Mark Zuckerberg highlights cryptocurrency in his ‘annual challenge’ address
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has expressed his interest in cryptocurrency as a counter-trend to centralization in his annual ‘challenge’ address.
Embattled YouTube stars can now turn to Brave to receive cryptocurrency donations
With many YouTube stars becoming frustrated by the service’s monetization plans, Brave browser users now have the ability to donate cryptocurrency to their favourite content creators.
Facebook requests nude images in a bid to fight revenge porn
Facebook has reportedly sought nude images of its users in a bid to prevent the spread of revenge porn on its core services.
Facebook’s research team has found a way to turn your face into an avatar with just one photo
Facebook’s research team has revealed a new machine learning system that could convert faces found within a photograph into an avatar.
Facebook will now display ads from physical stores you’ve visited
Facebook has unveiled new tools that will enable advertisers to market products and services to users based on the physical locations they’ve visited.
You can now access Instagram stories directly from Facebook’s mobile app
Facebook has elected to include access to Instagram’s Stories feature directly within its own mobile app given the poor uptake of Facebook Stories.
Humans of New York graduates to an episodic documentary on Facebook Watch
Humans of New York – the popular photoblog started by Brandon Stanton – is set to arrive as a new, episodic TV show on Facebook’s Watch platform.
Facebook reportedly offers the music industry millions to retain rights to music in videos
Bloomberg reports that Facebook has begun offering music publishers million-dollar deals to retain the rights to music featured in user-uploaded videos.
Instagram hack outs 6 million users’ contact details
Hackers have managed to exploit a vulnerability in Instagram and gain access to over six million users’ email addresses and phone numbers.
Facebook redesigns its mobile News Feed for a cleaner, starker look
Facebook has released a sizeable new update to its News Feed on Android and iOS, which does away with blue accents and headers in favour of a cleaner look.