Tuesday , July 5 2022

James Vincent

EU and UK launch antitrust investigation into Google and Meta’s adtech dealings

April 23, 2022 All sharing options, All sharing options for:, By James Vincent Mar 11, 2022, 5:15am EST, Chorus, Email, Email (required), EU and UK launch antitrust investigation into Google and Meta’s adtech dealings, Facebook, Flipboard, Google, Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge, James Vincent, Linkedin, Log in or sign up, Mar 11, 2022, 5:15am EST, Pocket, Policy, Reddit, Search, Share, Share this on Facebook, Share this on Twitter, Sign up for the newsletter, Tech, The Verge homepage, Twitter, Vox Media 0

They’re accused of colluding to carve up the advertising market between them

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Meta announces plans to build an AI-powered ‘universal speech translator’

April 22, 2022 4, All sharing options, All sharing options for:, Artificial Intelligence, By James Vincent Feb 23, 2022, 12:46pm EST, Chorus, comments, Email, Email (required), Facebook, Feb 23, 2022, 12:46pm EST, Flipboard, Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge, James Vincent, Linkedin, Log in or sign up, Meta announces plans to build an AI-powered ‘universal speech translator’, Pocket, Reddit, Search, Share, Share this on Facebook, Share this on Twitter, Sign up for the newsletter, Tech, The Verge homepage, Twitter, Vox Media 0

Universal AI translation could be a killer app for Meta’s future

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Facebook removes Russian misinformation network pushing fake news about the war in Ukraine

April 22, 2022 3, 92, All sharing options, All sharing options for:, By James Vincent Feb 28, 2022, 7:12am EST, Chorus, comments, Creators, Email, Email (required), Facebook, Facebook removes Russian misinformation network pushing fake news about the war in Ukraine, Feb 28, 2022, 7:12am EST, Flipboard, Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge, James Vincent, Linkedin, Log in or sign up, Pocket, Reddit, Search, Share, Share this on Facebook, Share this on Twitter, Sign up for the newsletter, Tech, The Verge homepage, Twitter, Vox Media 0

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine includes a misinformation war

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Instagram is making accounts for users under 16 private by default

August 13, 2021 3, All sharing options, All sharing options for:, Apps, By James Vincent Jul 27, 2021, 10:40am EDT, Chorus, comments, Email, Email (required), Facebook, Facebook is making Instagram safer for young people while developing Instagram for under-13s. Image: Instagam, Flipboard, Instagram is making accounts for users under 16 private by default, James Vincent, Jul 27, 2021, 10:40am EDT, Linkedin, Log in or sign up, Pocket, Policy, Reddit, Search, Share, Share this on Facebook, Share this on Twitter, Sign up for the newsletter, Tech, The Verge homepage, Twitter, Vox Media 0

It’s also limiting how advertisers can target young people

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Facebook’s next hardware launch will be its Ray-Ban ‘smart glasses’

August 12, 2021 14, All sharing options, All sharing options for:, Augmented Reality, By James Vincent Jul 29, 2021, 7:33am EDT, Chorus, comments, Email, Email (required), Facebook, Facebook’s next hardware launch will be its Ray-Ban ‘smart glasses’, Facebook’s prototype Project Aria AR smart glasses (no relation to the upcoming Ray-Ban frames). Image: Facebook, Flipboard, James Vincent, Jul 29, 2021, 7:33am EDT, Linkedin, Log in or sign up, Pocket, Reddit, Search, Share, Share this on Facebook, Share this on Twitter, Sign up for the newsletter, Tech, The Verge homepage, Twitter, Vox Media, What exactly the glasses will look like or how they will function is unclear. 0

A stepping stone ‘towards full augmented reality glasses,’ says Mark Zuckerberg

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Facebook bans academics who researched ad transparency and misinformation on Facebook

August 12, 2021 22, All sharing options, All sharing options for:, Aug 4, 2021, 7:08am EDT, By James Vincent Aug 4, 2021, 7:08am EDT, Chorus, comments, Email, Email (required), Facebook, Facebook bans academics who researched ad transparency and misinformation on Facebook, Flipboard, Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge, James Vincent, Linkedin, Log in or sign up, Pocket, Policy, Reddit, Search, Share, Share this on Facebook, Share this on Twitter, Sign up for the newsletter, Tech, The Verge homepage, Twitter, Vox Media 0

The researchers say their work is being silenced

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