The CIA’s getting ready to transmit some photos — on social media. The usually secretive intelligence agency plans to launch an Instagram page in the near future, CIA Director Gina Haspel said during a national security forum Thursday at Auburn University. Haspel declassified the agency’s plans while discussing its social media-savvy recruits and the challenge …
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There may soon be a lot less pressure to rack up likes on Instagram. The photo sharing site is testing a design change that would hide how many people have liked a post, tipster Jane Manchun Wong tweeted Thursday. “We want your followers to focus on what you share, not how many likes your posts get,” reads an Instagram app …
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Samsung has revealed a few more details about the Galaxy S10 5G, its first 5G phone. Namely, that it’ll come to the US in May, with preorders starting “soon”. We found out a few months ago that it will sell first with Verizon. I had seen the most advanced member of the Galaxy S10 lineup about a week before Samsung’s big reveal, but the …
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Facebook might be considering reintegrating some of its Messenger service back into its primary app. Researcher Jane Manchun Wong, who is well known for reverse-engineering popular social media apps, posted screenshots to Twitter on Friday of Facebook’s app with a Messenger icon in the top right-hand corner, which taps through into the Messenger inbox. “For now, this new ‘Chats’ section …
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We’ve all taken our share of vacation photos or jealously scrolled through a friend’s pictures of a trip to an exotic beach. New data from online travel agency eDreams.net shows that pictures play a bigger part in where we’re traveling than we might’ve realized. More than half of US travelers chose their vacation destination based on how good the photos …
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It appears the flood of privacy and fake news scandals in recent years hasn’t deterred Americans from using social media. The percent of people who say they use social media platforms has remained relatively consistent compared with 2018, according to a Pew survey published Wednesday. Facebook is still one of the most popular social media platforms among US adults, with …
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Panasonic makes some great cameras, but they all tend to skew one way or the other: the Lumix G and GX series towards photo enthusiasts and the GH series towards prosumer videographers. Its new Lumix G95 brings some of the more important video features into the fold, in the hopes of luring vloggers who want a single camera to fill …
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Executives at Facebook, YouTube and 4Chan could face jail time under new “world-first” laws designed to stop the sharing of violent videos and images on social networks. The legislation, developed in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shooting and passed in the Australian parliament on Thursday local time, targets social networks with hefty fines and even jail terms for company …
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Your video-watching experience on Instagram might soon get a whole lot better. The social network is testing a feature that would let you rewind or fast forward through videos, according to tipster Jane Manchun Wong. Wong tweeted about the feature Wednesday, along with a GIF showing a white “seek bar” at the top of a video. Sliding your finger along the …
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It’s a chilly winter night in Munich, Germany. I’m alone in an empty hostel dorm, basking in the warmth of the heater and the hostel’s surprising hygiene, trying to watch Mad Men on my MacBook. I say “trying” because this is proving to be a peculiarly difficult task. Watching 50-minute episodes of Mad Men is taking anywhere between one and …
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