Wanna see Golden State Warriors All-Star sharpshooter Klay Thompson win his second straight three-point contest in virtual reality? Or, how about the Orlando Magic’s high-flying Aaron Gordon throwing it down seemingly right in your face in this year’s slam dunk contest? Wish no longer. NextVR will be showing on-demand highlights of the big party that …

Now playing: Watch this: Thwip! Zuck plays Spider-Man with VR gloves 1:21 Mark Zuckerberg is still trying to get to the future “a lot sooner.” The Facebook CEO took to the social network on Thursday to post a note about his recent visit to the Redmond, Washington-based research lab of Facebook-owned Oculus. Zuckerberg has been on a mission to make …

Looks “like” Facebook and Instagram were also big winners of Super Bowl 2017. A combined 108 million users threw posts on the social platforms during Sunday’s big game in which Tom Brady led the New England Patriots to a 34-28 comeback win over the Atlanta Falcons, the first to be decided in overtime. Facebook and Instagram together generated almost 400 …

Twitter’s former CEO is still regretting not curbing online abuse sooner on the social network. “I wish I could turn back the clock and go back to 2010 and stop abuse on the platform by creating a very specific bar for how to behave on the platform,” Dick Costolo said Wednesday at the Upfront Summit conference in Los Angeles, according …

Hey, diehard Atlanta Falcons and New England Patriots fans, have you snapped up your tickets to Super Bowl 2017 yet? Here’s a tip: You may want to wait a bit — it will likely turn into more of a buyer’s market later in the week. Online reseller StubHub said ticket sales have been a bit sluggish for football’s biggest game …

Twitter on Friday released two national security letters it received from the FBI in the last two years that previously came with gag orders not to discuss them. In a blog post, the social network said it had been ordered by the feds to provide the name, address and other pertinent information of a user account in 2015, and another …

Twitter is hoping users will begin exploring more on its mobile app. The social network said Thursday it is adding a new “Explore” tab in yet another attempt to make finding tweets and trending topics easier. Explore’s magnifying glass symbol on the app’s navigation bar is replacing Twitter’s much-hyped Moments feature, a lightning bolt tab which allows users to swipe …

Consider Antonio Brown’s return to Facebook Live mile-high and chill. On Wednesday, Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro wide receiver posted a 14-minute video on the social network from a private plane to “quiet the noise” and thank his fans after the fallout from his controversial locker room video on Facebook Live earlier this month. “There’s been a lot of reports, a lot …

More than 6.8 million people turned to Twitter to watch President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the social network said Tuesday. Twitter said that its six-hour stream of PBS Newshour’s coverage on Friday reached a record 6,824,000 million unique viewers, peaking at 377,000 viewers at 9:15 a.m. PT/12:15 p.m. ET. Twitter added that the inauguration was its most-viewed live stream, just surpassing …

Twitter is going to show even more of what Carrie Underwood and other music stars are wearing when they stroll down the red carpet. The social network said Monday it will partner again with Dick Clark Productions to live-stream the official red-carpet spectacles at three major award shows this year. The streaming starts with the 52nd Academy of Country Music …