Facebook might’ve gone a bit too 1984 this time. The company accidentally printed several weird phrases onto its Touch controllers that’ll come with its Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift S VR headsets. The messages read “This Space For Rent” and “The Masons Were Here.” A few developer kits shipped with the phrases “Big Brother is …
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Big TVs have gotten awfully cheap of late — you can still get a 65-inch TCL 4-Series Roku for $500, for example — but if you want a seriously big picture, you’ll need a projector. Like this one: For a limited time, and while supplies last, Best Buy has the refurbished Epson PowerLite Home Cinema 1060 projector for $399.99 shipped …
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Facebook is shaking up its board of directors with more diversity. The social media company said Friday that it had nominated Peggy Alford, PayPal’s senior vice president of core markets, to its board of directors. If approved at the company’s annual stockholders meeting in May, Alford would be the first African-American woman to serve on Facebook’s board of directors. Peggy …
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Facebook might be considering reintegrating some of its Messenger service back into its primary app. Researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who is well known for reverse-engineering popular social media apps, posted screenshots to Twitter on Friday of Facebook’s app with a Messenger icon in the top right-hand corner, which taps through into the Messenger inbox. “For now, this new ‘Chats’ section …
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It appears the flood of privacy and fake news scandals in recent years hasn’t deterred Americans from using social media. The percent of people who say they use social media platforms has remained relatively consistent compared with 2018, according to a Pew survey published Wednesday. Facebook is still one of the most popular social media platforms among US adults, with …
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Facebook is trying to improve the ways people can remember loved ones on its platform. The social network on Tuesday added a new tributes section for memorialized accounts and more control for users who manage these accounts. Facebook made the changes based on feedback from different religions and cultures, as well as experts and academics. “Over 30 million people view …
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Facebook on Tuesday agreed to update its terms of service, clarifying the language around what it does with customer data, following pressure from within the EU. The social network reached the decision after discussions with the European Commission and a coalition of consumer rights groups, which accused Facebook of not being clear enough how it uses customer data to make …
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Heftier taxes for the biggest US tech companies are on the horizon in Europe as top officials mull the introduction of a digital tax. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Monday that Europe should lead the way on introducing a tax (aimed at Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple) regardless of whether a global consensus on the issue can be reached. …
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The UK government is taking a hard line when it comes to online safety, moving to establish what it says is the world’s first independent regulator to keep social media companies in check. Companies that fail to live up to requirements will face huge fines, and senior directors who are proven to have been negligent will be held personally liable. …
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I see a floating walkway through the opened door of my spacecraft. I pause a moment to get my bearings, then — WHOOSH — I’m hit with the bright light and heat of boiling lava a few feet away. Stormtroopers stand to my right, blaster rifles in hand in case things get messy. Three other people and I had been …
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