“Hard to say” who is responsible for platform-wide safety and security.
Facebook adds a battery-powered smart screen to the Portal line
The Portal line has always been a kind of odd duck in the world of smart screens. Facebook’s most significant contribution to the category is almost certainly Smart Camera, which uses AI to track a subject and pan and zoom accordingly to keep them in frame. It was the first big line to bring the […]
Facebook Rolls Out News Feed Change That Blocks Watchdogs from Gathering Data
Facebook has begun rolling out an update that is interfering with watchdogs monitoring the platform. From a report: The Markup has found evidence that Facebook is adding changes to its website code that foils automated data collection of news feed post…
Ben Rubin, who founded Houseparty, Meerkat and Slashtalk, will peer into the future of social at Disrupt
Ben Rubin understands where social is going. In fact, he understands it so well, he’s always there early. Rubin is the current CEO and co-founder of Slashtalk and an angel investor who scouts for Sequoia Capital. He previously founded Houseparty and Meerkat — apps that pioneered group video chat and mobile livestreaming, respectively — shaping […]
Facebook Warned Over ‘Very Small’ Indicator LED On Smart Glasses
The Data Protection Commission in Ireland, Facebook’s lead privacy regulator in Europe, has asked Facebook to demonstrate than an LED indicator light on its pair of “smart” Ray-Ban sunglasses — which lights up when the user is taking a video — is an …
Peter Thiel Claims Zuckerberg Agreed To Push ‘State-Sanctioned Conservatism’ Under Trump Deal
ytene writes: Danika Fears over at The Daily Beast carries some pretty explosive reporting, describing how Peter Thiel — of Palantir infamy — claims in a new biography by Max Chafkin that Mark Zuckerberg agreed to push “State-Sanctioned Conservatism”…
Study finds half of Americans get news on social media, but percentage has dropped
A new report from Pew Research finds that around a third of U.S. adults continue to get their news regularly from Facebook, though the exact percentage has slipped from 36% in 2020 to 31% in 2021. This drop reflects an overall slight decline in the number of Americans who say they get their news from […]
Big tech companies snap up smaller rivals at record pace
“Pac-Man” buying spree comes as US regulators look to clamp down on some acquisitions.
Facebook warned over ‘very small’ indicator LED on smart glasses, as EU DPAs flag privacy concerns
Facebook’s lead privacy regulator in Europe has raised concerns about a pair of ‘smart’ Ray-Ban sunglasses the tech giant is now selling. The glasses include a face-mounted camera which can be used to take pictures and short videos with a verbal cue. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said Friday that it’s asked the tech giant […]
Bad for your Health? Salesforce CEO Argues Facebook ‘is the New Cigarettes’
Social media may be bad for our health, argues long-time technology reporter/commentator Kara Swisher in the New York Times:
In March of 2018, I interviewed Marc Benioff, the chief executive of Salesforce, at the top of the company’s San Francisco tow…