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• Facebook tests tool that allows users to export photos to Google

  Facebook today announced a new tool that would allow users to transfer their photos and videos from Facebook to other storage services, starting with Google Photos. This tool would be similar to the one we already have that allows us to download our Facebook information. While ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Reddit's DataIsBeautiful is sick of bar chart races — so it's banning them

  The moderator team of Reddit's DataIsBeautiful community has been getting an avalanche of spammy race charts, so it's temporarily ...

  • Mix

• Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger are down — go back to work

  Yep, it's not just you: Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger are all down right now — and nobody knows why. Find something ...

  • Mix

• How this VR video game is transforming indoor cycle training

  Will Zwift's VR cycling video game provide a welcome escape from the pains of winter cycling? It looks like it will, here ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Twitter delays deleting inactive accounts to decide how to respect dead users

  Yesterday, news broke that Twitter would begin to get rid of accounts that hadn't been used in over six months, starting on December 11. While it makes some sense to purge Twitter of perfectly good usernames that are going unused, some users wondered what would happen with the accounts ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Facebook allegedly blocked personal accounts of WhatsApp spyware maker's employees

  On Tuesday, eight employees from the Israel-based security company, NSOGroup, filed a lawsuit against Facebook in the Tel Aviv district court for blocking their accounts. The company said this was an independent action and it doesn't concern its ongoing tussle with the social media ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Disney+ looks more like Netflix every day, and that's a good thing

  Disney today added another missing feature to its Disney+ streaming platform -- and with it, the platform is starting too look an awful lot like its fellow services, namely Netflix. I have praised the features of Disney+ before -- such as its transparency on when its missing movies ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Facebook wants to pay you to answer social media questions

  We already know apps like Facebook try to learn as much about you as possible, so why not at least get paid for it? Facebook - now a rebranded corporate entity - today revealed a new app dubbed Facebook Viewpoints which pays you to participate in surveys, tasks, and research. The ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Popular Android apps are shipping with outdated bug-ridden software

  Researchers have found that several popular Android apps, including Facebook, Instagram and WeChat, come with outdated software ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Google opens Earth, offering tools for anyone to create tours

  Google's adding some new features to Earth, allowing users to create their own comprehensive stories and presentations using ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Antivirus giants form new coalition to put an end to stalkerware

  Antivirus vendors and non-profits including Avira, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and Kaspersky have banded together ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Bug in Google Camera put Android users at risk of being secretly recorded

  Researchers found vulnerabilities in Google's Camera app (and other Android devices), which made it possible for hackers ...

  • Mix