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Meta Quest Pro seems to be leaking ahead of the official reveal

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Meta, as well as Facebook, is expected to review a new piece of virtual reality (VR) hardware currently dubbed Project Cambria at its upcoming Meta Connect 2022 event on October 11. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerburg has previously made comments about the launch of the new device in October. Before that, it appears that a version of the new device – labeled “Meta Quest Pro” – has appeared on the Internet. in a video Captured by Ramiro CardenasHardware that looks like the previously revealed silhouette of the Project Cambria can be…

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Twitter is finally testing the edit button

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Twitter is finally testing an edit button, a tool that’s been confirmed to be the social app’s most requested feature for a while now. As the name of this feature suggests, it will allow people to edit the contents of their tweets while keeping a history of previous versions of the tweet. The Edit Tweet button is currently being tested internally which means it won’t be immediately visible to actual Twitter users, but testing will soon expand to more Twitter users. The news of this option to properly edit tweets…

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Instagram and Facebook have suspended Children’s Health Defense for repeated violations of policies on COVID-19 misinformation!

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Instagram and Facebook suspended Children’s Health Advocacy this week after an anti-vaccine group led by Robert Kennedy Jr. repeatedly violated rules banning misinformation about COVID-19. Children’s Health Advocacy, a nonprofit organization, is one of the most influential and active anti-vaccine organizations on social media, having spread misleading claims about vaccines and other public health measures designed to control the pandemic. In a statement, Kennedy compared Facebook’s actions to government censorship, even though Facebook is a private company that can set and enforce its own rules on misinformation. “Facebook is acting…

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Meta tasks soon won’t require logging into Facebook accounts

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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, will soon change its Meta Quest login structure so that people no longer have to have a Facebook account to use the devices. The change was first announced late last year, and in a new post this week by the Meta Quest team, it’s confirmed that the change will happen in August with a new login system in place for those who don’t. Want to create a Facebook account or don’t want to use her own account. Of course, you’ll still need an account…

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Twitter Adds ‘Unification’ Feature

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The social media platform revealed this week that Twitter is working on a “unification” feature that will allow people to remove themselves from conversations they no longer want to be part of. This new feature was revealed by the Twitter Safety account, and as such, is intended to be a tool that allows the user to protect their safety while using Twitter. The feature that was introduced last year is currently in beta phase, and while it isn’t widely available just yet, it is available on the social site’s web…

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Adults or sexually abused minors? Doing it properly annoys Facebook

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Facebook is a leader among technology companies in detecting child sexual abuse content, which has proliferated on social media and online in recent years. But concerns about people being wrongly accused of posting illegal photos have led to a policy that could allow photos and videos of abuse to go unreported. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, has instructed content moderators for its platforms to “err on the side of an adult” when they are unsure of a person’s age in a photo or video, according…

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New Details of Gundam’s $130 Million Metaverse Share

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The Metaverse promises to create a network of virtual worlds connecting users across the globe, and Bandai Namco appears to be designed to create its own virtual world using the platform as the company recently announced that it is allocating US$130 million to create a virtual space for Mobile Suit Gundam. While this section of the Metaverse is far from up and running, Bandai Namco has shared some technical insights into what this hypothetical scene focused on the suits of the popular anime might look like. As described by Bandai…

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Facebook is turning to old defamation tactics against TikTok

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Eleven years ago, Facebook was caught red-handed after it hired a prominent PR firm for trying to plant stories highly critical of Google’s privacy practices in leading news outlets. In 2018, it hired public relations firm Definers to conduct dissenting research on the company’s critics, including billionaire George Soros. The company’s longtime head of communications, Elliot Schrag, blamed it for agreeing to hire Definers and similar companies and leaving Facebook. On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that Facebook’s parent company, Meta, is using similar tactics to go after another competitor,…

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Facebook advertisers can pursue collective action on ad pricing

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A US judge ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit accusing Meta Platforms Inc’s Facebook subsidiary of deceiving advertisers about its Potential Access tool could be taken as class action. A decision by US District Judge James Donato in San Francisco allows millions of individuals and companies who have paid for ads on Facebook and the photo-sharing app Instagram since August 15, 2014 to sue as a group. Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The lawsuit began in 2018, with DZ Reserve and other advertisers accusing Facebook of…

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Facebook Messenger adds new shortcuts for silent messages, GIFs, and more

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Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is adding several new shortcuts to its Messenger app. The company’s new shortcut features will allow users to make commands in the chat box such as silently sending a message, notifying everyone in a group, and sending GIFs and emojis. In its latest blog post, the company said, “You probably know that typing ‘@’ and the person’s name will indicate that specific person in the chat. But what about when you want to get everyone’s attention? Or maybe you just want to share an idea,…

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