After announcing its new 3D Photos back in May at its F8 conference, Facebook has made the feature available to all users today. The new feature uses AI to create a depth perspective that offers a slight 3D experience (via TechCrunch). Notably, the augmented feature is just available for Portrait mode photos, like those taken from compatible iPhone models. Facebook shared more details on 3D Photos in a blog post:...
Fallout 76 is now Bethesda Softworks’ worst-reviewed game in 12 years. To say that Fallout 76 is a controversial game is a bit of an understatement. Rather than continue with a traditional story-based, single-player campaign that the Fallout franchise is known for having and Bethesda Game Studios is known for making, Fallout 76 takes the series in a new direction and unveils a new world (one set in West Virginia) that is based strictly upon online multiplayer play....
Many users have reported the error “Failed to extract resources needed by IL2CPP” in their mobile devices when trying to launch a game. This primarily occurs due to corruption within the installation file or anywhere within the phone and it’s related cache. This error dialogue seems is not restricted to a particular application. Many users have encountered it while trying to launch applications like Pokemon Go, Bang Dream, Duel Links, etc....
Facebook is rolling out a new post format on the latest version of its iPhone app called Music Stories. The new format lets you share songs and albums from popular streaming music services, starting with Apple Music and Spotify, while friends can enjoy 30-second previews of what you share. The Music Stories format also looks rich within the app. Tapping play turns the artwork in a record-like spinning animation, and a button to listen to the whole track or album on the streaming service is presented on the right....
Facebook has announced today in a blog post that the much-anticipated Messenger 4 update for mobile is rolling out today. The revamp focuses on simplifying the messaging experience by removing some of the clutter users have complained about in the past. Messenger 4 has simplified its navigation, revamping the entire bottom tab menu. It starts with one-to-one and group conversations, which are now combined into a single Chats tab. The company is also adding a new Camera button on the top right of this menu to let users easily share photos and videos to your friends and family....
In a blog post this morning, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg says that Facebook is exploring ways to restrict who can go “Live” on the platform. This comes after two mass shootings in New Zealand earlier this month were live streamed and repeatedly shared on Facebook. Sandberg says that Facebook is “exploring restrictions” on who can go Live. This could be based on things such as Community Standard violations. Furthermore, Sandberg writes that Facebook is investing in ways to build technology better able to identify edited versions of violent videos:...
As most of the world focuses heavily on video conferencing, Facebook’s new product experimentation team has debuted its latest experimental app dubbed “CatchUp.” As reported by TechCrunch, CatchUp focuses on allowing people to make audio calls with up to eight other people. CatchUp aims to set itself apart with a few features. First off, users can set their status as “Ready to Talk” or offline. The app also does not require a FaceBook account to use the service....
Last year, Facebook poached Regina Dugan, the head of Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects, to lead a new hardware group. Building 8’s first products are now coming into light as a new report notes the development of a HomePod smart speaker competitor and a video chat device. For those that remember Mark Zuckerburg’s security advice from last year, the rumors of these new products come with some irony. Building 8 essentially replicates ATAP within Facebook, with an earlier report noting that the company is working on everything from augmented reality to brain-scanning technology....
Last Updated: March 15, 2021 Here’s everything we know about The Falcon and the Winter Soldier TV show, which is now the second of several Marvel TV shows coming to Disney+. The Falcon & Winter Soldier series will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 4, which runs through 2022 and includes six feature films in addition to the Marvel TV series. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier series was first reported in October 2018, and confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con 2019 during Marvel’s presentation in Hall H....
With Falcon & The Winter Soldier due to start filming in November, speculation about what this show will entail for the Marvel world and its characters is at an all-time high. But while there are things fans are really hoping to see, there are also some stones that may be better left un-turned. From the specific, to the universe-affecting, from the silly to the serious, here are 5 fan theories we hope come true in Falcon & The Winter Soldier and 5 we don’t....
After adding support for a new cross-platform video chat service through its Facebook Messenger mobile apps, Facebook has now announced that the feature is rolling out to all worldwide. The feature first launched back in April for users on iOS and Android in Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Laos, Lithuania, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, the UK, the US and Uruguay. Today, Facebook said the feature is now rolled out globally “with the exception of a few countries” that it’s still working on:...
Facebook has updated its Messenger app for iPhone to version 4.0. The new update introduces the ability to create and manage groups of contacts within the app. You can find all of your groups in a new tab and quickly select one to send a message to everyone at once. Also new in this update is the ability to select a message to forward to a new recipient, much like you can do with an iMessage in the native Messages application....
A fake app pretending to be from MyEtherWallet somehow made it through Apple’s app review process and became the third most popular finance app over the weekend. At this point, it’s not clear whether the app is just trying to make money by selling a $4.99 version of open-source software, or is a scam attempting to steal ETH and other crypto coins … MyEtherWallet confirmed in a tweet yesterday that it is not behind the app, and that it has filed a report asking Apple to remove the app....
A Marvel fan and artist has created artwork that imagines what Falcon might look like as Captain America, and gives Bucky, aka the Winter Soldier, a new super suit. In Avengers: Endgame, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, chooses to stay in the past with the love of his life, Peggy Carter. At the end of Endgame, he turns up as an old man in the present-day, shield in hand, ready to hand it off to the next man worthy of becoming Captain America....
Facebook Messenger Kids, a version of the popular messaging apps with built-in child safety protections, is getting new features today in the US – while the previous version is being rolled out to a further 70 countries … The app was first launched in the US back in 2017, suffered a major security bug in 2019 and gave parents greater supervisory powers earlier this year. The new features are: Supervised Friending Approved Adults Easier connections Previously, kids had no ability to add new contacts – that had to be done for them by their parent or guardian....
A couple of years after Apple unveiled its first Macs with custom chips, Facebook Messenger has finally been updated to support these machines. With that, those who rely on Messenger to communicate with family, friends, and loved ones will have a better experience when running the app. Without proper release notes, it’s unclear how much Facebook was able to improve the Messenger experience. That said, most developers can make their apps run smoother, waste less battery, and be at least twice as responsive....
When Facebook entered the smart speaker business last week, it was keen to stress that it understood potential concerns about the privacy of Facebook Portal and Portal+ devices. The company said then that four forms of protection were employed … A physical cover for the camera when not in use A mechanical switch to physically disconnect the camera circuitry No video recording capabilities No data collection However, Recode reports that, more than a week later, Facebook has walked back the last of these claims....
Fallout 4 is a 2015 action role-playing video game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. It’s the fourth main game under the Fallout lineup and is available for Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One platforms. After the new update, the Fallout 4 title also has issues, such as the game Won’t Launch issue in its initial days. Why Doesn’t Fallout 4 Launch? It looks like the Fallout 4 game has some common issues with the game launching or gameplay, just like other PC games where players may get affected by the startup crashing or not launching issues....
Facebook Graph Search Beta When you’ll get it, you’ll get a notification at the top of your Facebook page and you’ll be able to turn it on and see a quick tour. After the tour, the first thing you’ll notice is that the top bar of Facebook pages is larger, looking something like this. Once you click that area (a highlighted search bar wouldn’t have hurt), a list will appear under it....
TLC’s 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After? stars Chantel Everett and Pedro Jimeno now have their own spinoff, The Family Chantel. A new teaser for the upcoming series shows fans the dramatic aftermath of Pedro’s betrayal of Chantel’s trust when he was recorded dirty dancing with a family friend, Coraima. Pedro and Chantel have had a roller-coaster relationship from the beginning when fans first met them on Season 4 of 90 Day Fiancé....
