Meta begins end-to-end encryption rollout
Meta has begun its rollout of automatic encryption of all Facebook and Messenger chats, the company has announced.Messages and calls protected by end-to-end-encryption (E2EE), which has been an option since 2016, can be read only by
Spotify to axe 1,500 jobs to cut costs
Spotify is to cut almost a fifth of jobs at the music streaming business in a move affecting about 1,500 posts.Bosses at the technology firm said in a note to staff that it will axe 17%
Apple names its App Store apps of the year
Outdoor exploration app AllTrails has been named the iPhone app of the year in Apple’s annual App Store awards.Make-up sketchpad app Pret-a-Makeup was named the iPad app of the year, with image editor Photomator awarded the
Fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were ‘primed to polarise voters’
Someone in China created thousands of fake social media accounts designed to appear to be from Americans and used them to spread polarising political content in an apparent effort to divide the US before next year’s
Meta ‘knowingly designed its platforms to hook children’, court document claims
Facebook parent Meta Platforms deliberately engineered its social platforms to hook minors and knew – but never disclosed – it had received millions of complaints about under-age users on Instagram but only disabled a fraction of
Founder of Binance crypto exchange admits failing to prevent money laundering
The founder of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has admitted he failed to take steps to prevent money laundering as the company agreed to pay more than 4 billion dollars (£3.2 billion) after an investigation
