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Facebook Rolls Out Passkey Support for Easier and Secure Sign-In, Meta Pay Purchases
Facebook has announced passkeys as an alternative sign-in method for its app on Android and iOS devices. It enables users to verify their digital credentials in an easier and a more secure way. As per the company, passkeys on Facebook leverage the fingerprint, face or PIN that is used for unlocking the device, eliminating the need of memorising ind...
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Meta Considers New Mixed Reality Glasses as Headsets Alternative: Report
Internally code-named "Puffin", the new project is focused on designing an alternative to the heavy headsets offered by Facebook's parent company, which have a limited consumer appeal, the report added.
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Meta to Offer Paid Versions of Facebook and Instagram in Europe to Avoid Ads: Report
Meta Platforms is considering paid versions of Facebook and Instagram with no advertisements for users residing in the European Union (EU) as a response to scrutiny from regulators, the New York Times reported on Friday. Those who pay for the subscriptions would not see ads while Meta would also continue to offer free versions of the apps with ads ...
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Mastodon Hailed as Open Alternative to Twitter After Elon Musk Takeover: All You Need to Know
Mastodon is a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany that has seen a flood of new users, as Twitter is in disarray following Elon Musk's takeover last week. While Twitter and Facebook are controlled by one authority, a company, Mastodon is installed on thousands of computer servers, largely run by volunteer administrators who...
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Kerala Killer's Facebook Posts Just Days After Women's Torture, Murder
Bhagaval Singh, one of the three persons in Kerala accused of torturing and killing two women and possibly eating their flesh in "human sacrifice", often posted poetry on Facebook, and described himself as "self-employed in alternative medicine".
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WhatsApp May Soon Get Polls for Group Chats: This Is How It May Look Like
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a group polls feature that allows participants to add a new poll to a group. The functionality, which is still in development, allows users to add different alternatives to a poll. The feature is reportedly not made available for beta testing yet.
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Russians to Launch 'Rossgram' Photo-Sharing Social Media App After Instagram Block
Rossgram is Russia’s alternative to Instagram. Moscow had banned Instagram and Facebook earlier this week and is hoping to fill the domestic void with its homegrown photo-sharing app.
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WhatsApp Outage Hits Trading in Assets From Crypto to Russian Oil
WhatsApp's nearly six-hour long outage hit trading of assets from cryptocurrencies to Russian oil, market players said, although a quick shift to alternative platforms such as Telegram limited severe disruption.
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Opera Browser Optimised for Chromebooks, Comes Integrated With WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger
Opera Browser has become the world’s first alternative browser to be optimised for Chromebooks, as per the company. The browser brings free unlimited browser VPN, an ad blocker, cookie dialogue blocker as well as light and dark themes. It also features WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Messenger.
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Apple to Start Enforcing New App Privacy Notifications in Coming Weeks
Apple said that in the coming weeks it will start enforcing a new privacy notification rule that digital advertising firms such as Facebook have warned will hurt their sales.
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Facebook Rolls Out Passkey Support for Easier and Secure Sign-In, Meta Pay Purchases
Facebook has announced passkeys as an alternative sign-in method for its app on Android and iOS devices. It enables users to verify their digital credentials in an easier and a more secure way. As per the company, passkeys on Facebook leverage the fingerprint, face or PIN that is used for unlocking the device, eliminating the need of memorising ind...
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Meta Considers New Mixed Reality Glasses as Headsets Alternative: Report
Internally code-named "Puffin", the new project is focused on designing an alternative to the heavy headsets offered by Facebook's parent company, which have a limited consumer appeal, the report added.
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Meta to Offer Paid Versions of Facebook and Instagram in Europe to Avoid Ads: Report
Meta Platforms is considering paid versions of Facebook and Instagram with no advertisements for users residing in the European Union (EU) as a response to scrutiny from regulators, the New York Times reported on Friday. Those who pay for the subscriptions would not see ads while Meta would also continue to offer free versions of the apps with ads ...
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Mastodon Hailed as Open Alternative to Twitter After Elon Musk Takeover: All You Need to Know
Mastodon is a decentralised, open alternative from privacy-obsessed Germany that has seen a flood of new users, as Twitter is in disarray following Elon Musk's takeover last week. While Twitter and Facebook are controlled by one authority, a company, Mastodon is installed on thousands of computer servers, largely run by volunteer administrators who...
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Kerala Killer's Facebook Posts Just Days After Women's Torture, Murder
Bhagaval Singh, one of the three persons in Kerala accused of torturing and killing two women and possibly eating their flesh in "human sacrifice", often posted poetry on Facebook, and described himself as "self-employed in alternative medicine".
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WhatsApp May Soon Get Polls for Group Chats: This Is How It May Look Like
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a group polls feature that allows participants to add a new poll to a group. The functionality, which is still in development, allows users to add different alternatives to a poll. The feature is reportedly not made available for beta testing yet.
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Russians to Launch 'Rossgram' Photo-Sharing Social Media App After Instagram Block
Rossgram is Russia’s alternative to Instagram. Moscow had banned Instagram and Facebook earlier this week and is hoping to fill the domestic void with its homegrown photo-sharing app.
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WhatsApp Outage Hits Trading in Assets From Crypto to Russian Oil
WhatsApp's nearly six-hour long outage hit trading of assets from cryptocurrencies to Russian oil, market players said, although a quick shift to alternative platforms such as Telegram limited severe disruption.
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Opera Browser Optimised for Chromebooks, Comes Integrated With WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger
Opera Browser has become the world’s first alternative browser to be optimised for Chromebooks, as per the company. The browser brings free unlimited browser VPN, an ad blocker, cookie dialogue blocker as well as light and dark themes. It also features WhatsApp, Telegram, Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook Messenger.
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Apple to Start Enforcing New App Privacy Notifications in Coming Weeks
Apple said that in the coming weeks it will start enforcing a new privacy notification rule that digital advertising firms such as Facebook have warned will hurt their sales.
