Some US senators are looking to beef up laws around political ads that appear online, given apparent Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. It’s largely believed the election was at least partially swayed by bogus political ads on Facebook, Twitter and Google. Democratic Sens. Mark Warner of Virginia and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota are …
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Earlier this year Facebook announced plans to introduce a subscription news service with paywalls, and now the company is testing it out. It means that publishers will have two paywalled options to choose from: one that allows Facebook users to read 10 free stories a month before needing a subscription; and another “freemium” model that allows publishers to pick the …
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Facebook is under scrutiny from US Reps. Keith Ellison and John Conyers. The two Democrats wrote a letter to the social media company on Wednesday asking that it update its policies regarding hate speech. They also asked Facebook to clarify who buys ads on its site and to make all Facebook ads publicly available. Ellison of Minnesota and Conyers of Michigan …
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Google Lens is here, and it promises to do no less than change the way you find information about the world around you. Announced in May by the company behind the world’s biggest search engine, Lens lets you find details on different things in the real world by pointing your phone’s camera at them. Take a picture of a book, …
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You can’t escape virtual reality. VR headsets from Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung are getting ready to hit the market. Their goal: to give you an easy-to-use virtual reality experience with your PC at a lower price than competing headsets from the likes of Sony, Facebook and HTC. That’s the promise of VR powered by Microsoft Windows, the software …
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Intel might be an old-school computing company, but the chipmaker thinks the latest trends in artificial intelligence will keep it an important part of your high-tech life. AI technology called machine learning today is instrumental to taking good photos, translating languages, recognizing your friends on Facebook, delivering search results, screening out spam and many other chores. It usually uses an …
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Facebook is trying again to be cool with teens. The tech giant said Monday it’s buying tbh, a social network popular with teens that lets people send compliments to each other through anonymous quizzes. Facebook didn’t disclose an acquisition price. Facebook will let tbh, which stands for “to be honest,” operate as it did before, similar to how it runs …
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Facebook committed to an anti-bullying strategy on Monday that will see it offer every secondary school in the UK a dedicated digital safety ambassador. The commitment is an expansion of its existing program run along with youth charities Childnet and The Diana Award that trains young people to provide peer-to-peer offline support for online bullying. Up to 4,500 schools could …
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The next time you work up an appetite Facebook stalking friends from high school or your most recent ex, you won’t have to leave the social network to order food. Facebook now lets you order pickup or delivery from services like DoorDash, ChowNow, EatStreet and others, Facebook said in a blog post Friday. Or you can order right from restaurants …
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Facebook is bringing Stories, the photo and video feature it cribbed from Snapchat, to yet another part of its platform. This time, the feature is coming to Pages, which are official Facebook pages used by brands, including publishers, artists, athletes and businesses. Stories are strings of video clips and photos that disappear after 24 hours. The format was first developed …
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