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Update Your Facebook iOS App To Save Your Phone’s Battery

iOS users have been complaining about the Facebook app’s big battery drain. Today Facebook admitted it had a problem–and pushed an update that should help. In a Facebook post, Facebook Engineering Manager Ari Grant wrote that the company had identified “a few key issues” that the update seeks to fix: The first issue we found…

Social Media Kaila Hale-Stern

TechPrep Is Facebook’s Attempt to Diversify Computer Science

Yesterday, Facebook launched a new initiative called TechPrep. Aimed particularly at women and minorities, it’s designed to help youngsters find a trajectory into the world of tech—with the help of their parents. The site’s not one of those that are designed to teach kids to code; instead, it’s there to inspire them and their parents…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe

Facebook Now Tells You to Replace Your Computer When State-Sponsored Hackers Attack

If a despotic regime is trying to break into your Facebook messages, you’d probably want to know about it. Now, the social network is finally offering a feature that tells you when a suspected state-sponsored attacker targets your account. It will also tell you to buy a new computer. The new hacker alert feature isn’t…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes

You Can Block Painful Memories from Facebook’s “On This Day” Feature

Facebook’s “On This Day” feature plays off nostalgia, showing people old photos and posts from previous years. That’s great if your memories are positive—but it can dredge up sad moments, which is why there’s now a tragedy filter. If you’d rather not be reminded of a specific shitty day, ex, or dead friend, Facebook now…

Social Media Kate Knibbs

Do Your Clicks Influence What News Stories Other People See?

This is the second installment of the Living With Data series, exploring encounters with data in our everyday lives. Do my clicks count? Molly, a 23-year-old high school science teacher in Brooklyn, writes: In recent years I have clicked with care due to awareness of how personal data is used. But I have also begun…

Social Media Sara M. Watson

Facebook Is Testing Six New Reaction Emoji Instead of a Single “Dislike” Button

It was exciting when Mark Zuckerbergsuggested that Facebook was building a “Dislike” button. So many things not to like! However, the social network just started testing a new emoji reactions feature that is probably the real future of disliking stuff on Facebook. Facebook recently offered TechCrunch a previewof the new “Reactions” button. (Zuck later confirmed…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes

Facebook Is Going to Send Free Internet Across Africa From Satellites

Facebook has announced that it’s teaming up with French-based satellite provider Eutelsat Communications to beam free internet to 14 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The deal will see the companies use “the entire broadband payload on the future AMOS-6 [geostationary]satellite” along with gateways and terminals on the ground, providing high gain spot beams of data that…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe

You Can Soon Use Mini Videos As Your Profile Picture on Facebook Mobile

Facebook’s updating its profile picture feature: Mobile users will be able to use 7-second long homemade GIFs as their main picture on the site. This is gonna be just like that time people complained on MySpace when users changed their background to tiled tie-dye or neon fuchsia wallpaper with animated glitter hearts. Customization is fun,…

Social Media Bryan Lufkin

Don’t Spread Those Bullshit Facebook Copyright Takedown Posts

This post was originally published January 5, 2015, but this year’s second round of Facebook warnings are very similar, so everything still applies. This week, you may have noticed a surge in Facebook friends posting an alarmist message on their walls insisting that they won’t give Facebook permission to use and distribute the content they…

Social Media Kate Knibbs

Zuckerberg Wants Everybody on Facebook by 2020

At the United Nations on Saturday, Mark Zuckerberg declared his intentions to get the entire world on Facebook online, arguing that internet access is the key to ending extreme poverty. “When people have access to the tools and knowledge of the internet, they have access to opportunities that make life better for all of us,”…

Social Media Maddie Stone

Facebook Attempts to Make Notes Less Bleak

Facebook Notes are bleak. The blogging alternative that Mark Zuckerberg always insisted was not for blogging is a great way to read long blog-like posts from people that you used to know. And now, thanks to a facelift, Notes look less like status updates and more like, well, blog posts. The social network is now…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes

Living With Data: “This Shirt Was Designed Just for You!”

Ever wonder why ads for a particular pair of socks keep following you around the web? Or why that one person you hardly know keeps showing up in your news feed when your old friends rarely seem to appear? All these questions come back to data, and the algorithms that process it. This is the…

Social Media Sara M. Watson

Facebook and Oculus Will Bring Insane 360-Degree Video to Your News Feed

Working with its recently acquired Oculus VR division, Facebook will soon bring short, immersive, 360-degree videos to your News Feed. That lets you look in any direction within an image, as though you were really there. It’s Facebook’s first project with Oculus to bring VR-like technology to the main service. How will it work? Simply…

Social Media Bryan Lufkin

The Washington Post Will Publish Every Single One of Its Articles on Facebook

If you stopped reading The Washington Post when the newspaper declared war on your AdBlock earlier this month, Bezos and Zuckerberg might have just found a way to draw you back into the fold: Today, the Post announced that it’ll begin publishing 100% of its stories as Facebook Instant Articles. You’d be forgiven if you…

