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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.
Facebook AI-Based Machine Learning Model Can Translate Between 100 Languages
Facebook unveiled a multilingual machine translation model (MMT) called M2M-100 that can translate directly between over 100 languages without relying on English.
Facebook Messenger Changes Its Logo and Adds New Chat Features
Facebook updated Messenger's logo. The updated icon now uses a gradient from blue to pink instead of solid blue, which is similar in style to the Instagram icon. Also, Messenger now has new themes for chatting with more customization options.
Facebook Removes Holocaust Denial Content
Facebook updated its hate speech policy to prohibit any content that denies or distorts the Holocaust. Facebook explained that this decision was made due to "the well-documented rise in anti-Semitism globally."
House Democrats Prepared Big Changes for Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google
Congress found that Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google use their monopoly power, so it recommends to spin off or separate parts of their businesses or make it harder for them to buy smaller companies.
Facebook Launched Cross-App Messaging on Instagram and Messenger
Facebook announced that it would merge Messenger chat with Instagram, allowing users to communicate seamlessly across the two platforms.
Iconic Facebook Game FarmVille Is Shutting Down in December
FarmVille will go down in history for being one of Facebook’s most popular games. Back in the day, it accounted for about 10% of Facebook’s revenue, and the number of players in a few months after the game’s launch was more than 80 million.
Facebook and Ray-Ban Will Introduce Smart Glasses in 2021
At the all-virtual Facebook Connect conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced a partnership with Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica to co-produce smart glasses in 2021.
