How to make a Facebook avatar
Here's how to get your own Facebook avatar, customize it, and use it with the Facebook app. It's super easy......»»
Meta relents to EU, allows unlinking of Facebook and Instagram accounts
New standalone Messenger, Marketplace, and Gaming apps coming to the EU, too. Enlarge (credit: Anadolu / Contributor | Anadolu) Meta will allow some Facebook and Instagram users to unlink their accounts as part of the pl.....»»
Researcher uncovers one of the biggest password dumps in recent history
Roughly 25 million of the passwords have never been seen before by widely used service. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Nearly 71 million unique credentials stolen for logging into websites such as Facebook, Roblox, eBay,.....»»
Researcher uncovers one of the biggest password breaches in recent history
Roughly 25 million of the passwords have never been seen before by widely used service. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Nearly 71 million unique credentials stolen for logging into websites such as Facebook, Roblox, eBay,.....»»
Meta fixed my family member’s Instagram issue, says it addressed “system error”
"Our normal path to regain access to an account was not working at the time." Enlarge / Meta has a verified program for users of Facebook and Instagram. (credit: Getty Images | Chesnot ) The trouble began three days befo.....»»
Meta verification proved useless—and my family is still locked out of Instagram
Bottom-of-barrel support experience shows the company's true feelings for customers. Enlarge / Meta has a verified program for users of Facebook and Instagram. (credit: Getty Images | Chesnot ) The trouble began three da.....»»
Redundancies have unintended consequences for all employees, even those who keep their jobs
Tech giants including X (then known as Twitter) and Facebook owner Meta announced thousands of job cuts globally in 2022 and 2023, as did other firms like entertainment company Disney, consultancy firm KPMG and phone company Vodafone. And let's not f.....»»
B.C."s infamous fast ferries are on Facebook Marketplace, and if they aren"t bought they"ll be destroyed
B.C."s infamous fast ferries are on Facebook Marketplace, and if they aren"t bought they"ll be destroyed.....»»
Facebook, Instagram block teens from sensitive content, even from friends
Meta hiding harmful content from teens isn’t enough, whistleblower says. Enlarge Meta has begun hiding sensitive content from teenagers under the age of 18 on Facebook and Instagram, a company blog announced on Tuesda.....»»
Teen Instagram and Facebook accounts will have harmful content blocked
Meta has announced that teen Instagram and Facebook accounts will in future block a wide range of harmful content, including posts about self-harm, graphic violence, and eating disorders. The move is being made in response to lawsuits by the majority.....»»
When young people seem to make threats on social media, do they mean it? A web app could offer clarity
In New York City, law enforcement regularly monitors the social media use of young people who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC), compiling binders of Twitter and Facebook posts to link them to crimes or gangs......»»
How to create multiple profiles on a Facebook account
Facebook now lets you create multiple profiles for one Facebook account. Here's how to create a new profile......»»
7 most visually stunning sci-fi movies ever, ranked
From the groundbreaking 2001: A Space Odyssey to the immersive Avatar, the sci-fi movies with the best visuals are influential masterpieces made to mesmerize......»»
PSA: Here’s a Facebook data-gathering tool you’ll want to disable
As Meta faces increasing legal scrutiny over Facebook data-gathering to serve personalized ads, its latest tactic is to claim that a feature is really intended to help users … more….....»»
Social media platforms generate billions in annual ad revenue from US youth: Study
Social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter), and YouTube collectively derived nearly $11 billion in advertising revenue from U.S.-based users younger than 18 in 2022, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H......»»
Meta"s censorship of Palestine content is "systemic," Human Rights Watch finds
HRW's new report claims Instagram and Facebook have "increasingly silenced voices in support of Palestine" amid the war in Gaza. Meta has engaged in "systemic online censorship" and its "policies and practices have been silencing voices in supp.....»»
Social media posts may be viewed differently by others compared to how users perceive themselves
In a new study, viewers of Facebook users' posts came away with perceptions of the users that differed from the users' own self-perceptions. Qi Wang and colleagues at Cornell University, New York, US, present these findings in the open-access journal.....»»
Apple isn"t standing still on generative AI, and making human models dance is proof
Apple has released a research paper discussing what it calls HUGS, a generative AI technology that can create a digital human avatar from a brief video in about 30 minutes.Apple HUGSReleased via Apple's Machine Learning Research page and shared by Ap.....»»
Study finds pandas are more socially active than previously thought
Pandas, long portrayed as solitary beasts, do hang with family and friends—and they're big users of social media. Scent-marking trees serve as a panda version of Facebook......»»
Best cooking recipes in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Cooking is a tough endeavor in real life, but it's even harder in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora when you don't know what the ingredients are. Use these recipes......»»
All Ancestor Skill locations in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Your normal skill trees have some good options to make you a strong Na'vi warrior, but the Ancestor Skills in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora are critical to find......»»