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Facebook rolls out Clubhouse-rival Live Audio Room
Taking on Clubhouse and Spotify, Facebook on Monday rolled out Live Audio Rooms and podcasts on its platforms for public figures and select users in the US.The social network said that it is also working with creators who will use its audio…
Facebook makes its best tool available for better translation
In a bid to help build better translation systems, Facebook has open-sourced FLORES-101, a first-of-its-kind, many-to-many evaluation data set covering 101 languages from all over the world. For the first time, researchers will be able to…
Facebook eyes newsletter biz with new publishing platform
After launching Facebook News, the social network now aims to monetise the newsletter business and will soon start testing partnerships with independent writers for its new publishing platform.According to a report in Axios, the newsletter…
After Twitter, Facebook to transfer presidential accounts to Joe Biden
After Twitter, Facebook has now confirmed it will also transfer the official POTUS account on its platform to President-elect Joe Biden after he is inaugurated on January 20, regardless of whether incumbent leader Donald Trump concedes…
Facebook CEO says Joe Biden is next US President
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has become the first Big Tech CEO to acknowledge that Joe Biden will be the next president of the US, at a time when Donald Trump has refused to accept his defeat and is fighting a legal battle.The Facebook CEO…
Working hard to let people chat across our apps : Mark Zuckerberg
Stressing that the messaging experience in the US is very fragmented compared to India or China, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said the company is working hard to merge Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp so that they can start to function…
India lessons helping us uphold election integrity in US : Mark Zuckerberg
The key changes in the approach to maintain election integrity in India, the EU and more than 200 elections around the world are helping the social network stop abuse and maintain election integrity ahead of next weeks presidential vote in…
Women-led SMBs saw more closures during pandemic globally : Facebook
Stressing that women have been disproportionately impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic globally, Facebook on Tuesday said female-led small and medium businesses (SMBs) were more likely than male-led SMBs to report closures taking into account…
Facebook slams Netflix, says ‘The Social Dilemma’ is distorted
While most of us loved the new Netflix documentary 'The Social Dilemma' that shows how social media platforms treat users as a product and spreads misinformation, Facebook has come down heavily on the leading content streaming platform,…
Facebook makes managing groups easier
Facebook has announced new tools and programmes to help users manage their groups on the social networking platform more efficiently. These include the "Admin Assist" tool that allows one to set rules so Facebook can help moderate posts in…