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Zuckerberg discloses new steps to curb fake news on Facebook

Facebook fired the human team of curators who watched its trending news items, leaving its algorithm to sort links

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urges post-Trump world not to 'disconnect'

Facebook has made headlines with its projects on connectivity and internet access

Zoho takes on Zendesk, Freshdesk with platform built in a village

Designed by over 150 engineers, Zoho Desk, a customer software platform, has been built in over five years

Over 55% of Indians in 16-36 age group hit by cybercrime: Report

Globally, those born between 1980 and 2000 are the most commonly affected victims; 40% were impacted last year

Nokia to re-enter the smartphone business in 2017

The 1st smartphone of Finnish firm rumoured to be the D1C that runs on Android 7 Nougat with a Snapdragon 430 processor

Planys Technologies launches second underwater robot

This is partly to provide portable, cost-effective, customizable inspection solutions for oil and gas, shipping and port sectors

A notebook affair

Here's a guide that can help you get your game on this winter

Chinese app-maker finds Indian market 3 times larger than China's

APUS makes a number of popular tools for Android, such as battery boosters and an Android launcher app, reports Tech in Asia

AR set to take over in India's growing smartphones market

AR overlays virtual elements on a real-world scenario, reports Tech in Asia

Hike builds camera into app

Hike aims to cater to a large number of young users on its platform with the new features that are similar to those offered on Snapchat

TomTom launches fitness tracker and watch range in India

You can switch TomTom Touch to sport mode for running, cycling or hitting the gym

Only Chinese handset vendors to increase market share among top 5 globally: Gartner

Huawei, Oppo and BBK Communication Equipment together accounts for 21% of the smartphones sold to end users worldwide in the Q3

New AI algorithm to make Siri more 'honest'

The algorithm designed by researchers from University of Toronto in Canada outperformed its own training by 9%

After Facebook, hike messenger now copies Snapchat features

hike has 12 live filters, including one that changes a user's face to Narendra Modi

Chinese company admits to planting spyware in mobile phones

Kryptowire found spyware hidden in the firmware of some of the examined phones manufactured by Shanghai Adups Technology

Facebook buys facial recognition tech startup FacioMetrics

FacioMetrics specializes in using AI to give facial image analysis capabilities to applications that run on smartphones

It's official: Apple thinks you're an idiot

A book with no words and only photographs costs US$300, reports Tech in Asia

Google, Facebook cut ad revenue to 'fake' news sites post US election controversies

Viral stories included headlines like 'Clinton Calling for Civil War' and "Pope Shocks World, Endorses Trump for President

Twitter rolls out tool to fight trolls, abuse, bullying

'The amount of online abuse, bullying, and harassment has risen sharply over the past few years,' Twitter said

Mark Zuckerberg's Pinterest account hacked

OurMine has also compromised Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's and Google CEO Sundar Pichai's social media accounts