CANBERRA: Australia’s spies have expressed frustration at technology companies that encrypt their messaging and communications systems, calling on them to stop the practice. The head of ASIO, Mike Burgess, pictured, says it’s a matter of fact that intelligence agencies bug homes and cars, so why not cyberspace? Fair question, except those technology companies, like Facebook, … Read more
SAN FRANCISCO – Following Facebook’s adoption of a permanent remote workforce, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pulled up the anchor to set sail from Silicon Valley, following three months of lockdown to combat the coronavirus. But he also dashed a Silicon Valley dream: that tech workers would be able to take their generous salaries with them … Read more
Facebook will be bringing Facebook Lite, its stripped down version of the social media platform to Australia and other developed countries. Facebook says it brought the Lite version to more developed countries as users can still have lower connectivity. “We want to make sure everyone has the option to use this app if they want,” … Read more
Technology stocks including Facebook, Microsoft and Alphabet went into free fall on Wall Street, over worries that the top-performing sector is falling out of favour and investors are looking elsewhere for cheaper opportunities. Facebook fell 4.6 percent, on track for its worst day in nearly a year and eliminating over US$20 billion of its market … Read more