All you GIF lovers on Facebook, here’s your chance to go wild. The social media platform is now letting users post GIFs on comments as a new feature to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the GIF. Which means this is me right now: Giphy And this: Giphy A whopping 13 billion GIFs were sent on …
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A man who allegedly uploaded a copy of the Marvel movie “Deadpool” to his Facebook page a week after it hit theaters was charged in California Tuesday. Twenty-one-year-old Trevon Maurice Franklin from Fresno, California allegedly uploaded the movie in February 2016 under the name “Tre-Von M. King.” Prosecutors say the film was watched 5 million times in the two days …
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Facebook has activated its Safety Check feature as a 24-story tower block in London is engulfed in flames. Grenfell Tower in Kensington caught fire during the night. Residents banged on neighbours’ doors to wake them, but six people have been confirmed dead in the huge blaze, police told the BBC on Wednesday. The number is expected to rise with many …
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Now playing: Watch this: Feel the fear when real objects meld with VR 1:31 Enlarge Image The VR arcade could be your next hangout spot. IMAX Virtual reality has turned me into a globe-trotting adventurer. I’ve scuba-dived massive undersea shipwrecks, coming face-to-face with a blue whale. I’ve fought off hordes of oncoming zombies with nothing but a shotgun, an ax …
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Facebook’s first stab at original content may be with a show that was canceled by MTV after one season. The social-networking giant is nearing a deal to create a second season for the show “Loosely Exactly Nicole,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. The comedy, featuring actress Nicole Byer, was canceled four months ago by MTV. The publication said “Loosely Exactly …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Brands are about to get a lot more chatty with Apple’s iOS 11. Apple this week at its Worldwide Developers Conference unveiled its new iMessage Business Chat feature that lets companies connect directly with you in its texting app. It gave more details Friday …
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We spend more and more of our lives on social media despite knowing the negative consequences that time brings, a study from China shows. Almost 90 percent of Chinese social media users said they knew extended use of social media could lead to adverse effects, including the worsening of eyesight, less sleep and loss of privacy, according to a study …
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There’s a lot happening in the wearables world. Fitbit is down, but overall shipments are up, leading to Apple and Xiaomi taking equal first place. Related stories Apple Watch review: This time, a better smartwatch Hey Apple, can you top Google and Facebook at AR and AI? Fitbit may delay Apple-rivaling smartwatch, headphones Apple is the king of the smartwatch, …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is scheduled to take place this Monday. CNET will be on hand to cover the news as it breaks, and as it has done in the past, Apple will also be livestreaming the event for Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Augmented reality: what the heck do you do with it? No one really knows for sure, but everyone’s trying. Apple is making a concerted push towards AR with iOS 11, adding a developer toolset called ARKit that helps create augmented experiences on iPhones …
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