Tag: Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg expresses concerns on anti-globalisation trend

Mark Zuckerberg has revealed deep-seated concerns that the tide is turning against globalisation. In an interview with the BBC on Thursday, the Facebook founder said that fake news, polarised views and "filter bubbles" were damaging "common understanding". He said people had been left behind by global growth, sparking demands to "withdraw" from the "connected world". …

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February 17, 2017

Mark Zuckerberg’s 2017 resolution: Meet people in real life

As everyone is talking about their new year resolutions, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday resolved to meet people in real life in every US state by the end of the year. According to a report in Quartz on Wednesday, Zuckerberg ran 365 miles in 2016 and read 25 books in 2015, but this year's …

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January 4, 2017

Zuckerberg’s home assistant ‘Jarvis’

Inspired by Iron Man's artificial assistant (AI) "Jarvis" and his capabilities, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has coded and developed his own "Jarvis" to run his home. In a blog post, Zuckerberg said that his personal challenge for 2016 was to build a simple AI to run his home — like Jarvis in "Iron Man".  "My …

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December 20, 2016

Use of privacy controls on Facebook depends on user: Study

Even though the online social platforms are offering several privacy controls to users, it depends on the user how to use them making privacy a debatable issue, a new study has found. According to a new study from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at University of Texas – Dallas, people have different views on …

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December 5, 2016

Zuckerberg announces new steps to curb fake news on Facebook

A day after US President Barack Obama crticised Facebook for spreading fake news that favoured Donald Trump, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced new steps to counter fake news on the platform, a media report said. “We take misinformation seriously,” The Guardian cited Zuckerberg’s post on Saturday as saying.  “We know people want accurate information. We’ve …

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November 20, 2016

Facebook talks ‘connectivity’ at summit, fighting fake news

November 19, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg’s Pinterest account again hacked

The infamous hacking group OurMine has struck again. Their latest target was again Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whose Pinterest handle was hacked recently, a media report said. After hacking the accounts of many bigwigs in recent months, OurMine targeted Zuckerberg's Pinterest account once again on Tuesday, which was defaced with a new tagline and the …

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November 16, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg, wife pledge $3 bn to cure all diseases

In a bid to help coming generations live disease-free, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have pledged $3 billion to fund medical research over the next decade. Zuckerberg and Chan, unveiled the next phase of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative – a new project the couple created in December 2015 to give away …

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September 22, 2016

Zuckerberg wants you to visit his AI-controlled home

While his social networking company is busy with research in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to unveil his home from inside which is powered by machine intelligence. Addressing a live Facebook town hall Q&A session in Rome late on Monday, he said: "I hope to have a demo, …

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August 30, 2016