Facebook disputed the report, which was published Thursday, saying that it "vastly overstated what this bug was because ultimately it had no meaningful, long-term impact on problematic content," according to Joe Osborne, a spokesman for parent company Meta.

More than half of the world's websites use Google Analytics to help their owners understand the behaviour of users.

A Russian court banned Facebook and Instagram as "extremist", part of sweeping efforts by Moscow to crack down on social media during the conflict in Ukraine.

The Telegram messaging app has become a go-to platform since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, despite concerns over its data security and defenses against misinformation. 

Mark Vande Hei is due to fly to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule with cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anton Shkaplerov on March 30 after 355 days in space, a new US record.

Heart-rending videos of artillery strikes are being served up alongside funny snippets such as bomb-shelter cooking tips and invasion misinformation as the war in Ukraine plays out on TikTok.

According to Dmitry Rogozin, the sanctions, some of which predate Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, could disrupt the operation of Russian spacecraft servicing the ISS. 

The policy decision from Facebook and Instagram's parent company Meta on Thursday said the platforms would now allow statements like "death to Russian invaders" but not credible threats against civilians.

The short message service, or SMS, is deemed a relic from the past for some, but many still use it on a daily basis.

"Something's not quite right, and we're looking into it. Thanks for your reports!" the company wrote on Twitter.

TikTok announced it is suspending the posting of all video content from Russia in order to keep its employees safe and comply with the country's new "fake news" regulations.

In the age of Covid, Jordanian mechanical engineer Saliba Taimeh came up with a device to sterilise everyday surface with UV rays with the help of TechWorks.

The impact would have taken place at 7:25 am Eastern Time (1225 GMT), on the far side of the Moon, said the astronomer Bill Gray, who was the first to predict the collision.

Twitter's new chief Parag Agrawal said it will reopen offices globally this month but let people work remotely if they wish.

After getting snarled up in German red tape, US electric car pioneer Tesla got the final go-ahead from authorities Friday.

Tech firms from Facebook to TikTok and Microsoft moved to curb the reach of Russian state-linked news outlets, which stand accused of pushing misinformation about its invasion of Ukraine.

The launch of the Rosalind Franklin rover, whose mission is to drill into Martian soil to seek out signs of life, was originally planned for 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 and technical delays.

Services like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have a unique power because of their global reach and ubiquity, but they are profit-motivated companies so a stridently principled stand can be bad for business.

The outpost was the subject of a menacing Twitter thread by Russian space agency head Dmitry Rogozin, who warned Thursday that US sanctions could "destroy our cooperation" and said the research platform would plummet to the Earth without his nation's help.

People in Ukraine can lock down their Facebook pages as a security measure, the platform said, following warnings Russia was creating lists of Ukranians to kill after its invasion.

Dubai opened its Museum of the Future on Tuesday, a structure it touts as the world's most beautiful building.

Astronomers initially thought the wayward object was a chunk of a SpaceX rocket that blasted off seven years ago and was abandoned in space after completing its mission.

Donald Trump's new social media app has started its gradual rollout but thousands of would-be users encountered glitches or found themselves placed on a waitlist.

British-Belgian teenager Mack Rutherford is hoping to become the youngest male, at 16, to fly around the world solo in a light aircraft, just months after his sister became the youngest woman to do so.

A blockchain-based play-to-earn game finds popularity in the Philippines but some warn that it may be a fraudulent scheme.

A rocket will indeed strike the lunar surface on March 4, but contrary to what had been announced, it was built not by Elon Musk's company, but by Beijing, experts now say.

"How We Can Do Better" is a new column that takes a close look at various innovations and developments across different industries and the ways they could be improved. In our inaugural installment, we delve into the official COVID-19 tracking app, PeduliLindungi.  

The steps are part of the months-long process of aligning the observatory's enormous golden mirror that astronomers hope will begin unraveling the mysteries of the early Universe by this summer.

Addressing an audience at the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica, south Texas, the tycoon merely said: "I feel at this point highly confident that we'll get to orbit this year," while hinting at a potential pivot to launching from Florida if the company encounters regulatory hurdles.

Geomagnetic storms are caused by ejections of the solar corona into space, resulting in disturbances to the Earth's upper atmosphere and increased drag on objects in low orbits.