The suspected shooter at YouTube’s California headquarters on Tuesday has been identified as 39-year-old Nasim Najafi Aghdam, San Bruno Police confirmed. A San Diego resident, Aghdam died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting three people, one of whom is in critical condition. A fourth victim injured their ankle while…
For millions of people, Facebook replaced MySpace years ago. But what comes next? While people ponder over whether they should delete Facebook in light of the Cambridge Analytica debacle, a competition called the OpenBook Challenge wants entrants to create a successor for the beleaguered social network. As per its website,…
Facebook’s chief security officer Alex Stamos will leave the company.Image: Sportsfile/Corbis via Getty Images By Johnny Lieu2018-03-20 06:20:51 UTC As Facebook’s never ending string of crises continues, internal disagreements have prompted its chief security officer to leave. Alex Stamos is due to depart the company in August after disputes over…
Remember the Marlboro Man? He was a sexy vision of the American west, created by a cigarette corporation to sell a fatal product. People knew this and used that product anyway, at great detriment to themselves and those around them who quietly inhaled toxic secondhand smoke, day into long night….
Not a big Facebook fan.Image: Sean Gallup/Getty Images By Karissa Bell2018-01-26 00:44:18 UTC Another billionaire has some harsh words for Facebook. Speaking at a dinner at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, George Soros delivered a scathing speech in which he said Facebook and Google were a “menace”…
Women were number one on Facebook.Image: Wayne Taylor/Getty Images By Johnny Lieu2017-12-06 01:58:41 UTC It’s no secret that the conversations we have on Facebook are often different to ones we have on other social media platforms like Twitter and Instagram. That’s evident in Facebook’s data about the most-talked about topics…
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Thibault Camus/AP/REX/Shutterstock (7887620c) Facebook logo is displayed in a start-up companies gathering at Paris’ Station F, in Paris Facebook, Paris, France – 17 Jan 2017Image: Thibault Camus/AP/REX/Shutterstock By Karissa Bell2017-10-02 23:12:42 UTC Facebook is finally making clear just how pervasive Russia-bought political ads were on its…
321 Shares Image: BRITTANY HERBERT/MASHABLE By Monica Chin2017-09-16 01:40:38 UTC You know that guy in your News Feed who just got a car and won’t stop posting pictures? Facebook finally has a solution for you. It’s testing a “Snooze” button that allows users to temporarily unfollow individuals, pages, and groups…
560 Shares Facebook is trying to connect mutual friends.Image: Thibault Camus/AP/REX/Shutterstock By Karissa Bell2017-09-01 18:35:43 -0700 Facebook wants you to learn more about your mutual friends. The social network is experimenting with a new feature called “Things in Common” that highlights details you have in common with your friends’ friends….
498 Shares Autoplay can be annoying.Image: Leon Neal/Getty Images By Patrick Kulp2017-08-12 22:22:50 UTC Autoplay videos can be one of the most frustrating parts of social media feeds. Facebook and Twitter turn this setting on by default to juice the view numbers for publishers and advertisers. But for users, it…
