Facebook, Twitter and Instagram provided feeds of user data to a social-media monitoring program used by police to track racially charged protests in Oakland, Calif., and Baltimore, according to an ACLU report released Tuesday. The monitoring program, created by Chicago-based Geofeedia, often included users’ locations and other personal information that was passed on to 500 …
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For the last few weeks, actors Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston have been posting candid behind-the-scenes photos from the set of “Thor: Ragnarok,” giving eager fans a sneak peek of what’s to come from their Marvel characters Thor and Loki. On Tuesday, the actors decided to put their spare time away from the movie set to good use by visiting …
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While Marvel fans have to wait until 2017 to see troublemaker villain-sometimes-superhero-ally Loki in action in “Thor: Ragnarok,” actor Tom Hiddleston decided to give everyone a sneak peek of his character. On Tuesday, Hiddleston joined Instagram and posted his first photo — a selfie of himself dressed as Loki with the caption “He’s back!” The trickster character Loki hasn’t appeared …
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Silvia Scandar Mahan traveled to Philadelphia for her summer vacation. Now, she’s putting in more hours than she does at Cor, the San Francisco digital media startup where she works. From 9:30 a.m. until after midnight, the 33-year-old is producing video that tells the stories of delegates at the Democratic National Convention, where Hillary Clinton was officially named the party’s …
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You’re probably not going to die any time soon (knock on wood), but it’s never a bad idea to prepare for the worst. Your will may take care of who gets your car when you pass away, but what about who gets your Facebook account? Or who’s allowed to access your Gmail data? Managing your digital afterlife can be tough, …
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In the past the only way to post an Instagram photo on a Web page was to upload and post the photo directly. This wasn’t a huge deal, so long as the photo was properly attributed. Then Instagram rolled out its video feature and there was no easy way to embed a video on a Web page. The need to …
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Instagram is beefing up its advertising technology. Jason Cipriani/CNET Instagram is expanding the types of ads it shows in its latest attempt to woo advertisers. The photo-focused social network said Wednesday it is introducing a “carousel” that allows advertisers to post a sequence of photos and a link to a website. The goal, Instagram said, is to make it easier …
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Looking at the dizzying pace of announcements, acquisitions and new initiatives, you could be forgiven for wondering when Facebook employees will sit back and take a break. Quite the contrary, one of the mottoes floating around the company’s Menlo Park, Calif., offices is that Facebook is only 1 percent through its “journey.” The company has already begun laying the groundwork …
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