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Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday announced that it has selected 20 research teams worldwide – including experts from India and those of Indian origin — who will work towards how misinformation spreads and what additional steps the mobile…

  Insurance companies are like the late Rodney Dangerfield: They get no respect. After all, insurance is only truly appreciated in the event of a life-changing incident, such as a car accident or a health scare. MetLife, a 150-year-old…

It’s 12,000 B.C. Modern humans are starting to migrate to the Americas for the first time. We won’t discover farming for another 2,000 years. We won’t build cities for another 9,000 years. As a species, our story is just beginning. In…

Latest Apps and Software News Facebook’s WhatsApp is working closely with Reliance Jio to spread awareness of false messages, weeks after the Indian telecoms operator opened up the messaging service to tens of millions of customers using…

Digital Asia News Update China to limit new online game titles to curb addiction – Bloomberg China has announced plans to limit new online game titles and the total number of titles, as part of its effort to curb online game addiction and…

Twitter is providing support to two groups of academics looking to study the prevalence of some of the social platform’s most problematic content — as well as how Twitter can make people more open to different viewpoints. In March, Twitter…

Twitter, in an effort to curb abusive comments on Periscope, its video-streaming platform, is giving users new tools to deal with abusers and other people who violate Periscope’s guidelines. Rather than attempt to rely solely on algorithms…

Telecom regulator TRAI today said that its rules on curbing pesky calls do not target any specific player or operating system, and advocated that consumers must have the freedom to report unsolicited commercial communications or complain…