Facebook acquires CTRL-Labs and its bracelet that "reads" the brain
The CTRL-Labs wrist band encodes the signals sent from the brain to the hand and transforms them into actions in VR or AR environments.
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Facebook Horizon, and the virtual world is served
CEO Mark Zuckerberg today announced the construction of Facebook Horizon, his VR universe. The launch is expected by the first quarter of 2020.
Operation sympathy, Facebook Cafés open
It's not enough to speed up privacy adjustments. It's Facebook Café time! The first of the Facebook Cafeterias will open in London on August 28th.
Facebook listens and transcribes our conversations
Facebook employees interviewed under the guarantee of anonymity confirmed that they did not know where these conversations were recorded or how.
Facebook finances thought-writing devices
At Menlo Park they say they are ready to present by December a functional and wearable prototype of a device for writing with thoughts
Blockchain expert foresees Facebook split and Trump re-election
According to Joseph Lubin, CEO of ConsenSys, a black future awaits us: but blockchain and cryptocurrencies could save us.
The colorful posts on Facebook are coming. Christmas news?
Could it be a #Christmas gift from Mark Zuckerberg? From today, in the testing phase and only for some Android users, #Facebook posts can be colored. In reality, this choice is part of a precise strategy of the social network, which wants to push users to post more personal statuses and fewer links and shares. In short, the possibility of adding a background color to each shared post has been added, to give greater emphasis to what is written. … Read more
Facebook, what did we talk about in 2016?
Like every year, #Facebook provided the "trending topics" of the last 12 months, i.e. the hot topics that were most talked about on the social network. Given that there are now millions of Italians who connect to their Facebook profile every day, it is obvious that the social network is a fairly faithful mirror of the thoughts and concerns of Italians. But what do Italians talk about on Facebook? The top ten topics detected by the Facebook Year Review… Read more
Facebook is committed to fake news
How much fake #news circulates on #Facebook every day? Many, many, too many. The problem arose above all after Trump's presidential election victory: according to some analysts, in fact, the fake news or "hoaxes" circulating on Facebook favored the Republican candidate. According to others it is all nonsense, but the idea has now made its way into the minds of many. Mark #Zuckerberg decided to intervene personally, reassuring users on the issue: the social network takes the ... Read more
Facebook kills two million people (virtually only)
#Facebook eliminated two million people, due to a "terrible mistake", as the social network itself defined it. How did Zuckerberg declare so many people #dead? Simple, due to an error the social network automatically listed the profiles of around two million users still alive, fueling many messages of condolence as well as the anguish of the relatives of those directly involved. The false death struck Mark Zuckerberg himself, on whose profile a message in memory of him appeared. … Read more
Did Trump win thanks to Facebook?
Various rumors have been circulating on the web in the last few hours about #Facebook and about #Trump's #victory. According to some, Zuckerberg favored Trump's victory via the famous social network. “The idea that false news published on Facebook influenced the elections in any way is crazy,” said Mark Zuckerberg, in response to the controversy over his company's alleged role in favoring the victory of the newly elected President Donald Trump. How would Mark have done it? According to some, he spread false news... Read more
Facebook at Work ready to launch
The new Facebook at Work platform is about to see the light after years of preparation (and hypotheses about its functioning)
Facebook makes war on ad-blockers
It seems that #Facebook engineers have found a way to get around adblockers, the advertising blocking programs that prevent advertising banners from being displayed. With a change to the ad blocker display code, Facebook will force everyone to see advertising. The social network announced it with an official post in which it illustrates new preferences for the management of advertising spots on the site. Too bad that advertising can't be completely turned off. “We designed our advertising formats, the… Read more
Facebook and the DIY connection
Facebook takes a step forward and becomes a telecommunications operator. In fact, through his account, it was the founder himself, Mark Zuckerberg, who presented Open Cellular. What is Open Cellular? It is an open DIY wi-fi connection that facilitates the creation of a network to connect in countries that cannot afford it. Zuckerberg's commitment to this topic has always been known to everyone. Mark explained that the system is the size of a shoe box and is… Read more
In five years time, Facebook will only be made up of videos
Soon Facebook, the most popular social network in the world, will consist only of videos. A somewhat risky prediction? This was stated by an important figure: Nicola Mendelsohn, vice president of the popular social network for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. “If I had to make a bet I would say: video, video, video,” he told the audience at Fortune's Most Powerful Women International Summit which was held in London. In fact, there is less and less written text on the message boards of common users. It was also calculated… Read more
Facebook will know our financial situation
It is well known that Facebook had access to our data and could use it for advertising purposes, but the latest approval of a 'special' patent has caused quite a stir and made a good portion of people on the web rebel. As we well know, Facebook is the most powerful social network in the world, a platform that controls, manages and shares the data of billions of people around the world and which is universally used every day to spread targeted advertising. … Read more
How the future will be according to Facebook
According to Mark Zuckerberg, the future in ten years will be increasingly virtual. Between video chats, holograms, augmented reality viewers and robots to chat with, here is the vision of the future of the man who created an Internet giant (even if at the moment he is not sailing in excellent waters, given the decline in shares and activity of social media users). According to Mark, therefore, we will soon be inundated with videos, we will use chats to access any type of service and all... Read more
Facebook will "tell" photos to blind people
Technology can greatly help blind people to orient themselves in such a complex and, at times, even dangerous world. Facebook is making many steps forward to bring technology to those who cannot see, and from today it seems that it will also be able to "tell" photos. The new service is launched today to act as a guide for those who cannot see all the photographs that social networks are flooded with. The system works using artificial intelligence: in short, Facebook's servers are… Read more
On Facebook there will soon be more deaths than alive
Within a few years, Facebook will be a huge virtual cemetery. Sooner or later it had to happen: just as in the history of humanity, the dead will surpass the living. It has been calculated that in 2098 Facebook will transform into the largest 'virtual' cemetery in the world. This is according to the prediction of Hachem Sadikki, a statistics expert from the University of Massachusetts, who developed his theory based on the social network's choice to continue to refuse to automatically delete the accounts of deceased users, and in… Read more
Facebook and augmented reality: Zuckerberg does not lack much
Mark Zuckerberg responded enthusiastically to the question of whether Facebook is currently working on augmented reality projects. When asked during a convention in San Francisco, the young SEO simply replied "Yes". Facebook's intentions had appeared clear since the purchase of Oculus, the start-up that currently produced one of the best virtual reality devices. And the words used by Michael Abrash, head of the Oculus project, leave no room for doubt: virtual reality is on the home stretch. There is … Read more
Tell me what you look like and I'll tell you who you vote for: an AI predicts political orientation
AI can predict political orientation from facial photos, even when expressions are neutral and variables such as age, gender and ethnicity are controlled for.
