Facebook is trying to make VR diverse, and that’s admirable. But it’s missing an easy way to be even more inclusive, and possibly empowering, with many of its users.
The key: Give users the power to create VR avatars that are body accurate, even if i…
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With two audits and new A.I., can Facebook fix its discrimination problems?
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After the recent farce of a congressional hearing about “anti-conservative bias” on social media, Facebook wants the world to know it’s still taking this alleged issue seriously.
Facebook shared Wednesday that it will undergo a thorough political bias review, led by former Republican senator Jon Kyl and his lobbying firm, Covington and Burling. According to the firm’s website, Kyl is an expert in helping corporations navigate domestic and international policy. The conservative think tank Heritage Foundation will also take part in the independent review.
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View More With two audits and new A.I., can Facebook fix its discrimination problems?Facebook tool warns developers of phishing attacks dangling lookalike domains
Phishing seems like a problem that will be here for the long haul, so I welcome any tools to combat it with open arms. Today Facebook announced one: a service for domain owners or concerned users that watches for sketchy versions of web addresses that might indicate a phishing attempt in the offing.
View More Facebook tool warns developers of phishing attacks dangling lookalike domainsFacebook’s working on photorealistic VR avatars and they’re kinda creepy
Facebook has big plans for blurring reality and virtual reality.
During its F8 Day 2 keynote, the company said it’s working on creating photorealistic VR avatars that look just like you IRL. And well… they’re kind of creepy.
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Watch Facebook’s F8 2018 Day 2 keynote right here
Facebook is hosting its F8 developer conference in San Jose this week. Yesterday, it kicked off with a keynote from CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who addressed the company’s latest scandals, including Cambridge Analytica, election meddling, and fake news. But he also spoke of his commitment to Facebook’s mission of connecting the world, and his optimism for the future. […]
View More Watch Facebook’s F8 2018 Day 2 keynote right here10 big announcements from Day 1 of F8
Day 1 of Facebook’s F8 conference was packed with announcements and updates. Here are 10 big takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote on Day 1. You can find full coverage and analysis of F8 here. 1. Facebook announces a dating feature Your next fling could start on Facebook. The company announced a new set of dating […]
View More 10 big announcements from Day 1 of F8Facebook desperately tries to convince us that it’s good for the world
While he joked about his Congressional testimony and the never-ending privacy scandals of the last few months on the F8 stage, Mark Zuckerberg’s most important message was one he doubled down on throughout his keynote: Facebook is actually very good …
View More Facebook desperately tries to convince us that it’s good for the worldFacebook is really proud of its 300,000 business bots, despite claiming it will put ’people first’
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Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear that fake profiles and soviet robots have no place on Facebook.
But worry not, robots. ‘Messenger’ is still a hospitable home for bots like you.
At F8, Facebook’s Vice President of Messaging Products, David Marcus, jovially reported that Messenger’s integration with business is going swimmingly. According to Marcus, over 8 billion messages have been sent between people and businesses. And there are 300,000 monthly active bots engaging with customers on messenger.
David Marcus says there are 300,000 monthly active bots on Messenger. Joypic.twitter.com/5aPq7uCG8M
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View More Facebook is really proud of its 300,000 business bots, despite claiming it will put ’people first’Here’s everything that happened at F8 today
On Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center to deliver his keynote speech at the company’s annual F8 developer conference.
There was a lot to talk about. As Zuck mentioned in his opening statement…
Facebook wants to fix the ‘Happy Birthday’ spam problem by using Stories
Have you ever turned off Facebook’s notifications or even deleted the app entirely on your birthday, simply to avoid the non-stop barrage of alerts that someone had posted “Happy Birthday!” to your timeline? A fix may be in the works, as it turns out. An update to how Facebook will handle birthday notifications was given […]
View More Facebook wants to fix the ‘Happy Birthday’ spam problem by using StoriesFacebook will soon bring 3D photos to the news feed
Facebook made a small but interesting announcement at the end of its F8 keynote today: you’ll soon be able to post 3d photos to your newsfeed. For now, we know very little about this feature — or even how you’ll capture these photos — but chances are you’ll see them pop up in your friends’ […]
View More Facebook will soon bring 3D photos to the news feedWorkplace, Facebook’s enterprise version, now has 52 SaaS apps and bots, opens up for more integrations
Workplace, the more secure, closed enterprise version of Facebook that competes against the likes of Slack, Microsoft Teams and Hipchat as a platform for employees to communicate and work on things together, says that it today has tens of thousands of organisations using its platform. Now to pick up more, and to bring more of […]
View More Workplace, Facebook’s enterprise version, now has 52 SaaS apps and bots, opens up for more integrations