Social Media Maddie Stone

Don’t Fall For The Facebook Dislike Button Scam

Take this survey and win a free iPad! Take this survey and win a never-ending pasta bowl! Take this survey and get Facebook’s Dislike button! Wait, what? Whenever a new product or service comes out, you can be certain that the scam artists will scurry out of the woodwork. One of their favorite tools are…

Social Media Matt Novak

Here Are the Facebook Buttons We All Really Need

A couple days ago Mark Zuckerberg admitted that Facebook was finally building a ‘Dislike’ button allowing the social network’s members to express their non-approval of other’s posts. But as Conan O’Brien revealed on his show last night, there are far more useful buttons that Facebook needs to add first. New parents aren’t going to be…

Social Media Andrew Liszewski

Facebook Is Finally Building a “Dislike” Button

The world has waited nearly a decade to show their disdain on Facebook with a single click. Now, Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is finally building a button. “I think people have asked about the dislike button for many years. Today is a special day because today is the day I can say we’re working on…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes

Facebook Is Working With Germany to Fight Anti-Refugee Content

Facebook has vowed to help the German government clamp down on hate speech and xenophobia relating to refugees. The Wall Street Journal reports that Facebook is to work with the country’s ministry of justice and internet providers in order to remove content deemed to be hateful from the social network. The move follows recent criticism…

Social Media Jamie Condliffe

The Vast Majority of the World Doesn’t Use Facebook

Soon-to-be dad Mark Zuckerberg just made a big announcement on Facebook, a soul-searching website he created in 2004: “For the first time ever, one billion people used Facebook in a single day.” Do you know what that means? That means that over 6 billion people did not use Facebook in a single day. In the…

Social Media Adam Clark Estes

Facebook’s New Personal Assistant “M” Is Part Robot and Part Human

Apple has Siri. Microsoft has Cortana. Google has Google Now. Now, Facebook is hopping on the AI assistant bandwagon with M. Not to be confused with fictional head of the MI6, M is a personal assistant baked right into Messenger that serves up information when you ask for it. But as Facebook’s David Marcus mentions…

Social Media Darren Orf

Update Your Facebook iOS App To Save Your Phone’s Battery

TechPrep Is Facebook’s Attempt to Diversify Computer Science

Facebook Now Tells You to Replace Your Computer When State-Sponsored Hackers Attack

You Can Block Painful Memories from Facebook’s “On This Day” Feature

Do Your Clicks Influence What News Stories Other People See?

Facebook Is Testing Six New Reaction Emoji Instead of a Single “Dislike” Button

Facebook Is Going to Send Free Internet Across Africa From Satellites

You Can Soon Use Mini Videos As Your Profile Picture on Facebook Mobile

Don’t Spread Those Bullshit Facebook Copyright Takedown Posts

Zuckerberg Wants Everybody on Facebook by 2020

Facebook Attempts to Make Notes Less Bleak

Living With Data: “This Shirt Was Designed Just for You!”

Facebook and Oculus Will Bring Insane 360-Degree Video to Your News Feed

The Washington Post Will Publish Every Single One of Its Articles on Facebook

Don’t Fall For The Facebook Dislike Button Scam

Here Are the Facebook Buttons We All Really Need

Facebook Is Finally Building a “Dislike” Button

Facebook Is Working With Germany to Fight Anti-Refugee Content

The Vast Majority of the World Doesn’t Use Facebook

Facebook’s New Personal Assistant “M” Is Part Robot and Part Human

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Update Your Facebook iOS App To Save Your Phone’s Battery

TechPrep Is Facebook’s Attempt to Diversify Computer Science

Facebook Now Tells You to Replace Your Computer When State-Sponsored Hackers Attack

You Can Block Painful Memories from Facebook’s “On This Day” Feature

Do Your Clicks Influence What News Stories Other People See?

Facebook Is Testing Six New Reaction Emoji Instead of a Single “Dislike” Button

Facebook Is Going to Send Free Internet Across Africa From Satellites

You Can Soon Use Mini Videos As Your Profile Picture on Facebook Mobile

Don’t Spread Those Bullshit Facebook Copyright Takedown Posts

Zuckerberg Wants Everybody on Facebook by 2020

Facebook Attempts to Make Notes Less Bleak

Living With Data: “This Shirt Was Designed Just for You!”

Facebook and Oculus Will Bring Insane 360-Degree Video to Your News Feed

The Washington Post Will Publish Every Single One of Its Articles on Facebook

Don’t Fall For The Facebook Dislike Button Scam

Here Are the Facebook Buttons We All Really Need

Facebook Is Finally Building a “Dislike” Button

Facebook Is Working With Germany to Fight Anti-Refugee Content

The Vast Majority of the World Doesn’t Use Facebook

Facebook’s New Personal Assistant “M” Is Part Robot and Part Human

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Don’t Get Too Attached to Any AI App

‘Paradise’ Writer Teases What’s Coming in Season 3 After That Huge Twist

Trump’s New White House App Is Mildly Concerning and Weird for a Lot of Reasons

Bloodsucking Ticks Can Survive Inside Your Home Longer Than You Might Think

The Best New Toys of March 2026

Judge Denies Liking LinkedIn Post Critical of Elon Musk But Reassigns His Cases Anyway

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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