Sony Shuts Down PlayStation Forum
Today, an official announcement from Sony has informed of the closure of the PlayStation forum. The website will be suspended beginning with February 27, while the Japanese company encourages users to use other social networking sites.
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Paul Wozniak
February 14, 2020
Kojima Beats Two Guinness World Records
Hideo Kojima has the highest number of followers on Twitter and Instagram among game directors. Thus, he beats two Guinness World Records at the same time, of which he boasted, of course, through social media.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
November 11, 2019
Twitter Will Soon Block Paid Political Ads; Facebook Won't
Twitter will soon block the possibility of publishing paid political ads. According to the company, they enable manipulation of public opinion. Facebook has recently taken a diametrically different stance on the issue.
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Bart Swiatek
October 31, 2019
Riot Games May Create a Social Networking Website With Mods
Riot Forge trademarks registered by Riot Games indicate that the studio works on a social networking website that would brings together people playing games from the developer. Most likely, you will also be able to create and share mods.
video games
Paul Wozniak
October 16, 2019
A Clinic For Treating Gaming Addiction Opens in UK
The British Health Service has announced the opening of the country's first clinic for technology addiction. The facility will treat cases of addiction to video games, social media and the Internet in general.
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Jacob Blazewicz
October 8, 2019
No More PS4 Content Sharing on Facebook
Sony has informed gamers that PlayStation 4 will no longer allow integration with Facebook. This means that the website is no longer offered as a destination for sharing screenshots, videos or scores.
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Konrad Serafinski
October 8, 2019
Facebook Begins Tests With Hiding Like Counts
It's confirmed - today Facebook starts tests of a tool that allows you to hide like counts under Facebook posts. Initially, the option will be made available to residents of Australia. In addition, Facebook recently confirmed that politicians are a privileged group on the portal.
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Barth Faryna
September 27, 2019
Facebook: 419 Million User Phone numbers Leaked
Facebook's got another big flop. A total of 419 million Facebook user phone numbers were found on a server, which could be accessed by almost anyone because it was not even password-protected.
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Barth Faryna
September 6, 2019
Facebook Limits Facial Recognition and Tests Removing of Likes
Facebook has changed its facial recognition settings - the option will no longer be active by default. As before on Instagram, the corporation is also conducting tests to remove the like counter and reactions to posts.
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Julia Dragovic
September 4, 2019
YouTube Considers Robot Fights as Animal Abuse?
YouTube has recently removed hundreds of videos depicting robot fights. However, the most interesting thing about this whole matter is the reason for the decision: the videos violated the rules on cruelty to animals.
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Barth Faryna
August 22, 2019
Facebook Eavesdropped on User Voice Messages Through Third-Parties
Zuckerberg's social networking website commissioned external companies to transcribe private voice messages of its users. The official objective was to check the effectiveness of the AI developed by the company.
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Bart Swiatek
August 14, 2019
Facebook in Q2 2019 - Penalties, Scandals and Money Keep Piling up
It seems that image problems and scandals do not particularly harm Facebook. The company presented a report on its financial results in the second quarter of 2019. The company generated nearly $16.9 billion in revenues - 28% more than a year ago. This is one of the best results in recent years.
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Bart Swiatek
July 25, 2019
Instagram Tests Option to Remove Like Counter From Photos
There are many indications that soon it will not be possible to see how many people liked someone's photo on Instagram. All because of the desire to eliminate unhealthy competition between users.
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Milosz Szubert
July 19, 2019
Facebook Faces Record Financial Penalty; Company's Stocks Go Up
The Federal Trade Commission has accepted an agreement whereby Facebook will have to pay USD 5 billion. The record amount did not deter investors, and the company's stock prices increased by almost 2%.
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Paul Wozniak
July 15, 2019
Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Instagram Profile; More Details About E3 Presentation
Cyberpunk 2077 – the futuristic FPP RPG from CD Projekt RED – got its own profile on Instagram. We also have further information on the company's panel at the E3 2019, held in LA between June 11th through 14th.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 22, 2019
"Future Is Private" - Facebook Will Focus On Smaller Communities
During the Facebook developers' conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced a new direction of development for the platform. The popular social website will now focus on protecting the privacy of users and small communities.
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Jakub Mirowski
May 1, 2019
Facebook Illicitly Processed User E-mail Data
Facebook user data managing gets another black eye – this time, a representatives of the service admitted that the service used data obtained from e-mail accounts of about 1.5 million users without the consent of individual persons.
Tech
April 19, 2019
Facebook Stored Unencrypted User Passwords
Passwords of hundreds of millions of Facebook users were stored on company servers in unencrypted form since at least seven years, reports KrebsOnSecurity.
Tech
March 22, 2019
Tencent Invests $150 Million in Reddit
The Chinese Tencent corporation has invested 150 mln dollars in Reddit. The famous message board intends to use the money to develop its own advertising platform and expand on new markets.
Tech
Bart Swiatek
February 12, 2019
YouTube May Remove Thumbs Down
YouTube intends to put a leash on thumbs down as counterattack against haters who took a liking to bombing contents of some particular creators.
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February 5, 2019