Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg had a virtual meeting with PM Imran Khan for investments in Pakistan

By Shaheryar Ehsan ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

According to an announcement made by the PM Imran Khan’s social media handles, Sheryl Sandberg had a virtual meeting with the PM regarding investments in…

Facebook to stop running political ads after the US election ends

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook has announced that it will stop running all political and social-issue advertisements after polls close in the 2020 US presidential elections on the 3rd…

Facebook files lawsuit against two companies for their “data scraping” operation

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against two companies that have been involved in an international “data scraping” operation. Data was apparently…

Facebook Introduces New Messaging Features to Instagram from Messenger

By Press Release ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Facebook introduces a new messaging feature which ties-up Instagram and Messenger in Pakistan. Users will have an upgrade to Messenger and experience new messaging features,…

Farmville to bid farewell to the world by the end of this year

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

We all remember that adorable farming game that used to be one of the biggest attractions on Facebook. It defined an era, in a sense,…

Facebook audio leaks show Zuckerberg’s stance on US racial situation and Trump

By Shaheryar Ehsan ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook has been in the news a lot recently, with hearings in US courts over anti-trust and privacy concerns and data leaks. Recently, Facebook was…

Instagram to develop tools that let brands manage their DMs with users

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The Facebook-owned photo-sharing social media app is building an application programming interface (API) that will help companies and brands access their conversations with consumers and…

Facebook in hot water after being accused of spying Instagram users through their cameras

By Shaheryar Ehsan ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook is facing a lawsuit for allegedly spying on Instagram users through their phone’s camera. In its defence, Facebook has claimed that it was a…

You don’t need a PC to use Facebook’s latest Oculus headset, base version priced at $300

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook made a bevy of announcements yesterday during its Connect conference regarding its latest VR headset. The Oculus Quest 2 will not only be the…

Facebook launches Avatars in Pakistan

By Press Release ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook has officially launched Avatars in Pakistan. The social network issued an announcement which stated: “We’ve been rolling out Avatars in several countries around the…

Your Instagram stories will automatically be shared to your Facebook news feed soon

By Shaheryar Ehsan ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook is testing tighter integration with Instagram with a feature coming soon which will allow your Facebook friends to automatically see your Instagram stories rather…

Facebook has removed more than 450 fake accounts in Pakistan

By Naima Rabbie ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook removed fake accounts last month in Pakistan as it seeks to combat ‘influence operations’ on its platform. In a blog post, the internet giant…

Facebook open-sources Opacus, a PyTorch training library with differential privacy

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Facebook has open-sourced Opacus, a PyTorch training library that uses Differential Privacy (DP) to train models. Facebook says that with this act, it hopes engineers…

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