are at least 16 years old when they agree to new terms of service. […]
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WASHINGTON–Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s No. 1 mission during his appearance before U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday and Wednesday will be to defend against calls mostly from Democrats to regulate internet-based companies. The prospect of new laws that restrict Facebook and other internet companies, however, is extremely unlikely because few lawmakers feel confident they can grapple […]
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Facebook is giving users more control over their privacy by making data management easier and redesigning the settings menu, the company said on Wednesday, in the wake of revelations over a breach that exposed the personal information of millions and was allegedly used by a political consultancy. The company also said it would propose in […]
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SAN FRANCISCO—Facebook Inc will prioritize “trustworthy” news in its feed of social media posts, using member surveys to identify high-quality outlets and fight sensationalism and misinformation, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday. The company, which has more than 2 billion monthly users, said its members, not experts or Facebook executives, would determine how news […]
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WhatsApp, a popular messaging service owned by Facebook Inc, suffered a global outage for about an hour on Sunday before the problem was fixed. “WhatsApp users around the world experienced a brief outage today that has now been resolved”, a WhatsApp spokeswoman said in an emailed statement. The cause of the outage, about an hour […]
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AOL laid to rest its instant messaging service Friday, Dec. 15, some 20 years after it started. While the shutdown is new, the news is not. Back in October, Oath, the company that owns Yahoo and AOL, announced the service’s planned demise. “We know there are so many loyal fans who have used AIM for […]
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Facebook on Monday rolled out Messenger Kids, an app that lets the world’s biggest social media company expand into a so-far untapped market of kids under 13 while also giving parents complete control over what their children see. Facebook normally requires users to be at least 13 years old. The new app gives it a chance to […]
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A mom was disgusted after her son sent her photos of a moldy sandwich that was given to him after he forgot his lunch money at school. Amy Wittaker Anders, of Avon, Indiana, wrote in a Facebook post that her son forgot his lunch money and was instead, given a moldy peanut butter sandwich. A […]
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A simple photo turned out to be a final memory for a family. Joyce Rhinehart, an Ohio woman, said she took a photo of a happy family after eating ice cream. “I have an incredible story to share,” she wrote on Facebook. “On June 8th I was at Rita’s Italian Ice with my grandson Blake […]
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Photographer Toby Batchelor discovered an old cottage in Hertfordshire, U.K., and what’s inside is a portal into another world. Called the Crooked Cottage, the owners abandoned it, and it’s remained untouched for a decade, MailOnline reported. It was lived in by a “spinster and her father” until his death in 1971, the Mail reported. […]
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Thousands of women across the United States are being forced to get tattoos that have a disturbing meaning. The “crown” tattoos indicate that the women are under the orders of a certain pimp, who typically forces the women to also get their name or initials inked on them as well. Jennifer Kempton was one of […]
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s @realdonaldtrump Twitter account was “inadvertently deactivated” due to human error by a Twitter Inc employee on Nov. 2 and was down for 11 minutes before it was restored, the social media company said. “We have learned that this was done by a Twitter customer-support employee who did this on the employee’s […]
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You may have seen the headlines before: “Is Facebook Secretly Listening to Your Conversations?” The answer is no—as far as you trust Facebook. It’s just that many people don’t. Questions about Facebook’s use of microphones on users’ phones have popped up in media at least since last year. They were primarily based on anecdotal accounts. […]
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Christy Keane’s baby, Charly, was born deaf. But now, she can hear a bit better. In a viral video, Charly can hear her mother tell her, “I love you” for the very first time. Keane, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, said, “We had our miracle moment that I have been praying for when Char got her […]
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A random guy was sitting in the audience during Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” in 1985 when something pretty cool happened. Carson said, “Horatio Gutierrez (a classical pianist) couldn’t come tonight because he accidentally shut his hand in a car door and didn’t want to chance playing the Tonight Show. Can anybody here play the piano?” […]
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A man instructed his pit bull to attack police officers in Florida, but the dog turned on him, according to local reports. Police in Riviera Beach, Florida, were investigating a burglary when they saw Avery Davis, 26, who matched their description of the suspect, according to the Palm Beach Post. Davis was with his pit […]
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A 23-year-old Australian woman has been documenting her child’s journey since he was born in April. The boy was born with a serious cleft palate and lip, and Charlotte Halliday, 23, of Queensland, has been sharing his progress. Earlier this month, the boy smiled for the first time. The boy, Charlie, couldn’t eat properly. Until […]
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Ciera Swaringen was born looking a lot different than others. Her skin was covered in hundreds of oversized moles and birthmarks due to a rare skin affliction called Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevus. Despite being bullied as she’s gotten older, though, Ciera–now 19 years old–says she feels comfortable in her own skin. “Teenage boys are usually […]
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The mother of a woman who died from an allergic reaction after kissing her boyfriend is speaking out concerning allergy management. Twenty-year-old Myriam Ducre Lemay was severely allergic to peanuts, but had never told her boyfriend. One night after a party in 2012, the couple went back to the boy’s house, where unbeknownst to Lemay, her […]
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Doug Costello, a Massachusetts man, thought selling an old printer on Craigslist would be a simple and easy way to make extra cash. It turned out to be one of the biggest, and most costly, mistakes of his life. Costello, 66, said he didn’t realize that selling off the printer on the website for $40 […]
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A mother is dealing with some not-too-happy neighbors who left a letter on her doorstep in Philadelphia. “To the parent of the small child at this house,” it reads. “Like normal people I open my windows for fresh air. NOT to hear some BRAT screaming his head off as he flaps his hands like a […]
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Kansas City police officer Michael Holsworth has heard the stories, but never thought it would happen to him. The cop was in full uniform when he went into an Olive Garden to meet with his family for dinner on last year for his birthday. They were running late so he went inside to wait for […]
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High school friendships are often some of the deepest bonds we’ll form in our lifetimes, but staying in touch with even one or two of these pals gets more difficult over time. Especially with all the moving around people do nowadays, the bonds can easily be severed as we get more invested in our current […]
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Workers renovating a high school in Oklahoma City were stunned to find chalkboards from the early 1900s behind the walls. The series of chalkboards, that appear to have been used in 1917, were discovered in three classrooms at Emerson High School. They feature lessons on math, reading, music, and handwriting. There are also rules for keeping […]
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