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Get ready for a flood of new Facebook apps. The social media giant said Tuesday it’s created a team, known as New Product Experimentation, to design, build and launch apps that give people “entirely new experiences for building community.” The apps could range from games to business tools.  Facebook is housing the team in a new …

Facebook aims to double the percentage of women working at the social network around the world over the next five years, while simultaneously doubling the number of black and Hispanic employees in the US. The company stated the goals in a Tuesday blog post about its diversity efforts that showed the percentage of women in Facebook’s ranks had inched higher …

I’m no audiophile, which is why I generally decline to pay a premium for things like speakers and headphones. That said, when I can get a premium product at a hefty discount, my ears prick up. (See what I did there?) Read more: The best Bluetooth speakers for 2019 Here’s one such premium product and one such hefty discount: For …

Facebook is giving videos on its social network more ways to make money, pulling inspiration from other platforms to let you throw cash at your favorite video creators in the form of subscriptions or tokenized “stars” that pay them a penny. It’s also going to start taking a cut of the money that superfans send to creators in paid subscriptions. …

Facebook’s newly announced cryptocurrency Libra is facing more pushback, this time reportedly from the Indian government. India, the third-largest economy in Asia, is considering not allowing the currency to be traded at all, according to a Bloomberg report Monday. In April 2018, all entities regulated by the Reserve Bank of India were banned from dealing in cryptocurrencies and virtual coins, although …

Instagram, which has been under fire for not doing enough to combat online bullying, said Monday it’s rolling out and testing new tools to tackle the problem. The Facebook-owned photo-sharing app announced in April during Facebook‘s F8 developer conference it was experimenting with new features to combat bullying. Now Instagram is officially releasing an AI-powered feature that will let users …

It’s been a day since the third season of Stranger Things was released and there are already spoilers everywhere. You may not have all day to binge watch the entire season, but others do and you better believe they’ll want to talk about it.  If you haven’t had a chance to find out what the Upside Down scene at the end of season …

Your Independence Day visits to r/technology will be short indeed — Reddit’s tech subreddit is offline as part of a stand against social media. Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sangler led the push to “demand that giant, manipulative corporations give us back control over our data, privacy, and user experience.” “Following on from the announcement by Larry Sangler of a Social Media …

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has kicked off a probe into digital advertising and online platforms. Its examination will focus on Facebook and Google in particular, the agency said Wednesday.  A similar study in Europe resulted in Google being hit with a $1.7 billion fine in March for “abusive” online ad practices. The European Commission had said Google was exploiting its …

Facebook says its platforms, including Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook itself, are all back up and running after an issue earlier Wednesday. For the majority of the day, the apps were experiencing issues uploading and sending images, videos and other files. The company confirmed this in tweets for Facebook, Facebook Messenger and Instagram. “The issue has since been resolved and we should be back …