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Facebook’s “Metaverse” gets a bit closer today with Horizon Workrooms
Workrooms participants can see who’s talking by way of visual cues—but those with two functioning ears can also identify speakers directionally, thanks to spatial audio processing. [credit: Facebook ] On Thursday, Facebook launched Horizon Workrooms—its first major step toward CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s imagined metaverse, an all-encompassing alternate reality that blends the real world with digital […]
FTC: Facebook was bad at business, so it “illegally bought or buried” competition
Enlarge / Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are the three largest parts of Facebook’s sprawling empire… for now. (credit: Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images ) The Federal Trade Commission has refiled its lawsuit against Facebook and has included additional data that it hopes will bolster its case. The refiling is a […]
Facebook reveals top posts but still won’t share key data about disinformation
Enlarge (credit: Chris Ratcliffe / Bloomberg / Getty Images) Facebook released its first report today detailing which content it says is widely viewed on the site and Instagram. The report comes as research and news stories have highlighted how misleading posts and outright disinformation can draw intense engagement on the company’s platforms. Much of the […]
Dad Fights Alligator At Kid’s Birthday Party & SAVES Animal Handler (VIDEO)
There’s a new hero in town: Crocodile Donnie! That’s what one dad from Davis County, Utah is being called after he rescued an animal handler at a kids’ birthday party by fighting off an alligator all by himself. The shocking incident happened on Saturday when Donnie Wiseman was just minding his business at a 5-year-old’s […]
WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul
Enlarge / Experts in the region said shutting down the WhatsApp numbers was “absurd” and “unhelpful. ” (credit: SOPA Images | Getty Images) WhatsApp has shut down a complaints helpline set up by the Taliban when it took control of Kabul, after the messaging app came under pressure to block the group from using its […]
Chipotle Employee THROWS SCISSORS At Customer During Altercation Over Late To-Go Order (VIDEO)
A Chipotle employee might need to think about getting another job soon after an unfortunate — and downright scary — incident was caught on video and posted to Facebook. The now-viral video, which was taken late last week at the Mount Vernon location in Baltimore, Maryland, shows a woman who appears to be an employee throwing […]
Facebook may be forced to sell Giphy one year after buying it
Enlarge / The CMA said Facebook could deny other platforms access to GIFs because of the tie-up. (credit: Anadolu Agency | Getty Images) The UK competition regulator has called for Facebook to sell online image platform Giphy, which it bought for $400 million last year, after provisionally finding competition concerns following an in-depth investigation. The […]
New Zealand Olympic Cyclist Olivia Podmore Dead At 24
New Zealand is mourning a beloved athlete… Cyclist Olivia Podmore, who represented New Zealand at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has died at just 24 years old. At this time, the cause of her death is unknown. According to CNN, an investigation is underway to determine what happened, with a police spokesperson explaining: “Police attended a […]
Apple is trying to assuage critics of its controversial software update after blowback
Privacy advocates are in an uproar. Read More