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Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. It was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies in the world.
The founders initially limited the website's membership to Harvard students and subsequently Columbia, Stanford, and Yale students.
Meta Adds Personal Boundaries for VR Avatars in Horizon Worlds and Venues
The new feature essentially creates an invisible barrier around virtual avatars, preventing them from invading other users' personal space, which would help avoid unwanted interactions. However, avatars can still reach out to each other to high-five.
Facebook Spent $23 Million on the Security of Mark Zuckerberg Last Year
Facebook indicated that it found certain security threats to Zuckerberg. The company explained that he is synonymous with Facebook, so the negative attitude towards the company is directly related to the negative attitude towards him.
Facebook Reveals Details of the Latest Data Breach
Facebook said that the reason for the recent data leakage of more than 530 million users was not a hacker breach of its systems. Attackers gained access to information by extracting data from web resources or so-called web scraping.
Personal Data of 533 Million Facebook Users Leaked Online
Users from 106 countries were affected, including 32 million profiles from the USA, 11 million from the UK, and 6 million from India. Facebook said this data was extracted using a vulnerability that the company patched in 2019.
Facebook Banned Venezuelan President Over Coronavirus Misinformation
Facebook made this decision due to the spread of misinformation about COVID-19 by Nicholas Maduro. The politician advertised "miracle drugs" on Facebook, which are supposedly capable of curing coronavirus. This statement was not supported by doctors.
Facebook Teases Its Neural Wristband to Support AR Glasses
The wristband uses a technology called electromyography to read nerve impulses from the brain. Thus, the wristband understands what the user wants to do and reproduces one’s actions in virtual reality.
The 4 Biggest Social Media Platforms You Need to Know in 2021
Whether you are a social media marketer or a business owner, knowing the most popular social media platforms will help you engage with the right people and maximize your brand reach.