Facebook is bringing some cool tricks to its camera apps using machine learning technology. The social media giant is building features into the camera apps on Instagram, Facebook and Messenger that could let you shoot 3D pictures with a single lens and apply different artistic styles to videos, the company said Wednesday at F8, its …
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Now playing: Watch this: Facebook rolls out augmented-reality camera platform 2:19 The first day of Facebook’s F8 developer conference was all about the social giant’s augmented reality and virtual reality future. CEO Mark Zuckerberg started off by addressing the recent murder of Robert Godwin Sr. His alleged assailant, Steve Stephens, posted videos to Facebook of his intent to murder someone …
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Forgot your password for that app? Facebook wants to make it less painful for you to log in again. On Tuesday, the company announced a few new features for Facebook Login, which lets people log into apps automatically using their Facebook credentials instead of a new username and password. The company introduced the updates at F8, Facebook’s annual developer conference …
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Facebook Messenger wants to be your one-stop shop for… everything. Want to check on your flight or buy some Nikes? The social network hopes you’ll never leave its chat app. Facebook on Tuesday unveiled new features for Messenger that aim to give people more ways to communicate with businesses but cut out the tedium — like talking to customer service …
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Pennsylvania State Police confirmed the suspect accused of fatally shooting an elderly man in Cleveland and posting it to Facebook is dead. The suspect, Steve Stephens, 37, was initially spotted just after 11 a.m. by an alert citizen in Erie County, Pennsylvania, police said in a statement Tuesday on Facebook. Troopers located and pursued Stephens for approximately two miles when …
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Facebook won’t penalize employees who take time off on May 1 to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The social network posted a memo on an internal forum on April 14 announcing the policy, which will allow employees to join pro-immigration protests set to take place on International Workers’ Day. It also said it will re-evaluate contracts …
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Now playing: Watch this: Snapchat World Lenses let you creep out your friends… 1:06 Puking rainbows not your style? Don’t worry, Snapchat’s got an alternative. Snapchat Lenses are special effects that can be overlaid on your face when snapping with the front-facing camera. Snapchat’s flipped the switch and added a similar feature called World Lenses using the rear camera. World …
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Imagine you and your child turning your doctor’s waiting room table into a battlefield for a tower defense video game only you two can see. Later this year, Facebook will begin releasing the tech that’ll make it happen. Welcome to augmented reality, an emerging technology that Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg touted Tuesday at his company’s F8 conference for developers. …
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Facebook’s moderation system is under fire once again. The Times newspaper conducted an investigation in which a reporter using a fake account pointed out extremist images to the social network, but Facebook failed to remove them, Reuters reported Thursday. The Times reported the presence of images and videos that glorified the Islamic State, praised the recent terrorist attacks in London …
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Facebook is taking aim at fake news, and part of that hunt is snuffing out fake user accounts. The company said Thursday it is rolling out changes to its systems to make it more difficult to create sham accounts that promote fake news. The aim is to recognize patterns of activity, such as repeated posting of the same content or …
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