[ad_1] About 88 percent of those in the study said that social networks favored news outlets with “attention-grabbing articles” — that is, sensationalist fare. Roughly 84 percent said companies liked sites that had many social followers, while 79 percent thought the companies favored news with a specific political stance. There were also gripes about bias, […]
Category: Facebook
Visa, Mastercard are reconsidering support for Facebook Libra
[ad_1] It has been a few months since Facebook officially announced its “Libra” cryptocurrency push with support from some big names including Visa and Mastercard. Since then we’ve heard little about it other than increasing scrutiny from regulators, bankers and politicians around the world, while those partners have mostly remained quiet. The Wall Street Journal […]
WhatsApp tests disappearing messages in its Android app
[ad_1] While the feature isn’t available yet, the self-destructing messages could be useful for anyone sending sensitive info. Telegram launched with the ability to send disappearing messages, so in this case Facebook is playing catch-up. WhatsApp has been ramping up its safety and privacy features. Encryption is now built in, and last year, WhatsApp extended […]
Instagram reminders make sure you don’t forget the latest fashion drops
[ad_1] Instagram users who see a preview for a sweater or a pair of sneakers they want to buy can opt in for a release reminder via a sticker in an Instagram Story or a launch tag in their feed. They’ll receive a notification 15 minutes before the drop so they can log in and […]
Treaty would force Facebook to share encrypted chats with UK police
[ad_1] The pact would bar each country from investigating the other’s citizens, and the US couldn’t use data from UK companies in any case where the death penalty is an option. Like other politicians, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has claimed that end-to-end chat encryption helps terrorists, and that intelligence agencies should have backdoors to […]
How ILMxLAB’s ‘Vader Immortal’ is bringing ‘Star Wars’ into VR
[ad_1] “We’ve helped a lot of studios and IP owners make experiences that were a good but fairly slight, and essentially functionally demos or adjacent to other experiences or movie,” said Colum Slevin, head of media at Oculus’s AR/VR Experiences Group. “And then for the ILMxLAB team to show up and say no, we want […]
Hilarious Facebook and Instagram filters turn you into a WWE superstar
[ad_1] The magic was made possible by Facebook’s Spark AR Studio, with the company behind the filters (Current Studios) creating a mask that can adjust itself to fit your face. That way, your face fits well over the wrestlers’ in the clips. The filters start by assessing your face and then processing the clip, which […]
Oculus CTO John Carmack on the VR challenges of the Quest and Rift S
[ad_1] Carmack says he pushed for remote rendering on the Quest from the start. It’s something developers have been toying with since the Gear VR, but it was never fast enough to be viable. Colleagues at Oculus also thought it might require an additional accessory to work properly on the Quest, like a 60GHz Wi-Fi […]
Facebook will test hiding ‘Likes’ on its own site
[ad_1] If you’re a Facebook user in Australia, this means that while your friends and family will still be able to like and add emoji reactions to your posts, they won’t be able to see how many others interacted with it. The same goes if you want to see how many people liked a post […]
If Facebook owns reality, it’ll be impossible to opt out
[ad_1] Facebook is a company that has faced numerous lawsuits and Congressional inquiries over its handling of sensitive user information. It stands accused of having undue, unchecked influence over politics, social issues and facts. It has routinely failed to stop bad actors from using its systems to lie, cheat and steal. And yet, more than […]