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Metaverse needs brilliance of Indian developers, creative community: Clegg

Metaverse can deliver huge economic benefits to India and requires the brilliance, ingenuity of developers and creative community of the country, a senior official of the social media giant said on Tuesday. While speaking at the launch of industry chamber FICCI's XR Open Source Fellowship Program, former deputy prime minister of UK and Meta's global affairs president Nick Clegg said the enormous appetite, ingenuity for engineering and entrepreneurialism for new knowledge is immensely striking in India and it is the reason for India being one of the great pioneering nations in technological innovations. He said that Metaverse in one sense may sound like science fiction but it is the natural evolution of the internet. "The metaverse won't be built by one company alone. Through programmes like XR Open Source, we will support Indian developers working on these exciting technologies. With their talent, insight and effort, we hope to ensure the next generation of internet technologies are

Meta pledges $1 mn for extended reality fellowship programme in India

Initiative will help developers contribute to open-source projects on XR technology and lay the foundation for affordable, appropriate India-specific solutions localised to Indic languages

Irish regulator fines Meta $276 mn over data leak that hit Indian users too

The DPC commenced the inquiry "on foot of media reports into the discovery of a collated dataset of Facebook personal data that had been made available on the internet"

From Meta to Zomato, how new online review rules will impact industry

As far as platforms like Google and Meta go, the new rules will require them to validate the real person behind the review through specified six-right mechanisms

India's requests to Meta for user data up slightly at 55,497 in H1 of 2022

Requests from governments across the globe for user data were up 10.5% to 237,414

US tax-filing websites sending users' financial data to FB: Report

Major tax-filing websites such as H&R Block, TaxAct and TaxSlayer in the US are reportedly sending sensitive financial information to Facebook.

Received 55,497 requests for user data from Indian government: Meta

India with 55,497 requests was once again second only to the US in terms of asking Meta to provide user data in the first half of this year

Meta denies reports of Zuckerberg resignation next yr amid massive layoffs

Meta (formerly Facebook) has denied reports that its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is resigning next year amid slow growth and massive layoffs at the social network

In layoff season, Google may fire 10,000 'low performing' employees

The news on layoff at Google has come within days of a letter that hedge fund TCI, an investor in the company, wrote to Alphabet. TCI has shares worth $6 billion in Alphabet

Meta is India's largest media company: A look at the ten big firms in 2022

A look at the ten big media firms in the financial year ending 2022

A banker turned tech maven: Meet Sandhya Devanathan, Meta India head

Devanathan takes over the India operations after the previous incumbent, Ajit Mohan, resigned to join social media company Snap Inc

Meta rolls out new privacy updates for teens on Instagram, Facebook

It also created a number of tools for teens to inform the company if something makes them feel uncomfortable while using the applications

Meta introduces new privacy features for protecting its young users

All those under age 16 (or under 18 in some countries) will be defaulted into more private settings when they join Facebook, Meta says

Fired by Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg? The old economy is there for you

British lender Barclays Plc is offering support for laid-off workers looking to start new fintech businesses and hopes to fill some of its thousands of technology job vacancies.

Jaguar Land Rover looks to hire laid off tech workers, says report

The carmaker on Friday announced a jobs portal for displaced tech workers to fill 800 roles

Meta fires staff for hijacking Facebook, Instagram accounts: Report

According to The Wall Street Journal, some offenders used Meta's account recovery software, 'Oops,' and even took thousands of dollars in bribes from those seeking access.

Facebook parent Meta appoints Sandhya Devanathan as head and VP for India

Senior executive has 22 years of experience and an international career in banking, payments and technology

Facebook still banning Trump for now despite 2024 presidential campaign

Donald Trump may be running for president, but he still can't use Facebook. The social media platform has no plans to reinstate Trump's account following the former president's announcement that he will seek a second term in the White House, the company confirmed on Wednesday. Trump was kicked off Facebook following the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Trump may not have to wait long to get back on the site, however. His suspension from Facebook is set to be reconsidered in January, two years after it was first imposed. One change will be immediate: As a candidate, Trump will no longer be subject to Facebook fact checks. That's because under Facebook rules, comments by elected officials and candidates for office aren't subject to fact checks on its site. The Associated Press participates in Facebook's independent fact-checking program. Throughout his tenure as president, Trump's use of social media posed a significant challenge to major social media platforms trying to

Meta India policy chief Rajiv Aggarwal joins Samsung in a tech policy role

Rajiv Aggarwal will take up the position, which entails liaising with and lobbying government officials on domestic policy matters, from December

Amazon layoffs in India may be higher than other tech majors: Report

Including direct and indirect jobs, Amazon employs over 1.1 million people in India