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Multiple Google services including YouTube and Gmail simultaneously crashed across the world overnight, sending the internet into a spin.
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Google services back online after global outages of Gmail, YouTube & others prompt panic
For almost an hour, users across the world reported that Google services were not working for them. The company's main product, Google Search, appeared to be unaffected. The problem now appears to have been fixed.
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Celebs join Instagram 'freeze' to protest Facebook inaction
Hollywood stars and influencers are lending their backing to the “#StopHateforProfit” movement's latest campaign.
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YouTube star tragically dies aged 17
The beauty community is mourning the loss of Ethan Peters, best known as Ethan is Supreme online, after he died over the weekend.
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Google's music streaming service is about to shut down for good. Here are 20 other Google products that bombed, died, or disappeared.
Google has dozens of popular hardware and software products.
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Twitter says hackers downloaded private account data
Twitter has confirmed hackers made use of tools that were supposed to have only been available to its own staff to carry off Wednesday's hack attack.
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Twitter hides Trump tweet on Minneapolis unrest for ‘glorifying violence’
Twitter attached a disclaimer to a tweet by President Donald Trump on the unrest in Minneapolis on Friday, saying it broke its rules on "glorifying violence", hours after the US president signed an executive order targeting the social media giant’s legal protections.
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Donald Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting Social Media Platforms: “They’ve Had Unchecked Power”
He added, “There’s no precedent in American history for so small a number of corporations to control so large a sphere of human interaction.”
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Instagram Finally Launches Content-Monetization Features for Creators
The Facebook-owned social platform is rolling out new ways for creators to make money.
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Facebook takes aim at Zoom with new video chat features
Zoom shares fall 10% as tech giant launches rival to apps made popular during lockdowns
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Facebook completely overhauls Messenger on iOS to make it faster and lighter
My favorite type of app update is an update that reduces the bloat. With the new version of Messenger for iOS, Facebook's done that, and in a big way.
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Google collecting health data of millions
Google has been hit by a massive backlash after it was revealed that the tech giant had been collecting health data of millions of Americans without their
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Apple, Facebook in 107-year feud
Two of the world’s biggest tech companies are locked in a fresh fight for space in a newly renovated New York landmark.
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Facebook brings face recognition to all users, discontinues 'Tag Suggestions'
Tag Suggestions, which used face recognition only to suggest a user to tag friends in photos, has been at the center of a privacy related lawsuit since 2015.
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Scared Facebook staff do sickening job
Facebook has confirmed it has been paying hundreds of contractors to transcribe the private audio conversations of its users.
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Facebook to launch news tab this fall
Facebook is planning to launch a new "news" tab in the next few months, focusing on trustworthy news from prominent publishers.
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Twitter Adds 5 Million Daily Users to Flock in Q2, Posts Solid Financial Growth
Tweaks to user experience help company to better-than-expected profitability of $76m
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FaceApp's privacy concerns: How the app compares to Facebook, Instagram and SnapChat terms
If you think FaceApp's terms and conditions are scary, you might want to check out Facebook's, or any other social networking website for that matter.
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Why search is no longer all about Google
Once upon a time, Google was the beginning and end of life online.
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Microsoft chairman John Thompson explains why CEO Satya Nadella is poised to win the cloud wars
He had to downgrade the importance of Microsoft's flagship products: Windows and Office. And he had to overhaul the company's culture to make it happen.
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