Facebook has just made it easy for you to see if you ‘liked’ any accounts seeded by Russian agents. A new tool that simply pastes into a browser reveals which content users of the social network may have unknowingly boosted as part of a Kremlin-linked campaign to interfere with the US presidential election. The tool …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Trustworthy? Justin Sullivan / Getty Images Claiming to be the good guy has its issues. Once you’ve set yourself up to be holier than all the world’s thou’s, you constantly have to live up to it. So when it emerged that Apple has been secretly …
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Facebook on Thursday signed a multiyear licensing deal that lets its users post videos containing songs from the world’s biggest record label, Universal Music Group. The agreement works across all of Facebook’s platforms, including its news feeds, Instagram and Oculus, according to a joint press release. “Under this partnership, users will be able to upload videos that contain licensed music and …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Find more great buys on the CNET Deals page and follow the Cheapskate on Facebook and Twitter! Ah, if only I were allowed to do so. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET Sorry to sound like a …
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Facebook says it’s trying to make sure you’re safer when you use its services. The social network on Tuesday unveiled new tools aimed at curbing abuse and bullying on its platform. One tool is designed to make sure that when you block someone who’s been harassing you, the person can’t simply create a new account and continue to harass. The …
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Worried about someone is using Facebook’s facial recognition technology to replace their profile picture with your face? Now there’s a setting for that. The social media giant will soon roll out “optional tools to help people better manage their identity on Facebook using face recognition,” according to a blog post by Joaquin Quiñonero Candela, its director of applied machine learning. …
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In June, Google announced that its Chrome browser would block ads on websites that are not compliant with the Better Ads standards. We now know when this functionality will go live: Feb. 15, 2018. It won’t block all ads, just ones that are deemed aggressive by the Coalition for Better Ads, whose members include Google, Facebook, Procter & Gamble, the …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Stop. Don’t do it. Please don’t do it. BOYI CHEN#69256 Look, it’s time to be honest. I write for just one reason. Because I want you to like me. I know, I know. It’s weak. Pathetic, even. Can’t I just be satisfied with who I …
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“Share this for a chance to win a month’s supply of detergent!” We’ve probably all got at least one Facebook friend who pushes posts like this into our news feeds. And we’ve all rolled our eyes — or possibly hit the mute button if the friend is a repeat offender. Such problems should soon be a thing of the past …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. A change of heart? Michael Kovac Recently, former Facebook execs have been beating their breasts in sorrow and supplication at what their former employer has done to humanity. First, it was former president Sean Parker, who said he worried what Facebook was doing to kids’ …
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