Facebook shares dropped more than four percent after co-founder Mark Zuckerberg said changes enacted cut time spent on the site by some 50 million hours per day but later regained lost ground.
Digital giants such as Microsoft, Google and Amazon rush out updates to eliminate the bugs while Apple warns all of its Mac and iOS devices are affected.
"We pay all of the taxes due and comply with the tax laws in every country we operate in around the world," Google spokesman says.
The Federal Communications Commission, in a 3-2 vote, decided to dismantle the net neutrality that prevented broadband providers from blocking certain websites or charging some websites more in order to deliver their content.
Google's search engine and many of its services are blocked by China, but internet regulators have recently allowed access to its translation product, one that has made leaps and bounds in accuracy by incorporating the company's AI research.
The decision to block YouTube is retaliation for Amazon's refusal to sell some Google products that compete with Amazon gadgets.
Chief Executive Evan Spiegel said the company was launching the redesign after hearing for years that Snapchat was difficult to understand or hard to use.
Some 80,000 posts were published over a two-year period in a bid to sway US politics, the social media giant said in written testimony provided to US lawmakers.
Amazon plans to construct its second headquarters in Northern America which could create 50,000 new jobs.
Electronic currency Bitcoin reaches a historic high, its price jumping by eight percent in one night amid undaunted investor appetite.
After expanding its hardware development capabilities last month Google launched various new hardware products on Wednesday.
Google invited Syrian entrepreneur Mucahid Akil to a developer conference in US in beginning of last year. But his visa was rejected because of his passport.
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