[ad_1] News of the summit comes shortly after President Trump told Fox Business Network that the US should sue tech giants like Google and Facebook and alleged that Twitter makes it hard for him to get his message out. Trump has already held private meetings with both Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Google CEO Sundar […]
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Facebook, Google and others come together to set benchmarks for AI
[ad_1] The benchmarks, named MLPerf Inference v0.5, center around three common machine learning tasks: image classification, object detection and machine translation. Given the different processing abilities of different devices, there are separate benchmarks for AI across various platforms, such as smartphones, servers and chips. As well as providing best practice guidance for companies in the […]
Facebook tests controls that turn off those angry red notification dots
[ad_1] Facebook is testing the ability to toggle Notification Dots of the specific tab in the app This should address the long annoyance of tabs showing notification dots that don’t spark joy for the user pic.twitter.com/vtBLkbjKtE — Jane Manchun Wong (@wongmjane) June 1, 2019 The bright red dots (officially known as badges) appear on the […]
Facebook will share data on hate speech suspects with French courts
[ad_1] The company has previously provided French judges with data it has related to people suspected of terrorism and violent acts. Facebook’s head of global affairs Nick Clegg and O met last week, and the company has reportedly agreed to expand its data sharing practices to hate speech suspects. Engadget has contacted Facebook for comment. […]
Recommended Reading: Facebook moderator PTSD
[ad_1] Bodies in seatsCasey Newton,The Verge The job of moderating toxic content on social media is a daunting task. It also takes a massive psychological toll on those doing it. The Verge has first-hand accounts from the worst-performing Facebook moderating site in North America. People who worked there describe dire working conditions, harassment and their […]
Respawn will share more about its ‘AAA’ VR shooter later this year
[ad_1] Back in 2017, Facebook and Respawn Entertainment revealed the developer was working on a virtual reality AAA shooter. While things have been fairly secretive since (so much so that it might have fallen off your radar), we’ll hear more about it at this year’s Oculus Connect, which is scheduled for September 25th to 26th […]
Senate panel schedules a hearing on Facebook’s cryptocurrency
[ad_1] It didn’t even take 48 hours after Facebook announced its cryptocurrency scheme for the government to raise an eyebrow. House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters called for Facebook to halt development, and now the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs has scheduled a hearing to cover both Libra/Calibra and privacy issues. […]
House chairwoman wants Facebook to pause work on its cryptocurrency
[ad_1] The congresswoman also said that Facebook executives should testify about Libra as part of that oversight. We’ve asked Facebook for comment. As part of the announcement, though, it launched a Libra Association whose aim is to oversee the currency outside of Facebook’s control. Calibra, the digital wallet for the new monetary format, is supposed […]
Instagram tests easier ways to recover hacked accounts
[ad_1] This new method would ensure that you could recover your account even if an intruder has changed the user name and contact data. To that end, Instagram is offering a safeguard that ensures a user name can’t be claimed for a “period of time” after account changes, whether it’s a hack or a voluntary […]
Facebook will rank comments to make conversations more meaningful
[ad_1] The changes will apply to comments on public posts from Pages and people with a lot of followers, but anyone can opt-in to comment ranking feature through their settings. Facebook will base the rankings on how people interact with the comments, whether they like, react or reply. Users will still be able to moderate […]