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Harking back to the days of MySpace’s music playlists, Facebook will soon launch the ability to add songs to a new music section on user profiles... but that's not all.

According to Sticks ‘n’ Stones founder Karla Sanders, everyone should have the right to be their real selves.

Much of the information accessed in the Facebook breach is perfect for cyber criminals planning their next phishing attack.

“Continuous change can be made into an asset if an organisation sharpens its vision in order to see the future coming.”

The University of Auckland’s annual 40 Under 40 list recognises some of the most outstanding graduates

“If you wanted to sell your home office chair, Marketplace could use AI to help you sell it even faster by suggesting you price it between $50-75 based on what similar chairs recently sold for."

It’s shaping up to be a big year for Oculus and VR fans, especially those who who fancy a bit of Star Wars and some new gear to go with it.

Barracuda Networks, Sophos, RedLock, and Darktrace offer their views on the data leak that affected close to 50 million accounts.

Almost 50 million accounts have been compromised through a daisy-chained vulnerability in the View As feature, which allowed an unknown party to snatch authentication tokens of 50 million users.

After recently announcing its plans for the largest data centre Singapore has ever seen, Facebook has revealed its first renewable energy partner in Asia.

The new data center will be located in Singapore and will be more than three times bigger than the nation's current largest facility.

“There’s currently no law requiring companies like Z Energy, Vector, or LinkedIn to tell New Zealanders if their data has been leaked."

Facebook has rolled out Ad Breaks for New Zealand businesses who want to make money from their Facebook videos.

In the first half of this year more than US$53b has been spent on hyperscale data centre development, with the bulk of that from just 5 companies.

Facebook has rolled out another round of updates that it says will make things easier for people to interact with small businesses.

Effectively, participants of a Watch Party can watch videos from anywhere (live or recorded) and interact with each other at the same time.

"We are committed to supporting 100% renewable energy, and we are thrilled to have found a solution for our first data center."

A consortium of global heavyweights has signed a contract with an Asian company to lay a high performance submarine cable spanning almost 16,000 km.

Enterprises of any size can learn a thing or two from hyperscalers like Facebook and Google.

According to NordVPN, Facebook’s data harvesting, sharing, and profit goes far beyond Cambridge Analytica.

The capital expenditure (Capex) of hyperscale operators jumped to $27 billion in Q1, according to Synergy.

Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook continue to balloon in the hyperscale data centre market with spending reaching an all-time high.

"We all understand how important it is for businesses and community groups to have an effective online presence these days."

Connecting our human selves to our digital identities is hard. How does your bank know it’s really you behind the browser opening a new account?