It’s hard to ignore Valentine’s Day whether you’re excited about it or absolutely loathe it. The supermarket aisles are full of pink and red things. Cupids dangle from unexpected places. Shelves buckle under heaps of heart-shaped candy. Whether this is your first or your fiftieth Valentines Day with your sweetie, or if you plan to …
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Facebook said Friday that it purchased a startup called GrokStyle, which uses artificial intelligence to help shoppers find furniture and home decor. “We are excited to welcome GrokStyle to Facebook,” Facebook spokeswoman Vanessa Chan said in a statement. “Their team and technology will contribute to our AI capabilities.” Furniture retailer Ikea uses technology developed by GrokStyle in its mobile app. …
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Facebook, which has been building and testing a hub for humorous meme content, called LOL, is switching gears. The world’s largest social network confirmed on Thursday that it was no longer planning to release a meme app aimed at high school kids. Instead it’s focusing more on a messaging app for kids under 13 years old, called Messenger Kids. The …
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Facebook’s mission is to bring the world closer together. But lately the company has been associated with breaking societies apart. The world’s biggest social network was used to spread misinformation in elections around the world, potentially affecting their outcomes. The UN determined that Facebook played a role in furthering hate speech in Myanmar, contributing to a possible genocide. Five people …
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Ahead of India’s national elections later this year, WhatsApp is trying to wrangle bulk messaging and fake accounts. Over the last three months, the Facebook-owned messaging has banned more than 2 million accounts each month for bulk or automated behavior. WhatsApp released a white paper on Wednesday detailing its efforts to curb this type of abuse, which can be used …
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Didn’t mean to send that message? Now you can take it back. Starting Tuesday, all Facebook Messenger users will get a “Remove For Everyone” option that lets you unsend messages from individual conversations and group chats. You have 10 minutes to remove a message after it’s been sent, and it’ll be replaced with text letting everyone know a message was …
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WhatsApp for iOS added over the weekend the ability to lock and hide your chats instantly with your face or fingerprint. The Facebook-owned messaging app now lets you add a layer of biometric security using Apple’s Face ID (if you have any iPhone X model) or Touch ID, which was introduced with 2013. You can activate them by going into …
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Facebook has banned four armed groups opposed to Myanmar’s military by designating them as “dangerous organizations.” The Arakan Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, the Kachin Independence Army and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army were booted from the social network, Facebook said in a release Tuesday. Facebook is removing “praise, support and representation” of the groups, which haven’t signed …
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Facebook is changing how it determines employee bonuses, tying them to how well the company confronts issues such as misinformation and hate speech on the platform. Facebook’s employee bonuses were previously based on factors such as user growth and product quality. The social-media giant is updating its formula to better reflect the company’s updated priorities for 2019, CEO Mark Zuckerberg …
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Facebook is finally rolling out the ability to remove sent messages from Messenger worldwide. First announced in late 2018, the feature was only available in a few countries. As of Tuesday, everyone will have the option to delete a message, from your view, as well as an entire group. You have to be quick, though; you have only 10 minutes …
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