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Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency isn’t actually supposed to work

Installing Libra was not an empowering experience. It’s odd that a company like Facebook would release software in such a state.

Facebook’s Libra is not good news for RBI and other Asian central banks

For RBI & other central banks, prospect of being at the mercy of a cabal of tech czars & venture capitalists could seem less predictable, more sinister.

Facebook hopes its cryptocurrency Libra will trade like dollar some day

The new currency will launch as soon as next year and be what's known as a stablecoin.

Mark Zuckerberg knew of ‘problematic’ privacy practices at Facebook, says report

Facebook discovered emails that seem to show Zuckerberg & other top executives didn’t put compliance with privacy issues at the top of priorities.

22-year-old Manipur engineer enters Facebook’s Hall of Fame after detecting WhatsApp bug

Zonel Sougaijam was awarded $5,000 after he had reported the matter to Facebook's Bug Bounty Program.

Apple and Facebook have lost the monopoly fight

There’s a feeling among regulators that startups aren't being given the chance to grow and compete – they get bought as soon as they enter Big Tech's “kill zone”.

Facebook may be ordered to censor content, argues threat to freedom of speech

Scrutiny of Facebook in the EU has intensified since the bloc introduced strict new privacy rules a year ago, giving data regulators real teeth and the power to fine companies for the first time.

Wall Street says ‘nuclear option’ of breaking up Facebook, Google, Amazon unlikely

Antitrust fears erased more from $130 billion in market values Monday, battering tech stocks.

Does Facebook need to be regulated? The question is more political than legal

Conservatives are calling for companies like Facebook & Twitter to be regulated on the grounds that they are staffed by liberals who are more likely to suppress conservative content.

Orkut, the site where Indians made ‘frandships’ before Facebook came along

For Indian social media users, Orkut was something they 'did' before Facebook, but long after the world had dumped it.

On Camera

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.