A weird new Facebook app is launching, and it’s based on bringing back the internet of the ’90s. E.gg is the latest creation from Facebook’s experimental app team New Product Experimentation and is aimed at “recapturing that atmosphere” of the early web. The About section of E.gg looks like an old-school Geocities web page, and even …
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Facebook’s multibillion dollar ad business continues to grow even as the coronavirus pandemic hobbles the economy and high-profile brands boycott the company to get it to more aggressively combat hate speech. The strong performance comes as the government ramps up pressure on Facebook amid concerns it’s grown too powerful. The world’s biggest social network reported second-quarter earnings on Thursday that …
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In 2020, VR feels more like a tangible reality than ever before. In a year of lockdowns and isolation, virtual reality has suddenly become a way for friends to connect, see theater experiments and feel briefly like you’ve escaped. The Oculus Quest was the best VR device of 2019, and that’s true in 2020, too. But Facebook’s standalone headset may be …
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All eyes were on big tech Wednesday as several tech CEOs testified before a House antitrust subcommittee. While Apple, Amazon, Google and Facebook defended their business practices, social media site Snapchat released its first-ever diversity report within its CitizenSnap report, which details the company’s efforts around environmentalism and inclusion. The report shows that while clear disparities remain, the app that launched back in 2011 has …
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Four of the most powerful men in the world have been called to appear (virtually) before Congress in a star-studded event years in the making. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg are set to be grilled over whether their respective companies exert too much influence and control — to …
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Ultimate Ears makes some of the best portable Bluetooth speakers around and the Boom series is right at home outdoors thanks to a simple but rugged design and good battery life. The Boom 3 might be priced a little on the high side, but it’s worth it. That’s why I was excited to find that right now, you can snag …
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This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is reportedly clashing with wireless carriers Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile over whether its text messages should be blocked as spam. Over the July Fourth weekend, the Trump campaign’s mass text message push was blocked by anti-spam monitors that …
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Google reportedly has an internal program that taps “sensitive” data collected by Android, the search giant’s mobile operating system, on how people interact with non-Google apps. The company has used this to advance its own products and services over rival Android apps, according to a report Thursday from The Information. The program, internally dubbed Android Lockbox, lets the company see …
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Facebook is testing a new design for some celebrity and business Pages on its mobile app. The social media giant said on Wednesday that the experimental update removes the Like button and the Page’s number of Likes to put more focus on the follower count. The new layout, which was reported earlier by TechCrunch, aims to make it easier for …
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If your dream job is to crank out TikTok clips for a living, then you might be in luck. On Thursday, the popular and controversial app announced the TikTok Creator Fund, a pool of $200 million for users in the US “to help support ambitious creators who are seeking opportunities to foster a livelihood through their innovative content.” The application process will …
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