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  Six Migrants Dead After Boat Sinks Off Morocco: Report

  At least six migrants died after their boat sank off Morocco, the MAP state news agency said on Friday on its Facebook page.

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  Pokemon Go Creator Thinks Metaverse Needs to Keep It 'Real'

  Niantic Labs CEO John Hanke has been working on technology that helps people navigate and enjoy places in the real world since he helped create Google Maps nearly 20 years ago. So it's not surprising that he isn't a fan of the current hyperbole surrounding the notion that technology is poised to hatch a “metaverse”.

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  The Power of Tech Giants Has Made Them as Influential as Nations. Here’s How They’re Sanctioning Russia

  Google (now Alphabet), Apple, Facebook (now Meta), Amazon and Microsoft have taken steps to impose significant and (mainly) voluntary sanctions on Russia, in response to its invasion of Ukraine.

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  TikTok Most Downloaded App Worldwide, Netflix, Google Maps and Spotify Top Their Categories: Apptopia

  TikTok is the most downloaded app worldwide with 656 million downloads in 2021, a report by Apptopia said. Netflix, Shopee, Google Maps, Spotify, Binance, Tinder and Zoom led their respective categories in worldwide downloads.

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  Battlegrounds Mobile India Beta Released for Download [Update: Early Access Now Available to All]

  Battlegrounds Mobile India is finally available to play, sort of. The game was available in open beta but only to a limited number of beta testers, though the official Facebook page that has been updated to show open beta access does not mention anything about the limited access.

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  PUBG Mobile New Era Announcement Teased for August 24, May Bring Erangel 2.0

  PUBG Mobile will announce a “New Era for PUBG Mobile” through a livestream on YouTube and Facebook. It is expected to bring the Erangel 2.0 map along with some development on a global esposrts event.

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  Facebook Acquires Crowdsourced Mapping Company Mapillary

  Facebook on Thursday acquired Swedish mapping technology company Mapillary, which collects images from tens of thousands of contributors to build immersive and up-to-date maps, the companies said.

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  Facebook-Powered Virus 'Heat Map' Unveiled

  Researchers Monday unveiled a coronavirus "heat map" powered by Facebook data which is aimed at helping track the spread of the disease and plan for reopening society.

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  Facebook Asks Users About Coronavirus Symptoms, Releases Friendship Data to Researchers

  Facebook said on Monday it would start surveying some US users about their health as part of a Carnegie Mellon University research project aimed at generating "heat maps" of self-reported coronavirus infections.

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  Facebook Draws on User Data to Help Battle Coronavirus

  Facebook on Monday said it is providing anonymous data about users' movements and relationships to help researchers better anticipate where the coronavirus might spread.

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  Australia Fire: Facebook Steps Up Its Relief Efforts for Australia Bushfires

  Facebook has announced to match up to $1 million (Australian dollars) in donations made to non-profit organisation GlobalGiving and donating $250,000 to the Australian Red Cross towards bushfires relief efforts.

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  Facebook Releases Maps to Help Fight Disease Outbreak

  Facebook has built new maps that can help its health partners better understand where people live, how they are moving and whether they have connectivity.

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  Google+ Closure Accelerated After Another Privacy Lapse

  It's the second time in two months that Google has disclosed the existence of a problem that enabled unauthorised access to Google+ profiles.

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  Facebook, Instagram Outage on Tuesday Caused by Server Problem

  The independent monitoring site Downdetector showed a map indicating that outages affected most parts of the world.

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  Google Maps ETA Sharing Comes to iOS, Now Allows Location Sharing on WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger

  Google Maps has introduced support for sharing trip progress on third party apps like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and more.