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Facebook Messenger added its dark mode feature earlier this year, and we are getting the first signs that the social network’s main app will follow suit. Acclaimed researcher Jane Manchun Wong found that Facebook is testing a darker color scheme on the Android version of its app. However, she noted that this feature seems to be in an early stage of development …

Instagram users will soon be able to report content they consider to be fake as the Facebook-owned app joins the fight against online misinformation. The new feature, announced on Thursday, will allow users of the photo and video sharing app to flag suspicious posts. Flagged content will no longer show up in Instagram’s explore page, and will also be removed …

The world´s number one smartphone maker Samsung Electronics became the latest global brand to face criticism Wednesday for damaging China´s “territorial integrity”, with a Chinese K-pop star ending an endorsement contract. The row broke out after Chinese viewers noticed that the South Korean tech giant offers different language versions of its website for users in Hong Kong, China and Taiwan …

Twitter users will be able to follow a small number of interests by the end of the year in the same way they follow people, the company said Tuesday. The feature will be rolled out internationally as the one-to-many messaging platform prioritizes being an online venue for conversations rather than a pulpit for one-way broadcasting to the masses. “We are basically …

To prepare for the next mission to Mars in 2020, NASA has taken to the lava fields of Iceland to get its new robotic space explorer ready for the job. With its black basalt sand, wind-swept dunes and craggy peaks, the Lambahraun lava field at the foot of Iceland´s second biggest glacier, Langjokull, was chosen as a stand-in for the Red Planet´s …

Facebook has paid hundreds of contractors to listen to and transcribe snippets of users´ conversations, US media reported on Tuesday, amid heightened scrutiny of the social network´s data collection practices. Facebook acknowledged the transcriptions, which were first reported by Bloomberg, telling the news agency in a statement that they were made with users´ permission, but that the practice has nonetheless been …

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple lost more ground in the shrinking smartphone market last quarter, with a sales tracker saying the tech giant was pushed off the top-three seller list by a Chinese rival. Apple fell to fourth place in global smartphone sales, shipping 35.3 million iPhones in the second quarter compared to the 36.2 million units shipped by Oppo, according to …

Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Saturday it was discussing the possibility of German specialists’ participation in the Russian mission Luna-28, which aims to deliver samples of lunar soil to Earth MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – ) Russian space agency Roscosmos said on Saturday it was discussing the possibility of German specialists’ participation in the Russianmission Luna-28, which aims to deliver samples of …

Federal Secretary Information Technology and Telecommunication Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui Friday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to extend its outreach to distant areas of the country ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – APP – ):Federal Secretary Information Technology and Telecommunication Shoaib Ahmad Siddiqui Friday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) to extend its outreach to distant areas …

Knives that are not intended for cooking may be purchased via Facebook Marketplace by minors in violation of new UK laws due to flaws in the social network’s age verification system, The Guardian newspaper reported on Friday MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – ) Knives that are not intended for cookingmay be purchased via Facebook Marketplace by minors in violation of new UK laws due …