April 19, 2018
Facebook Says Login Data Can Be Hijacked
Facebook has more data issues to worry about this week. This time it’s a security research report that shows the site’s user data can be taken by third-party JavaScript trackers...
April 19, 2018
Data Firm Exposes 48M Social Media User Profiles
LocalBlox, a small data firm, created personal profiles of 48 million people using data from the likes of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Zillow and others without getting the consent of the...
April 19, 2018
Facebook Hiring Chip Designers For AI Semiconductor Push
Facebook is gearing up to make its own artificial intelligence chips, with the company looking to hire chip designers. According to a report in Financial Times, Facebook has placed ads...
April 18, 2018
Social Media Usage Increases In Q1 Despite Facebook’s Data Scandal
Despite Facebook’s data scandal with Cambridge Analytica, the number of people that are using social media platforms increased by more than 100 million during the first quarter of 2018. According...
April 18, 2018
Bitcoin Daily: Cambridge Analytica Had Crypto Plans, Iceland’s Bitcoin Heist...
Before Cambridge Analytica got caught up in a scandal involving the use of Facebook data, it was thinking of raising money through crypto, Reuters reported. According to sources familiar with...
April 17, 2018
Dating App Bumble Forgoes Facebook Authentication
Dating app Bumble has changed its login system so that its 30 million-plus users can bypass Facebook. “Many of our users and prospective users asked for an alternative registration method,”...
April 16, 2018
US: FTC’s McSweeny to step down
US Federal Trade Commission member Terrell McSweeny will resign next week after four years on the panel, the FTC said in a statement on Monday. McSweeny was appointed to the...
April 16, 2018
EU: Digital chief to meet with Facebook CEO to talk...
The European Union’s digital chief will meet with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in San Francisco as the world’s largest social network faces increasing scrutiny over its use of personal data,...
April 16, 2018
Facebook Tables Health Data Research Project
After the Cambridge Analytica data scandal raised privacy concerns, Facebook reportedly tabled a proposal to work with multiple U.S. hospitals on a research project. The social media platform reportedly wanted...