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As we’re all using screens right now to either write or read this very article, none of what is put forth in a new report from Common Sense Media on screen usage should come as a surprise. The report, first excerpted in a CNN piece early Tuesday, focuses on screen usage among teens (age 13 […]
Instagram is saying good-bye to filters that depict cosmetic surgery. Spark AR, the company behind the platform’s filters, announced the move via Facebook last week amid growing concerns about social media’s effects on body image and self-esteem. Per Spark AR’s post: We want Spark AR effects to be a positive experience and are re-evaluating […]
If you’ve been seeing a growing number of fake posts floating down your Instagram feed, worry not — Facebook wants to put it a stop to it. The social media giant announced Monday that its users will begin to see labels that read “false information” on posts deemed false by fact-checkers. Facebook users and Instagrammers […]
It’s certainly no secret by now that Instagram‘s so-called “Community Guidelines” are wonky as hell, to say the least. To highlight the app’s tendency to target women with their arguable censorship methods, The Stand star Amber Heard has shared a tongue-in-cheek edit of a photo that was apparently the victim of Instagram’s policies. Noting that IG’s […]
There are a ton of things that can get political ads removed from Facebook. Outright lying isn’t one of them, however. A new report from BuzzFeed News found that over 150 ads had been removed for employing fake button graphics, leading to bad landing pages or containing profanity. “Facebook has removed more than 160 ads […]
Following a successful expansion into the YouTube world, Will Smith is now taking his social media prowess to TikTok. Smith made the announcement of his TikTok-ification on Wednesday night, complete with a TikTok in which he himself is surprised to find none other than Will Smith on the platform. “I guess I’m on TikTok now,” he […]
Should we be impressed or terrified? On Tuesday, Boston Dynamics released a 38-second video that shows its Atlas robot performing a pretty solid gymnastics routine. The 330 pound humanoid showcases its handstand, somersaults, and a respectable split jump that many humans couldn’t pull off. Boston Dynamics said its team developed the routine faster than previous ones, […]
Bad news, Kik users: The popular messaging app is in its final days. Kik Interactive CEO Ted Livingston announced the shut down via Medium on Tuesday, citing a costly legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The case stemmed from a June SEC lawsuit in which Kik was accused of illegally raising $100 million in an […]
Comfortingly, Facebook Inc. has agreed to acquire tech startup CTRL-Labs, a company known for a wristband that translates neuron activity into computer screen motions. “CTRL-Labs’s technology is an innovative input that Facebook hopes will be used to significantly improve the upcoming Facebook AR/VR experiences a few years down the road to fundamentally improve the user […]
2019 may go down as the first year in which U.S. on-demand streams surpass 1 trillion. 2019’s year-to-date total, per an extensive Billboard report, is currently at 775.3 billion when accounting for both audio and video. That haul marks a 28 percent increase when compared to the same point in 2018, a year dominated by numbers […]
