For decades, science fiction has predicted that we will eventually control computers without a keyboard, mouse or controller. Instead, we’ll wave our hands and control the virtual world. Mark Zuckerberg announces hand tracking at Oculus Connect. Angela Lang/CNET Starting next year, Facebook says it’ll be a step closer to that promise. New software being created …
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Facebook is focused on giving you more reasons to try virtual reality. Over the next year, it’ll bring new sci-fi-inspired capabilities to its headsets, allowing you to control the devices with your hands. During its Oculus Connect conference Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company will offer new features for its Oculus Quest headset. The wireless $399 Quest will be able to …
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Facebook is still betting that virtual reality will be the next big computing platform, and part of that plan involves getting developers to create more content to attract more users. “We need to build a lot of technology that’s going to help advance and deliver this feeling of presence. The second thing that we need to do is build an …
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Facebook said Tuesday that its efforts to reduce false news and misinformation on the platform don’t apply to politicians. The company said it exempts politicians from its third-party fact-checking process and that that’s been the policy for more than a year. In Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs and communications outlined the company’s policies regarding politicians, …
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Staying private online can sometimes feel like a cat-and-mouse game. As you download the latest ad blocker to prevent trackers from knowing your online activities, advertisers are already looking for ways to work around it. And unless the internet’s entire business model changes, you’re doomed to this cycle of constantly trying to protect your privacy online. But a group of …
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Shelby Ruth, a 20-year-old Canadian, started online dating because it was a quick way to meet new people. So when Facebook launched its new dating feature in Canada last year, she signed up because the social network made it easy to do. Compared with Tinder, Ruth noticed, users share more profile information on Facebook Dating. But there are also downsides. …
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There are a lot of efforts trying to rein in advertising tech that tracks you online, and the newest option is coming from the ad industry itself. The IAB Tech Lab, a partner to the Interactive Advertising Bureau that has long represented online ad companies, proposed a new digital token on Wednesday designed to offer a better balance between advertisers’ …
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Mozilla has switched on Firefox’s tracking protection feature for everyone on Windows and Android, dialing up its effort to protect privacy from website publishers and advertisers that would like to keep tabs on your online behavior. Mozilla enabled tracking protection for new Firefox users in June, but now it’s on for everyone, the nonprofit said Tuesday. Tracking protection is all …
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Facebook said Tuesday it’s rolling out a long-awaited privacy feature that will let users clear information from apps and websites they browse outside of the social network. The world’s largest social media giant collects a trove of information about the 2.4 billion people who log into its site every month, allowing businesses to better target ads at potential customers. The …
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Instagram has kicked a marketing startup off its platform after determining it improperly collected user data. The Facebook-owned social network took the action on Hyp3r after finding the startup scraped public data such as users’ physical locations, profile information and photos to serve better targeted ads. Instagram sent a cease-and-desist letter to the San Francisco-based company on Wednesday after learning …
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