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Meta (FB), Facebook’s parent company, reported revenue of $28.8 billion for the three months ending in June, a 1% drop from the prior-year quarter and its first year-over-year revenue decline since going public in 2012. The company’s profit fell far more sharply. Net income during the quarter declined

I started my new job in Machine Learning at a YC startup whose core product was a platform to make computer vision ML modeling simple. The product, peers, culture, and the pay was great. A few weeks later we started working from home, just like almost any

WGBH’s Forum Network livestreamed a community conversation on coronavirus Sunday from Boston’s Museum of Science. The stream was made available via Facebook, YouTube and Twitch for those uncomfortable with attending in person. When it comes to public health crises, social media is at the front lines of

People must give more thought to the objectives of hiring algorithms, experts say, or else human biases may be perpetuated in software. Fifty-five years ago, U.S. president Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act, which he said was a continuation of “the unending search for justice

Did you know that 90per cent of all marketers say social media marketing has increased their business exposure? Or that 66per cent of marketers that spend at least 6 hours on social per week has seen more leads? With the advent of social media, traditional marketing methods

Chip supplier Qualcomm won a second court skirmish in its worldwide patent battle with Apple on Thursday, with the iPhone maker saying it would pull some older models from its German stores. Qualcomm’s win in Germany comes weeks after it secured a court order to ban sales of some

Knowing the platforms your customer use can help your business better engage with them and also help you find new potential clients. The latest figures from NetMarketShare reveal Windows is still king when it comes to desktop operating systems and Chrome is the browser to beat. The lead Windows and Chrome

The Nintendo Switch has sold 19.67 million units and strong software sales boosted the company’s profits, Nintendo’s quarterly earnings report revealed Tuesday. The Switch, which launched in March 2017, sold 1.88 million units between April and the end of June. Its software sold 17.96 million units in the same period.

As predicted by ICT experts, Ugandans have found virtual private networks (VPN) the ‘ultimate solution’ to bypass paying the Shs 200 daily excise duty charge on Over-The-Top (OTT) services. The tax, christened ‘social media tax’ affects social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Instagram, Viber, Skype

Scotland is enjoying another day of blazing heat and is approaching record temperatures last seen in 1893. BBC forecasters say the June record of 32.2C in Ochertyre in Perth and Kinross in 1893 could be broken, with Glasgow one of the main hotspots. Temperatures have triggered speed