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Tinder’s “Swipe Night” all set to take your dating game up a notch

As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the world and makes in-person meetups…

Twitter and Facebook label yet another Trump comment on mail-in ballots

The Donald Trump vs mail-in ballots fight saw some reinforcement on the…
Facebook

Facebook to stop accepting Political advertisements a week before the US election

With only a few months to go for the US Presidential Elections,…
Facebook

Facebook bans BJP MLA from Telangana, T Raja Singh, from all of its platforms for promotion of hate

After facing scrutiny from  politicians across the spectrum for its alleged inaction…

‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman, 43, passes away due to colon cancer

Chadwick Boseman has died after a 4 year battle with Colon cancer…
Elon Musk

Elon Musk confirms Tesla’s Nevada Factory was target of a ‘serious’ foiled cyberattack

Elon Musk has confirmed via Twitter, an earlier report from Teslarati, that…
Google

Apparently, even Google engineers can’t figure out Google’s privacy settings

While Google was being grilled by members at the antitrust meeting back…
Fortnite

Fortnite players on Apple devices will lose out on cross-functionalities, updates for the game

The Apple and Fornite dispute does not seem to be ending anytime…
TikTok

“Now is the time for us to act”, TikTok is suing U.S. government over incoming ban

TikTok is taking it up to the U.S. government and has sued…

Facebook CMO Antonio Lucio bids farewell to the company in the middle of a storm

While working at Facebook might be a dream prospect for many, the…
Facebook

India’s parliamentary panel to question Facebook execs on September 2nd over content moderation bias

Following the controversy about Facebook’s content moderation policies about Indian politicians, an…

Congress party says Facebook favours India’s ruling BJP when it comes to content moderation

Taking their political rivalry to the social media field, India’s primary opposition…

Facebook launches Voting Information Center on both Facebook and Instagram

Following on an announcement from June, Facebook has launched a Voting Information…
Facebook

Facebook tightens its grip around terrorist content, takes down 40% more content in Q2

Facebook claims that it took down 40% more terrorism related content in…
Zomato

Zomato allows female employees to avail 10 days of ‘period leave’ per year

Zomato-India’s biggest food delivery platform and a household name at this point,…
Google CEO

Google has been asking employees to avoid certain language to fend off regulators

Google, along with 3 other major tech companies (Amazon, Facebook and Apple)…
Facebook

Facebook will let employees work remotely until July 2021 along with $1000 for supplies

Facebook will now let all its employees work from home through July…

Google will provide digital learning tools to 23 million students in India’s Maharashtra state

The state government of Maharashtra and Google are partnering up to promote…