Facebook Users Are Having Their Phone Numbers Sold Online Via A Telegram Bot

Facebook's users data is under threat yet again, as phone numbers from the platform's expansive community are being sold online, with buyers acquiring them via a Telegram bot. This unfortunate discovery comes right off the heels of a wormable piece of malware making the rounds across WhatsApp via...

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Facebook Is Launching Its News Feature Outside Of The USA, With The UK Primed As Its First Target

Facebook is launching its headlines and articles interface, News, in the UK. This marks the first time the venture been launched outside of the USA. News tab is the latest installment to Facebook's platform, joining the likes of Marketplace and Pages. Its purpose is to provide a differentiated...

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A New Study Claims That Facebook’s Instant Articles See a 30% Increased Reach

A study conducted by the Liverpool Echo claimed that Facebook’s Instant Articles feature were resulting in a 30% increased reach. Some basic terminology might as well be discussed before we delve into the ramifications of this discovery. Instant Articles launched in 2015, and was touted as an...

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Android Users Beware! WhatsApp Messages With Links To Malware Are Spreading Across The Social Media Platform

A new piece of malware software has been found making the rounds across Android devices, specifically spreading via WhatsApp messages. WhatsApp can’t seem to catch even a moment’s breath before something goes wrong. Ever since its introduction of an unfortunate policy change to the platform’s...

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Apple’s Next Operating System Won’t Support iPhone 6S, SE

Apple is well known for making its older phones obsolete periodically, and while this is the sort of thing that a lot of other manufacturers tend to do Apple tends to be a little more trigger happy in this regard. The latest example of this sort of thing can be seen with a report that indicates...

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Forester’s New Study Can’t Settle on One Side Due To Contrasting Behaviors of Gen Z

Any person who lived a century before couldn’t have believed that it could be possible to shop while sitting at home. But the generation z is all about online shopping and social media. So, the recent study says that more than half of the people from ages 18 to 23 tend to research the product...

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The New Windows 10X OS Will Introduce Anti-Theft Measures To Windows Products Upon Launch

Windows 10X will be featuring an "anti-theft protection" system, via which users can protect their Microsoft devices from factory resets, in case of theft. Windows 10 recently surpassed its goal of reaching a billion different desktops in 2020, and has firmly established itself as the current...

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