Seeing ads in your Facebook and Instagram feeds comes with the territory of using the social networks. But Facebook now lets you turn off all political ads on both sites and apps ahead of the 2020 US election. The feature — first announced earlier this year — started rolling out to all US Facebook users in June, according to a blog post …
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After months of shortages, monitors are back — and so are monitor deals. If you’re tired of hunching over your laptop’s relatively small screen, get ready to go big: For a limited time, and while supplies last, Staples has the Acer K272HL Ebid 27-inch desktop monitor for $99.99 with promo code 46065. Regular price: $139.99. See it at Staples This …
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Facebook’s AR and VR businesses are about to sound a lot more Facebookish. The company’s annual Oculus Connect VR conference is happening Sept. 16, as a free online event. But the name is changed: it’s Facebook Connect now, and it’ll be focused on a wider range of VR and AR experiences. Facebook’s also officially renamed its AR/VR division to Facebook …
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Whether you’re looking to extend your desktop across a second screen or you want a portable display for your Nintendo Switch, a USB monitor is a great way to go — especially now that prices continue to trickle down. Case in point: For a limited time, and while supplies last, the Virzen 15.6-inch Portable Monitor is just $123 when you clip …
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The White House has asked the Supreme Court to review a decision by a lower court not to allow President Donald Trump to block people on Twitter. The petition, filed with the Supreme Court on Thursday, came after a federal court ruled in July 2019 that the president cannot block people who criticize him on a public forum. But the …
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly testified at a Federal Trade Commission antitrust hearing this week. His virtual testimony went for two days, according to a Politico report Thursday. “We are committed to cooperating with the US Federal Trade Commission’s inquiry and answering the questions the Agency may have,” a Facebook company spokesperson told CNET in an emailed statement. The news …
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Facebook has announced that applications are now open for more than $40 million in grants for Black-owned businesses. As of Wednesday, majority Black-owned US businesses with up to 50 employees can apply for the grant online. Black-owned businesses can also now self-designate their Facebook page as being Black-owned. The designation won’t appear publicly on the profile or page, but it …
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This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Your social media feeds from Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are fueled by algorithms, but are they also influenced by human political bias? A new survey released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center indicates that most US adults think so. About three-quarters of respondents …
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Facebook said Wednesday that it’s adding videoconferencing apps Zoom, BlueJeans, GoToMeeting and Webex to its Portal video chat devices in September, a move that the social media giant hopes will entice people to use their products while they’re working from home. Video calling has become more popular because people are spending more time at home to slow the spread of …
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Facebook’s virtual reality ecosystem, Oculus, has become more Facebook-centric over the past few years. Soon it will be Facebook-mandatory. A new change to the Oculus VR platform’s login policies now requires any new user to sign in using a Facebook account, starting in October. Oculus VR had allowed non-Facebook accounts to be created before, but merging with an existing Facebook …
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