Новости за 01.05.2018

Facebook’s brand-new standalone virtual reality headset, the Oculus Go, will outsell all other VR gear, except for dirt-cheap headsets based on Google’s low-end Cardboard, this year. That’s according to a report out this afternoon from SuperData Research. Facebook began selling the Oculus Go today, timed to F8, its annual developers conference. SuperData predicts that Facebook …

With new machine-learning tools, the social network says it will automatically detect and filter out insulting, racist, and other bullying comments at scale.

It looks like Kylie Jenner’s return to Snapchat wasn’t enough of a boost for the app. Snap missed estimates in its Q1 earnings results Tuesday, reporting $230.7 million in revenue and 191 million daily active users. As any teen could have told you, Snapchat’s controversial redesign was largely to blame. “Our redesign created some headwinds in our …

The political targeting firm Cambridge Analytica may be synonymous with Facebook’s current mess, but it got the Facebook profiles it misused through a middleman, academic Alexsandr Kogan. Kogen has recently said he’s been scapegoated by both Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, but the fact remains that when Facebook gave him access to user information, which he …

Analysts have been worrying in recent weeks about weak sales of the iPhone X (and maybe iPhones in general) after the holidays. Well, Apple reported results for its January-through-March quarter today, and pointed out that the iPhone X remained its best-selling phone throughout the first three months of 2018. The company narrowly exceeded analysts’ expectations for revenues, …

Facebook wants people to trust its efforts to protect elections this year in the United States and other countries. It has already talked about its new requirements around political-ads transparency, and today it doubled down on messaging how much information will be available about such advertising. During his keynote address at F8, Facebook’s developers conference, …

Here at F8, Facebook’s outgoing chief security officer, Alex Stamos, is giving a talk on how the company does security. One part of the recipe is offering cash payments to people who identify bugs, which expedites discovery and increases the chances that those who discover vulnerabilities will help Facebook patch them before they get abused …

When you teach a neural network to see, you also teach it to draw.

Sketching is a crucial part of many artists’ thought processes–a way to see, by making; Matisse famously said that drawing is putting a line around an idea. Intriguingly, one computational artist is finding that a similar creative process seems to apply to synthetic brains, as well as human ones.

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Investors are ghosting Match Group after Facebook announced a scheme to invade its space. At its F8 conference today, the social networking giant said it plans to launch a dating feature that will help people find love on Facebook. Shares in Match Group—which owns OKCupid and Tinder, in addition to Match.com—fell more than 23% in midday trading. …

We all have memories of things that live on only through old photos. Now, Facebook wants to let us live those memories again–in 3D and in virtual reality. During F8, the company’s developer conference today, Facebook head of social VR Rachel Franklin described how you’ll be able to upload a group of individual photos or …

Should CEOs speak out on controversial issues? A new survey suggests that they should. According to the 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer, 64% of consumers say that CEOs should “take the lead on change rather than waiting for government to impose it.” In addition, 69% say that a CEO’s top priority should be building trust. In …

One of the last things announced during Facebook’s F8 keynote looked inconsequential but fun: News Feed is going to get “3D photos,” which have a bit of a pseudo-dimensionality effect as you scroll through them. This reminds of a feature introduced by Lytro’s now-defunct light-field camera in 2013. If Facebook can pull off something similar …

Facebook plans to add a dating feature to its app in the months to come, but don’t expect to swipe right or left just yet. Instead of putting profile pictures first, the dating feature will ask users to “unlock” nearby events and interest groups, at which point they can browse the profiles of potential partners …

Historically, Instagram has not gotten much onstage attention at Facebook’s F8 keynotes. This year was different, with a sizable chunk of the presentation devoted to new features such as group video chat. And the final bit of news was that Instagram will aim to foil digital bullies via a new AI-infused algorithm which “hides language …

Ten Thousand Coffees partners with Facebook with the goal of making professional connections.

If your family, friends, and random acqaintances are squabbling in your Facebook comments—about politics or any other topic—the company thinks it has a solution. At F8, Facebook chief product office Chris Cox just announced that Facebook will begin full rollout of up-voting and down-voting for comments, a feature which has been in testing for awhile. …

Kicking off Facebook’s F8 conference today, Mark Zuckerberg–after a few minutes of thanking developers and saying the company needs to move forward with its platform even in spite of the Cambridge Analytica scandal–kicked off his keynote by explaining the company’s plans to protect the integrity of elections in the United States and abroad. He didn’t …

With all of its computing on board, Facebook’s new Oculus Go is a big step forward—and a big win.

People love creating Facebook and Instagram Stories, and now they’ll be able to do so from just about any app. Today at F8, Facebook’s developers conference, the company rolled out a tool that will allow developers to integrate sharing to Stories directly into their apps. “Just tap the share button in an app like Spotify …

As damaging stories about Facebook swirl, the social media giant also wants to mention that it’s using its network to help support lifesaving work around the world.

The marketing campaign behind the new Oculus Go is like an elaborate product demo, showing people what VR looks like, and hoping the combo of a cool experience at a lower price point convinces them to try it.

At Facebook’s F8 conference, its Messenger app is unveiling some new features—though nothing as sweeping as it did last year, when it started introducing features designed to make itself into a customer-service portal. The flashiest addition lets businesses build augmented-reality experiences within their Messenger bot presences, using Facebook’s AR Studio tools to overlay computer-generated graphics …

For years, Facebook’s F8 developer conference has kicked off with a keynote in which Mark Zuckerberg rhapsodizes about the importance of connecting people. This morning, he did that once more. But in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica mess, Zuckerberg’s mantra was intermingled with a healthy dose of crow. “It’s not enough to build powerful …

On Sunday, Justin Gallegos, who has Cerebral Palsy, completed a half marathon. Nike helped him create his dream shoe.

After Wolf’s controversial jokes, the comic gets support from late-night titans–including Stephen Colbert’s “Colbert Report” alter ego, “Stephen Colbert.”