Tag: Mark Zuckerberg
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Kim Jong-un celebrates missile launch with grand banquet
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife hosted a grand banquetto celebrate the July 28 launch of an intercontinental missile, which was attended by top officials from the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, the state-media reported on Monday. Among those attending the banquet held here on Sunday were Ri Man-gon, vice-chairman of the Central …
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July 31, 2017 -
Zuckerberg has ‘limited’ understanding of AI: Elon Musk
In the ongoing spat between two tech honchos, Founder and CEO of SpaceX Elon Musk has hit back at Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, saying the Internet entrepreneur's understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) is 'limited'. "I've talked to Mark about this (AI). His understanding of the subject is limited," Musk tweeted on Monday. The tweet came …
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July 25, 2017 -
Tottenham Hotspur denies takeover bid by Marc Zuckerberg
Spurs had been searching for investors to help pay for a new stadium.
July 10, 2017 -
Facebook’s Internet drone Aquila rises in the sky
Facebook's solar-powered drone Aquila that will beam Internet down to the estimated four billion people worldwide, has successfully completed the second full-scale test flight, the social networking site said on Friday. Aquila's second flight, which occurred on May 22, took off just after dawn and lasted for an hour and 46 minutes. Aquila then landed perfectly on …
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June 30, 2017 -
Mark Zuckerberg: I am not running for public office
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says his quest this year to visit every state he hadn't before is about building relationships, not politics. The 33-year-old billionaire says in a Facebook post that some users have asked if the trip means he's running for public office. Zuckerberg says he's not running for anything. Instead, he says the …
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May 22, 2017 -
Facebook for ‘everyone’ and not just high end: Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook does innovation to serve “everyone” in the community and not just the “high end”, its CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said in an apparent swipe at Snapchat boss' reported “poor countries” remark that triggered a controversy in India. “I think one thing that people probably don't think about as much as we do is innovation …
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April 19, 2017 -
Facebook launches camera platform for developers to encourage AR
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg during the two-day annual F8 developer conference launched a platform for developers to encourage augmented reality (AR) camera effects. Zuckerberg stressed that AR-powered camera effects would change the way people interact with friends on the social network. According to a report in Time on Tuesday, AR-powered camera effects will be launching …
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April 19, 2017 -
Facebook launches Town Hall tool to find nearby lawmakers
Facebook has launched a new tool that would make it easier for users to find and "follow" their elected representatives. The tool lists the officials based on users' location and provide a fast access to them. The new tool, currently available in the US, would help users to contact every official in their vicinity directly …
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March 28, 2017 -
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
Zuckerberg said in a post that his company was taking measures to curb what he said was a "relatively small" percentage of deliberately false stories.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