1.86 billion to be more precise, with the social media platform expected to hit the 2 billion mark by mid-2017. FULL STORY >

According to a new report from Freedom House, two-thirds of the world's internet users are censored by their country's government institutions. FULL STORY >

Possibly including names, email addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth, Yahoo confirms it suffered a state-sponsored data breach in late 2014, affecting an estimated 500 million users. FULL STORY >

After recently releasing its transparency report for Jan to June 2016, there's been a slight increase in the number of account info and removal requests on the platform. FULL STORY >

The popular social media platform has just gone through a redesign, as Instagram introduces a new logo and UI. FULL STORY >

In a subtle change that may have gone unnoticed by some, Instagram has opted to block links to other apps like Telegram and Snapchat within user profiles. FULL STORY >

Just shy of two years since Facebook acquired it, WhatsApp passes the one billion user threshold. FULL STORY >

The new Xbox One experience has debuted, but does it materially improve on Microsoft's next-gen console? FULL STORY >

User safety in the digital environment depends on a number of factors. First of all, it depends on the user’s ability to make the right decisions. FULL STORY >

Developed by the BBC, and going straight to British television, we see the first trailer for The Gamechangers in which Daniel Radcliffe plays Grand Theft Auto creator, Sam Houser. FULL STORY >

VMware announces new End-User Computing innovations for universal application delivery and device management to help organisations transform business processes and deliver a more user- and application-centric experience. FULL STORY >

Panda Mobile Security for Android includes a new feature designed to prevent loss and theft of mobile devices. FULL STORY >

AMAs may be the good side to Reddit, but its hate communities have caused real problems for others. As a result, Reddit's new rules aim to serve harsher punishment to such users. FULL STORY >

The X-Change User Conference, hosted by Wonderware and Schneider Electric, has established itself over the past two decades as the longest-running, best-attended and most informative mining and manufacturing conference in... FULL STORY >

As one of the entries in our sc-fi short story comp, Johann Dannhauser tells a story of The Hunger, The Change, and the unfortunate early worm. FULL STORY >