Facebook is publicly testing a dark mode for its iOS and Android apps. The new option for the social network’s mobile apps was unveiled Friday in a tweet by app researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who shared a video made in collaboration with Facebook. Facebook already offers a dark mode option for the desktop version of …
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Earlier this year, Instagram announced that you could send and receive direct messages from your computer while browsing your feed. It’s a welcome addition, and undoubtedly more convenient to use a full keyboard, but the social network is still missing a key feature: Officially supporting the ability to post photos from a Mac or PC. That’s all right, though, because there’s an …
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Instagram on Thursday took steps to cut down misinformation ahead of next week’s US presidential election. The Facebook-owned social media app temporarily hid the Recent tab from all hashtags. “We’re doing this to reduce the real-time spread of potentially harmful content that could pop up around the election,” it wrote in a tweet. Read more: Facebook pulled down your post. …
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Twitter has reversed course on its decision to lock the New York Post account, saying Friday that it’s allowing the publication to tweet again. The change in stance comes after Twitter altered its Hacked Materials Policy, which is the policy that initially led the company to restrict the New York Post account. The social media platform retroactively applied the changed policy to …
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Facebook’s third-quarter earnings and revenue beat Wall Street’s expectations even as advertisers boycotted the social network to put pressure on the company to do more to combat hate speech. Major brands, including The North Face, Verizon and Unilever, said they would pull advertising from Facebook. Civil rights groups called on businesses to pause spending on Facebook ads in July, the …
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This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. TikTok will be ramping up its fact-checking efforts in the coming days with the goal of limiting false or manipulated content as the Nov. 3 US election draws near. Although the video-sharing social network notes its app isn’t designed to report “real-time news,” the company …
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Whether you need a second monitor to extend your desktop across a second screen or just want an inexpensive display for your Nintendo Switch, a portable monitor is a great way to add the screen real estate you need. Right now, you can save $45 on a newly updated Auzai monitor that usually lists for $199. Specifically, you can get …
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Facebook is joining the game streaming world, taking on the likes of Sony, Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Nvidia. All now offer ways for people to play visually complex console and PC games over the internet, using technology similar to how Netflix streams movies. While most companies are focused on the top-tier games like Take-Two’s action game Grand Theft Auto V …
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This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Facebook has hit its goal of registering 4 million Americans to vote, the social network announced Monday. Around 4.4 million people have registered through its apps, enabling them to vote in the 2020 presidential election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a post. …
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Facebook has internal tools in place to help calm any unrest in the US that may break out following the election, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. The tools, previously used in so-called “at-risk” countries, will help slow the spread of viral content and suppress potentially inflammatory posts, the Journal reported. Facebook said it’s spent years working toward safer and …
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