[ad_1] As with many tests, there’s no guarantee this will be ready for widespread use in the near future, if at all. It’s easy to see Instagram rolling this into a future release, though. It’ll help you focus your feed on those people you care about, but it could also help on those days when […]
Category: Facebook
Facebook’s news tab could launch by the end of the month
[ad_1] While Mark Zuckerberg gives speeches about not wanting Facebook to be the arbiter of truth, the Wall Street Journal reports his company is setting up deals to launch its dedicated tab for news. In a post earlier this year, the CEO said “It’s important to me that we help people get trustworthy news and […]
Facebook is developing anti-predator measures to protect children
[ad_1] Davis told Financial Times that Facebook’s goal is to shift its focus to preventative measures — ways to stop predators from contacting their intended victims in the first place — from content flagging and removal. She said: “When you find content, the problem with that is the harm has already been done. Ultimately you […]
Lebanon plans to charge a fee for internet voice calls
[ad_1] This wouldn’t come without some kind of compensation. Telecom Minister Mohamed Chouchair promised “something in return” to be made public next week. This isn’t exactly an exorbitant fee. If you feel compelled to make a Facebook Messenger call while you’re in Beirut, you can talk to your heart’s content once the call starts. However, […]
HTC Vive Cosmos review: Too late, too expensive
[ad_1] Once I worked through the software issues, the Vive Cosmos managed to deliver a solid high-end VR experience. In the shooter Raw Data, the high-res displays made the environments look crisper and more detailed than on the Vive. It was also a great test for the Cosmos’s tracking and motion controllers, since it involves […]
Senator Wyden pushes his ‘Mind Your Own Business’ privacy act forward
[ad_1] As The Verge reports, the bill would allow the FTC to set minimum privacy and cybersecurity standards for tech companies, issue fines up to four percent of a company’s annual revenue and make it a crime for senior execs to lie to the agency regarding privacy issues. It would empower state attorneys general to […]
Mark Zuckerberg will stream a speech on ‘free expression’ Thursday
[ad_1] His talk is sure to be newsworthy one way or another. At the very least, it should offer some insight into the logic behind some of Zuckerberg’s (and by extension, Facebook’s) stance on free speech. It follows criticism from presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren (with a Facebook ad including a blatant lie about Zuckerberg endorsing […]
Phone-based VR is well and truly dead
[ad_1] But now, it seems, the dream of smartphone-based VR is over. After Google’s Pixel event yesterday, the company announced that its latest flagship smartphone will not be Daydream compatible. In addition, it’s stopping the sales of Daydream View headsets entirely. In a statement, Google said that there “hasn’t been the broad consumer or developer […]
Facebook expands its reward program for data abuse reports
[ad_1] This might not go as far as some would like, since the permission requirement leaves researchers in a tough spot. While this increases the chances that a third party will be aware of and fix a data flaw, it also creates problems if the app or site creator doesn’t consent to testing. This doesn’t […]
Instagram gives you more control over data shared with third-party apps
[ad_1] The new controls will take a while to roll out — they’ll reach devices within the next six months. This is arguably a reaction to closer scrutiny of Instagram’s behavior. While most of Facebook’s privacy issues have revolved around its core service, Instagram has had problems with overreaching advertisers and data abuse from third-party […]