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Facebook unveils prototype AR glasses that give you 'auditory superpowers'
Facebook has produced a set of AR glasses that give users "perceptual superpowers" by amplifying what they want to hear ...
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Facebook doesn't fix its shit until there's a controversy — that needs to change
Earlier today, Facebook removed the account of T. Raja Singh, a leader of India's ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP), for hateful speech against Muslim minorities. This step came after the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) pointed out the company's policy executive, Ankhi Das, stopped ...
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Facebook Messenger wants to curb misinformation by limiting forwards to 5 contacts at a time
In 2018, WhatsApp introduced a limit on forwarding messages to only five contacts at a time. Now, Facebook is bringing that limit to Messenger, starting today. The company thinks it's an "effective way to slow the spread of viral misinformation and harmful content." And it's not ...
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Russia's most notorious troll farm reportedly used deepfakes to push a fake news outlet on Facebook
Facebook and Twitter say they've removed a network of accounts behind a fake news outlet run by fictitious journalists with ...
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Facebook threatens to block news if Australia doesn't amend its new media law
If you live in Australia, chances are that you might not be able to post news links on Facebook soon. The company said it tried to engage with the Australian government to come up with a solution, but its proposals were overlooked. In April, the country's government started to ...
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Does Facebook still sell discriminatory ads?
In May, a Wisconsin health care agency, Tenderness Health Care, posted a job ad on Facebook looking for personal care workers. According to Facebook’s “Why am I seeing this ad” pop-up, when the agency purchased the ad, it asked Facebook to not show it to anyone over 54 years ...
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Why Facebook's plan to give virtual assistants bodies is both awesome and terrifying
Facebook recently showed off the progress its AI research team has made in the realm of household robotics. The dream is to take the virtual assistant out of the speaker and put it into an autonomous body capable of traversing your house. If you're thinking “Rosie the Robot” from ...
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Facebook introduces a new shopping tab in the app -- just like Instagram
Facebook is rolling out a new tab in its main app called Facebook Shop. The company had introduced a similar tab on Instagram in July after it announced Facebook Shops -- its feature to turn pages into stores -- in May. The social media company's idea is to offers a marketplace ...
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Two left feet? Facebook’s new AI dance choreographer can teach you some brand new moves
Facebook's AI boffins have developed a new system that creates original dance routines for any music that you feed it.
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7 lead generation lessons we learned by creating a Facebook quiz
Did you know we have an online event about digital marketing coming up? Join the Re:Brand track at TNW2020 to explore the ...
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Zuckerberg lobbied against TikTok in a private meeting with Trump, report reveals
It's no secret that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sees TikTok as a threat. On several occasions, he has brought up TikTok's ...
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Facebook Portal gets Zoom support, turns into a little workstation
Facebook today announced an upgrade for its Portal smart displays: namely, they'll soon support various videoconferencing ...
