Toy manufacturing giant Mattel issued an apology after the customers called out the company for carrying a tiny inadvertent advert of the pornographic website on the packaging of dolls which were made for the new movie Wicked.

Mattel issues apology after users find link to porn website on its Wicked doll boxes

Meta, Instagram's parent company, has launched a campaign aimed at combating sextortion, focusing on raising awareness among teenagers. The initiative highlights the dangers of online exploitation, offering guidance on how to stay safe and report suspicious activity. With rising cases of sextortion targeting young users, Meta is working to protect teens by providing educational resources and safety tools on the platform.

Meta: Instagram Launches Campaign To Combat Sextortion, Warns Teens

Meta has reported that Facebook is attracting its most young adult users in 3 years. More than 40 million us and Canadian adults to aged 18 to 29 now check Facebook daily.

Meta's Facebook sees highest number of young adult users in three years

The National Payments Corporation of India grants Paytm a third-party application provider licence, which will allow users to conduct UPI transactions via its app.

Paytm gets a lifeline, users safe

Uber Technologies Inc. is now booking hot air balloon rides for its users over the touristic Cappadocia region in Turkey. This is the latest step taken by the company in its push to expand its ride-booking business and create a space for itself among the bigger players in the travel and tourism sector.

You can now Uber a hot air balloon ride in this country! Here's how to book one

Apple has warned users not to sleep beside their phones charging. Millions of phone users plug their phones in to charge overnight. However, they may be putting themselves or their houses at grave risk.

Apple warns users not to sleep alongside phones while they are charging

Twitter has announced that users will now be required to opt for account verification in order to access and use TweetDeck. According to a tweet by the company on Monday, the changes will be enforced in 30 days.

Twitter's ultimatum to TweetDeck users: Verification required or else...

Microblogging site Twitter has officially announced that it will start charging its users to authenticate and secure their account via text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method.

Twitter to charge users for SMS two-factor authentication

Ever since Elon Musk assumed the role of Twitter CEO and bought the firm in October, the microblogging service has seen a lot of changes. In the most recent development, starting from 1 February, Twitter users will have the ability to appeal account bans and be evaluated according to the new criteria for restoration for the media platform.

Twitter to let users appeal account suspension from THIS date

Microsoft will widen access to the immensely popular software OpenAI, a startup whose futuristic and popular ChatGPT has captivated the world. Microsoft's customers have already previewed the tech of OpenAI and the company said that it is available for everyone now.

World Business Watch: Microsoft to expand access to OpenAI, brings in more users

WhatsApp seems to have got regulatory approval to increase users by more than double for its payments service to 100 million in India, a Reuters report said citing sources on Wednesday.

WhatsApp payment service gets nod for 100 mn users in India: Report

WhatsApp users have a reason to cheer. The app is looking to come up with a range of new features for its Android, Apple iOS, Windows and web users. The features have been spotted by WABetaInfo, which tracks upcoming features in WhatsApp.

WhatsApp to come up with a range of new features for its users

In a government’s proposal to keep a check on anonymous trolls, social media users, who would not have verified accounts on platforms like Twitter, may not be able to send messages to other users in the UK.

Checking trolls? Social media users may get power to block anonymous accounts in UK

Several users could not avail many services of Amazon due to an outage on Tuesday. Amazon’s website, Prime Video and other applications, which use Amazon Web Services (AWS), were hit due to issues related to application programming interface (API).

Server error? Outage hits Amazon Web Services users hard as Prime Video, Duolingo, Tinder face issues  

Facebook is struggling to identify and deal with active users creating multiple accounts on its platform, the Wall Street Journal report states, citing internal documents of the social media behemoth.

Facebook struggling to identify multiple account holders: Report

Facebook said on Monday that it had paused development of an “Instagram Kids” service that would be tailored for children 13 years old or younger amid questions about the app’s effect on young people’s mental health.

Facebook is delaying an Instagram app for users under the age of 13

WhatsApp blocked more than two million users in India in just one month for violating its rules, the US company disclosed in its first compliance report under India's controversial new social media rules.

WhatsApp blocks 2 million Indian users over messaging violations

Multiple users complained about an outage affecting Alphabet Inc's search engine Google as well as its streaming and email services, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector.

Google services down for some users: Web tracker

Personal details such as phone numbers of around 6.1 million (61 lakh) Indians on Facebook have allegedly been leaked online and posted on hacking forums, according to a cybersecurity executive.

India’s 6.1 mn Facebook users’ personal details leaked online 

Reiterating its commitment to the privacy of users, WhatsApp announced an update in its terms of services and privacy policy related to businesses and customers on the instant messaging platform.

WhatsApp announces updated policy, reiterates 'committed to privacy'

Several users' details have been compromised after hackers gained access to their private messages, the BBC reported. Most of the users are based in Ukraine and Russia but some were also from the UK, US, Brazil and elsewhere, the report said on Friday.

Hackers gain access to 120 miilion Facebook users' private messages: Report

CA has been accused of mining personal information of millions of Facebook users illegitimately to help political campaigns and influence polls in several countries.

Cambridge Analytica denies using data of Indians, government to seek clarification

Facebook will send a detailed message to users' news feeds, telling them which apps they use and the information that they may have shared with those apps

Facebook to start telling Indian users if their data was shared with Cambridge Analytica

Two years ago, Italy's data privacy regulator told Google that its disclosure to users on how their data was being treated was inadequate

Google meets Italy's demands on data use practices

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