Today, Instagram has begun displaying short IGTV previews from people you follow on your main feed front and center as the Facebook-owned service seeks to grow adoption of that video platform.
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Twitter's web interface is getting a new design that replaces the three-column layout with two columns. Other updates are also coming, though these are available only to a small set of users for now.
Facebook is launching a new feature that will let users create petitions and gather mob support in order to call government officials into action. Community Actions is a U.S.-only feature for now.
YouTube has renewed its efforts to ban videos containing dangerous stunts like the Bird Box challenge and Tide pod challenge. The policy also applies to pranks that may traumatize children.
Facebook wants to put events where your friends are more likely to see them: Stories. The new option to share events to Stories is rolling out today in the U.S., Brazil, and Mexico as part of a test.
Google has started rolling out today the new activity cards for its Search service. It allows you to resume your previous searches and continue your exploration based on certain topics.
LinkedIn's Chinese website appears to have begun requiring new and existing users to link a mobile phone number to their account as part of an effort to comply with internet regulations in China.
Google is now facing a fine of up to around $10,450 in Russia after the country's media and telecoms regulator accused the company of failing to exclude banned sites from its search results.
Tumblr's app for iOS disappeared from the Apple App Store since late last week for an undisclosed reason. Now, the site confirmed that the app was removed from that store due to child pornography.
China is looking ahead to 2030 where it envisions 6G network connectivity delivering speeds of up to 1Tbps. The country has already launched a concept study and wants to start R&D in 2020.
At a town hall event held at IIT Delhi today, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said the company has been considering adding an edit button to the service. However, certain limitations will be put in place.
A new agreement between Microsoft and Native Network will see 73,500 people living in rural communities in rural Montana and Washington receive broadband internet as part of the Airband Initiative.
A new version of reCAPTCHA will assign site visitors a risk score and allow site admins to take custom actions based on that score. It's expected to improve user experience while fighting off bots.
Facebook today shared its works in the past year to help combat child exploitation online using AI and machine learning. It also announced an upcoming alliance with Microsoft as part of that push.
Facebook's investigation of a massive security breach involving some 50 million accounts reportedly suggests the attacks were perpetrated by a group of spammers masquerading as digital marketers.
Apple has apologized for the recent account hacks involving a small number of its users in China who fell victim to phishing scams, which stole an undisclosed amount of money using their Apple ID.
Facebook advertisers who want to run political ads in the UK now need to comply with certain transparency rules. Also, the Ad Library will show data on an ad's budget and the number of people reached.
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the web, is working on a new project that will change how we interact with people, apps, and services on the web, by allowing us more control over our data.
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are said to be leaving Instagram in the coming weeks several years after founding what could arguably be Facebook's most successful acquisition today.
Facebook has selected a total of 115 people to join its community leadership program meant to strengthen various communities on the platform. The community leaders will each receive funding.
Eric Schmidt, Alphabet's former executive chairman, has speculated that we could see two internets emerge by 2028. He said one would be U.S.-led and the other China-led, both being quite different.
At the height of the U.S. travel ban signed last year, Google employees apparently considered making tweaks to search functions in order to counter President Donald Trump's immigration order.
Microsoft has announced the release of the Bing AMP viewer and Bing AMP Cache as part of an effort to allow AMP-enabled web pages to work directly from Bing's mobile search results.
Google's rumored search engine for the Chinese market, codenamed Dragonfly, is raising privacy concerns after it was found to be linking the users' search data to their phone numbers.
As part of its Airband Initiative, Microsoft has signed an agreement with Network Business Systems to deliver high-speed internet to 126,700 more people living in rural communities in the U.S.
After severing access to Alex Jones' podcasts last month, Apple has now completely banned the controversial conspiracy theorist's Infowars app from the App Store for violating content rules.
Following a UN Human Rights Council report which found evidence of human rights abuses in Myanmar, Facebook has banned dozens of accounts and pages, including that of the country's top military chief.
Facebook has announced the winners of its $800,000 prize money for projects that look to enhance the security and privacy of internet and Facebook user online and off. It'll give $200,000 more soon.
Microsoft will be collaborating with Agile Networks to deliver broadband internet to 110,000 people living in rural communities in Ohio. This team-up is part of the tech giant's Airband Initiative.
Reports claim that the Bangladeshi government has blocked mobile internet in some regions after protests against the killing of two students in a road accident turned violent, with over 100 injured.
Facebook's latest crackdown on abuse saw 196 pages and 87 accounts closed for violating the company's authenticity policies by spreading misinformation and misleading people in Brazil.
Watch Party allows members of Facebook groups worldwide to jointly watch videos, live or recorded, in real time. The feature is being tested with profiles and will be launched on Pages in the future.
In Chrome 68, Google will begin to display the "Not Secure" message in the display bar for websites that still use the HTTP connection. Later, the "Secure" label for HTTPS sites will disappear.
According to the Future Telecoms Infrastructure Review published today, the UK government is doubling down on its fiber network coverage with full fiber networks being deployed nationwide by 2033.
The satellite-based internet project was first revealed in May by a filing with the Federal Communications Commission. Set for launch in early 2019, Athena is meant to deliver internet from orbit.
Mozilla is set to host the finalists of an event working to connect the unconnected in rural areas. There are 14 entrants and eight will receive a slice of the $1.6 million prize money.
Google's job search feature sifts through the websites of various recruitment services including The Guardian Jobs, Reed.co.uk, Haymarket, and Gumtree to provide relevant job listings to users.
The Federal Communications Commission abides by its recent decision to limit the $25 broadband subsidy under the Lifeline program to tribal residents in rural areas and to facilities-based providers.
Project Loon could very well be coming to Kenya to provide connectivity for those in rural areas. Alphabet is currently in talks with telecoms in the country working out contracts.
A year after Google pledged to stop scanning private Gmail messages for personalization data, the search giant now confirms it is still possible for third-party developers to access users' emails.