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Facebook is trying again to be cool with teens. The tech giant said Monday it’s buying tbh, a social network popular with teens that lets people send compliments to each other through anonymous quizzes. Facebook didn’t disclose an acquisition price. Facebook will let tbh, which stands for “to be honest,” operate as it did before, …

It’s not just Facebook, Twitter and Google. Even Pokemon Go, the mega-popular smartphone game that became a phenomenon last year, was the target of Russian agents trying to meddle with the 2016 US election, according to a report Thursday by CNN. The effort was allegedly centered on a campaign called “Don’t Shoot Us,” an apparent reference “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot,” …

Mark Zuckerberg wants to turn you — and another 999,999,999 people — into VR believers. As part of Facebook‘s latest quest to make virtual reality an everyday part of our lives, the company’s CEO is bringing out the biggest weapon he can think of to win over customers: deals he thinks you can’t refuse. The world’s biggest social network, which …

Fidget spinners, sarcasm, Sunny D. These are the hip, cool things teens know and love. Now they can add another item to that list: Buying from Amazon. The world’s biggest online store said Wednesday it has created a new feature for families, allowing moms and dads to give their teens more autonomy to purchase goods on Amazon while still under …

“At every step along the way, the future is built by people who believe it can be better.” That’s the message that Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, brought to the company’s fourth annual Oculus Connect virtual reality developer conference Wednesday. As in previous years, Zuckerberg took the stage to discuss the promise of what virtual reality can be and to show …

I had almost given up hope. I knew other people in the world had received Google’s unexpected largess in the form of an automatically generated slideshow video of their cats set to the tune of “The Blue Danube” waltz. Now it was my turn. A magic phrase popped up in the notifications on my Moto X over the weekend: “Your …

The Oculus Rift, Facebook’s PC-based VR system, has great controllers but it lacks the stand-up camera sensors it needs to work in a full room like a holodeck, like its rival the HTC Vive. That sounds like it’s changing next year with a “Santa Cruz” Rift model that will leave those sensors behind. It was announced in a keynote Wednesday at the Oculus …

There’s something strange happening in the town of Hawkins and it’s up to you to get to the bottom of it. Stranger Things: The Game is a new mobile adventure for iOS and Android that combines retro stylings with characters, settings and stories from the Netflix horror hit “Stranger Things.” And yes, there’s an ’80s arcade-style Eggo waffle waiting for …

If you like websites that look polished and load faster, good news: A technology called OpenType Variable Fonts is about to arrive. Adobe, Microsoft, Google and Apple created OpenType Variable Font technology in 2016 so designers and website developers could customize their typefaces. A font adapted with the technology essentially comes with a bunch of sliders that let people pick …

Samsung wants more of us to use Samsung Pay. So it’s launching its Rewards program in Singapore, the first country in Southeast Asia and the third in the world. The Korean electronics giant previously released the loyalty program in the US and South Korea in Nov. 2016 and March 2017, respectively. The program awarded Samsung Pay users points for each …