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The company and its network of services were hit by an outage in several countries, affecting millions of people Full report: Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp hit by global outage Confused about what causes Facebook’s global outage? Guardian tech reporter Alex Hern has a brilliantly clear explanation. The key takeaway: an initial problem was made much …

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With WhatsApp and Instagram MIA, now’s your chance to experience the internet without Zuck looking over your shoulder Facebook down – follow live updates We’ve hoped. We’ve prayed. We’ve constructed various Rube Goldberg-esque fantasies that begin with Mark Zuckerberg extracting a virgin $350 gray T-shirt from his closet and end with a bottle of room-temperature …

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Users in UK, US and other countries find services inaccessible as company apologises Facebook’s network of services including Instagram and WhatsApp has been hit by an outage in several countries including the UK and the US, affecting millions of people as the company said users were having “trouble accessing our apps”. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp …

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Frances Haugen was frustrated that Facebook was not publicly acknowledging the harm its platforms could cause Frances Haugen, the whistleblower behind a series of damaging revelations about Facebook, is adamant that she wants to help the social media company and not foment hatred of it. The 37-year-old leaked tens of thousands of internal company documents …

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Frances Haugen tells US news show why she decided to reveal inside story about social networking firm Frances Haugen’s interview with US news programme 60 Minutes contained a litany of damning statements about Facebook. Haugen, a former Facebook employee who had joined the company to help it combat misinformation, told the CBS show the tech …

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Small upgrades on last year’s best iPhone, now with twice the starting storage The iPhone 13 is a minor upgrade to last year’s brilliant iPhone 12, with an improved camera, larger storage longer battery life and a small price cut. Apple’s latest regular-sized smartphone costs £779 ($799 or A$1,349), which is £20 cheaper than its …

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Haugen said the evidence she collected shows the company is lying that it is making significant progress against hate, violence and misinformation Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen went public on Sunday as the whistleblower who leaked a cache of internal documents to the Wall Street Journal. In an interview with news program 60 Minutes, Haugen …

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There is no such thing as too much garlic according to a growing trend amongst TikTok cooks. From a 40 clove garlic bread and a 60 clove soup to people snacking on whole cloves with sriracha, or preserved in honey, all with millions of views.  TikTok videos courtesy of @jakecohen | @cheeseordesserts | @foodwithliz | …

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Former employee is set to air her claims and reveal her identity in an interview airing Sunday night on CBS 60 Minutes A whistleblower at Facebook will say that thousands of pages of internal company research she turned over to federal regulators proves the social media giant is deceptively claiming effectiveness in its efforts to …

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As emails loom omnipresent in our connected lives, is the quest for an empty inbox a noble pursuit or an unwinnable war? Last week, I asked my Twitter followers about their email inboxes. Author Mohammed Massoud Morsi likened his to a “Kalashnikov on semi-automatic…Nudge, Nudge, Nudge. Nudge. Nudge, Nudge.” Human rights lawyer Diana Sayed replied …

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