Martin Lewis, founder of UK consumer information site MoneySavingExpert.com, wants Facebook to do more to prevent advertisers from claiming he endorses their products. That’s why he’s suing the social network for defamation, he said in a statement Monday. “Enough is enough,” Lewis said. “I’ve been fighting for over a year to stop Facebook letting scammers …
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Oculus, the virtual reality unit of Facebook, is getting its ducks in a row for the upcoming European Union privacy rules. The VR unit on Thursday introduced a new “My Privacy Center” with tools to view your information and the data you’ve shared with Oculus. It will launch on May 20. It’s also updating its terms of service and privacy …
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Facebook is testing a new way to post video, called Premieres, that lets you release a prerecorded clip as though it were a live moment, with all the floating emoji and immediate interaction that approach opens up. Enlarge Image Facebook Premieres lets prerecorded video post as though its a live stream, like this clip from FBE Shows, one of the …
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On this podcast, we talk about: ZTE potentially losing the right to use Android thanks to a US Commerce Department ban. Amazon partnering with Best Buy to sell smart TVs. California’s net neutrality bill taking one more step toward becoming a law. Our uber-profile of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top …
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Facebook will comply with tough European data privacy regulation that will kick in next month, the company says, but it will also continue to serve up targeted ads based on user data. The social network will first roll out changes within Europe and will later extend the same protections to all users worldwide, the company said late Tuesday in a blog …
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Fingerprints taken from a photo sent over WhatsApp have led to the arrest and conviction of several members of a drug ring in the UK. The arrests occurred after police in Wales discovered a photo on the messaging app on another person’s phone that showed a man’s hand palm up, holding ecstasy tablets, according to the BBC. While the parts …
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Data consultancy Cambridge Analytica acquired Facebook users’ personal data through multiple quizes and questionnaires, including one called “sex compass,” a former employee told a UK Parliament committee on Tuesday. As a result, it’s likely that the number of Facebook users affected by Cambridge Analytica’s data-gatherizg activities far exceeds the previously stated figure of 87 million users, said Brittany Kaiser, who …
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Virtual reality systems like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are so immersive that they require digital barriers so you don’t run into a real wall in the middle of an intense game. But there’s nothing stopping an attacker from changing what you see in VR, according to researchers from the University of New Haven in Connecticut. The researchers found …
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Before Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of congress and before the public revelation of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, there was the news that Russians bought Facebook ads aimed at US voters leading up to the 2016 election. A new research paper published April 11, 2018, details the scale and who was targeted by these Russian ads. As reported by …
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Now playing: Watch this: Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV just got a much cheaper choice… 4:07 On this podcast, we talk about: Philo, the cheapest live-TV streaming service around, heading to Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV The US government dropping the hammer on ZTE, a Chinese phone company Facebook’s problem with memes and disinformation The 3:59 gives you …
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