[ad_1] This has been in the works for a long time. Facebook first promised a cleaner and faster desktop interface at its F8 developers conference last spring. A limited number of users began testing the revamped design in January. If you use Facebook’s desktop version, you’ll likely see a banner at the top of the […]
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Facebook adds coronavirus ‘information center’ to News Feed
[ad_1] Like similar efforts the company has undertaken on Instagram, the messages will provide users with accurate and up-to-date news about coronavirus in an effort to reduce misinformation. But in addition to sources like the CDC and World Health Organization, Zuckerberg said it will also include Facebook posts from local officials and celebrities encouraging users […]
Facebook pledges $100 million to small businesses impacted by coronavirus
[ad_1] The financial assistance will come in the form of cash grants and ad credits. It’s meant to help businesses stay afloat as more customers stay home, and Facebook intends for the aid to be used to pay workers who can’t come to work, help with rent costs, enable businesses to connect with more customers […]
Oculus Quest update will make it easier to multitask
[ad_1] In a thoughtful quality of life tweak, the redesigned menu also makes it easier to access the Quest’s brightness and volume controls. As you can see from the screenshots, how much battery life the headset has left is front and center. The company is also introducing immersive overlays that allow you to access some […]
Facebook is hosting a virtual GDC for Oculus VR titles
[ad_1] Facebook says you can expect to hear the earliest details on new experiences coming to popular titles like Pistol Whip and Beat Saber. You’ll also hear more about The Room VR: A Dark Matter, Lies Beneath and other titles that will be available on the Quest in the coming weeks. On the last day […]
Facebook will shut down its MSQRD selfie app
[ad_1] Facebook began integrating MSQRD’s face-swapping tech and other filters into its own products, like Facebook Live, soon after it acquired the app in 2016. Since then, the MSQRD team has been focused on building out Facebook’s AR platform, Spark AR, which allows users to create effects for Instagram. But now that Facebook’s most popular […]
Instagram cracks down on coronavirus AR effects
[ad_1] As the coronavirus epidemic has spread around the world, a number of coronavirus-themed AR filters have sprung up on Instagram. The user-generated effects depict face masks and animated virus particles, as well as “What are you” style filters that “quiz” users on whether or not they have coronavirus, or what brand of toilet paper […]
Facebook and Twitter take down accounts linked to Russian troll farm
[ad_1] Though the social media accounts were using familiar tactics — spreading inflammatory memes in an effort to “sow discord” — the IRA went to new lengths to disguise its involvement. Rather than operating the accounts out of Moscow, as they did in 2016, the accounts were run by groups in Ghana and Nigeria, according […]
Facebook’s experimental Stories feature lets users cross-post to Instagram
[ad_1] Facebook is working on cross-posting Stories to Instagram pic.twitter.com/uH2w3VVnSe — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) March 9, 2020 The company has confirmed to TechCrunch that it’s now formally testing the feature to make it easier to share moments with more people you care about. Facebook and Instagram have different audiences, after all, so if you […]
Facebook labels manipulated video of Biden ‘endorsing’ Trump as ‘partly false’
[ad_1] As before, the clip was edited to cut off important context for Biden’s statement. Where the manipulated video shows him saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump,” the unedited piece shows him saying “we can only re-elect Donald Trump if in fact we get engaged in this circular firing squad here,” referring to the […]