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This Week in Apps: Facebook Reels goes global, Trump’s own social app arrives, all eyes on TikTok
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer
OMG, my Facebook was hacked! Here’s what to do
Even technically sophisticated friends are currently getting “hacked” on Facebook — here’s how to avoid it, and how to make sure your hacked account is fully recovered. Usually, accounts are “hacked” because someone somehow gets a hold of your password.
Peter Thiel to leave Facebook board, which you probably forgot he was still on
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced today that board member Peter Thiel will not seek reelection to his post, effectively ending his tenure in the top echelon of the social media company’s leadership. The move is not an enormous
Meta Visually Unifies Avatars Across Quest, Facebook & Instagram in Metaverse Push
Meta released its new Quest avatar system last year, bringing a big upgrade over the previous in terms of expressiveness and customizability. Now the company announced it’s standardizing those across all Meta platforms—Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram—essentially letting users build
This Week in Apps: Open App Markets Act, Facebook loses daily users, Snap turns a profit
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer
Kareem Hunt’s dad throws Browns offense under the bus on Facebook
Kareem Hunt, Cleveland Browns. (Mandatory Credit: Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports) The Whiteboard: Power ranking the NBA’s most surprising teams by Ian Levy Joe Burrow comments on T.J. Watt roughing him up after interception by John Buhler Kareem Hunt’s dad was
These smart glasses offer a glimpse at the future Apple and Facebook are planning
Avegant, a start-up in San Mateo, California, has built an LED light-engine that could enable device manufacturers to build small, stylish augmented-reality smart glasses. Courtesy of Avegant I recently tried a pair of prototype smart glasses from Avegant that gave
I Was There When: Facebook put profits over safety
Last month, the primary source for the Wall Street Journal’s Facebook Files, revealed her identity in an episode of 60 Minutes. Frances Haugen, a former product manager at the company, says she came forward after she saw Facebook’s leadership repeatedly prioritize profit
Capitol cop Michael Riley resigns weeks after arrest on charges of cover-up of Jan. 6 riot Facebook messages
U.S. Capitol Police Officer Michael Riley poses for a picture outside of headquarters on D St., NE. Riley was selected Officer of the Month for February 2011 by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call,
‘SNL’s’ ‘Frances Haugen’ Shows Up Congress As Possibly Even Worse Than Facebook
In “Saturday Night Live’s” cold open version of the congressional hearing earlier in the week on Facebook — featuring whistleblower Frances Haugen (Heidi Gardner) — it was hard to tell who was worse: Facebook or the lawmakers. Cecily Strong’s Nancy
Zuckerberg Loses $6 Billion in Hours as Facebook Plunges
(Bloomberg) — Mark Zuckerberg’s personal wealth has fallen by more than $6 billion in a few hours, knocking him down a notch on the list of the world’s richest people, after a whistleblower came forward and outages took Facebook Inc.’s
Facebook is down, along with Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus VR
Just as Facebook’s Antigone Davis was live on CNBC defending the company over a whistleblower’s accusations and its handling of research data suggesting Instagram is harmful to teens, the company’s entire network of services suddenly went offline. On Twitter, Facebook communications exec Andy Stone says,
Facebook whistleblower reveals herself, claims company prioritizes its individual interests
Frances Haguen, the whisteblower who leaked internal Facebook files to the Wall Avenue Journal. 60 Minutes The human being who exposed interior Fb investigate to the Wall Road Journal that served as the basis for a series of tales about
Facebook Research Shows Company Knew of Instagram Harm to Teens, Say US Senators
US senators on Thursday grilled Facebook on its plans to better protect young users on its apps, drawing on leaked internal research that showed the social media giant was aware of how its Instagram app harmed the mental health of