Factorio by Wube is one of the most popular and exciting games on Steam, which allows you to build and maintain factories of your own. An oft-overlooked concept in this game is that of Blueprints. This is a useful system that, if utilized well, can help you build factories faster, and without too much stress. And now, the newly introduced Blueprint functionality of 0.15 allows you to import Blueprint settings directly into your global Blueprint directory....

Set photos from The Falcon and the Winter Soldier have revealed Wyatt Russell’s U.S. Agent in full costume, complete with Captain America’s iconic shield. Starring Anthony Mackie as Falcon and Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, the upcoming Disney+ series follows the events of Avengers: Endgame, which saw Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) hand off the shield and mantle of Captain America to Falcon, but set photos and other evidence have confirmed the theory that the government isn’t interested in Sam Wilson being the new Captain America....

Like everyone else, Facebook is going Retina. What’s New in Version 4.1.1 In this release, we added some features and fixed some bugs so now: – You can go offline in chat – The right profile picture appears for everyone – Your list of friends always includes all your friends – In sets of photos, your name is displayed correctly – Photos of people who like Facebook Pages load correctly – Your friend-request notification only lights up if you have a request – You can change your language to Czech, Danish, Greek, Indonesian, Malaysian, Norwegian (Bokmal), Portuguese (Portugal) or Thai – If you’ve got a new Retina iPad, you’ll see a crisp, high resolution interface

Bad news and Facebook seem be in perfect harmony over the past months, and the latest report might shine the social media in its worst light yet. Information from RevealNews uncovers how Facebook privately used phrases such as “Friendly Fraud” in internal memos in reference to children spending money on games without their parents permission. Perhaps more troubling is how the report alleges the company pushed developers into allowing games to entice children to spend money without parental guidance in an effort to “maximize revenue”....

Facebook continues to panic about upcoming privacy changes in iOS 14. The company has sent a new email to businesses today informing them that it has no choice but to comply with the iOS 14 App Tracking Transparency feature. Otherwise, Apple could remove Facebook from the App Store completely. As first reported by iMore, Facebook has sent another round of emails to businesses informing them that while it disagrees with Apple’s planned changes, it has no choice but to follow them....

In an update today, Meta is introducing new ways to organize and quickly access Facebook Groups. These features help admins and members stay on top of their community engagements. Meta has introduced channels, which are “focused spaces for people to connect in smaller, more casual settings within their communities.” The new features include a sidebar to access your favorite Facebook groups more quickly. The sidebar will list your groups as well as the latest activity within them that you haven’t seen yet....

Facebook on Tuesday announced a new feature that will enhance the experience for group users. Facebook group owners will be able to designate members as “Group Experts,” who will have a badge to indicate high expertise in the group’s topic. As reported by The Verge, the “Group Expert” badge will appear on posts, comments, and also in the Q&A section. Experts can be invited by the group owner or also by the administrators, and the invited user needs to accept the nomination to get the badge....

Crowns and Kudos are two in-game currencies in Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockdown. Both these currencies help the players purchase something for their character, such as emotes or cosmetics. Getting both these currencies are somewhat in the same way, except that you can actually spend real money to buy one of these in-game currencies. As with the purpose they serve, it’s pretty the same as well. The crowns will help you purchase the items that of a good rarity in the game, whereas the Kudos act as a base currency, with which you can buy items of the lesser rarity....

TechCrunch continues their profiling of Facebook (once) secret projects with news that Zuckerberg and company plan a web-based alternative web store to Apple’s App Store for iOS devices. Dubbed Project Spartan, the project is a framework for apps that would use social hooks and work inside of Facebook’s ecosystem. Project Spartan will also be available on Android but according to TechCrunch, Facebook has Apple in its sights first. Yes, Facebook is about to launch a mobile platform aimed squarely at working on the iPhone (and iPad)....

With TikTok potentially facing a US ban, depending on whether or not a Microsoft acquisition goes through, a Facebook short videos feature has been spotted in testing. TikTok is of course based on short, user-created videos. As a highly popular app in the US, its withdrawal from the country would leave a huge vacuum … Among kids, TikTok is a big hit in the US. Instagram wasted no time in seeking to capitalize on this, cloning TikTok’s functionality with a new short-form video feature called Reels....

Facebook has updated its Messenger app with a new video messaging feature that allows users to shoot and send short, 15-second videos from with the app. It’s certainly an interesting addition, given the impending release of the company’s “Slingshot” messaging app. Also included in the update is the ability to send an even bigger thumbs-up icon as a reply to incoming messages by holding down the “like” button. You can grab the Messenger update for free on the App Store....

Facebook today has closed another major licensing deal, this time with Global Music Rights, giving the social media giant access to hits from Pharrell, Drake, and more. Facebook also signed a deal earlier this week with Sony/ATV, bolstering its content offerings. Most notably, Bloomberg notes that Facebook’s deal with Global Music Rights is important as the group has criticized YouTube for not appropriately sharing revenue with songwriters and artists. Facebook also closed a multi-year licensing deal with Sony/ATV this Monday that will allow users to freely upload and share video from the company’s artists on Facebook, Instagram, and the Oculus Rift platform....

In a blog post this afternoon, Facebook announced that it is shutting down three of its ancillary applications: Hello, Moves, and Tbh. The latter two were acquired by Facebook, while Hello was a first-party, Android-only app during its lifespan. Facebook explains that it “regularly reviews” its applications to see which ones people use the most and that these reviews sometimes lead to the shutdown of less popular applications. Perhaps most notable is the shutdown of the fitness tracking Moves application, which Facebook acquired in April of 2014 as Apple’s own push into health and fitness tracking picked up steam....

A Facebook executive is yet again taking shots at Apple over the differing views the companies share regarding privacy. Facebook’s head of global affairs, Nick Clegg, explained that Facebook is open to everyone, while Apple is an “exclusive club.” As detailed by Business Insider, Clegg made the comments at an event in Berlin today. Apple and Facebook have engaged in a war of words recently, though both companies are careful not to mention the other by name....

A first look image from Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier shows Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) teaming up. Marvel’s Disney+ shows are among the most anticipated projects of the year, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will be the first to debut. It follows Bucky and Sam in the wake of the events of Avengers: Endgame as they adjust to life without their best friend Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and embark on a new adventure....

Throughout the years, Family Guy has created some hilarious moments. Debuting in 1998, the Griffin family captured the hearts, minds, and funny bones of everyone with a juvenile sense of humor around the world. Many of the best moments came from none other than Stewie Griffin (Seth MacFarlane) — the morally questionable baby of the family. Debuting as an evil mastermind bent on killing his mother, he’s slowly transformed into more of a fun genius who gets into hi-jinks with the family’s dog, Brian (Seth MacFarlane)....

Today Facebook has added yet another app to its growing portfolio. Facebook Groups is its latest standalone app with features dedicated to managing and interacting with groups on the iPhone. Unlike its approach to Facebook Messenger, however, the social network says it will not remove existing group features from the primary Facebook app. “Follow your groups here or on Facebook, whichever is easier for you.” If you are a frequent user of Facebook’s Groups feature, the dedicated app does allow you to do a few interesting things....

The revelation that a major FaceTime bug can effectively turn your Apple devices into a hot mic, allowing a caller to hear or even see you before you pick up, would be a massive embarrassment no matter which company was involved. It’s an absolutely crazy security fail. But when that company is Apple – which has been ceaselessly pushing privacy of late – it becomes so cringeworthy we’re going to have to invent a whole new scale just to measure it …...

Writer Derek Kolstad has revealed that The Falcon and The Winter Soldier won’t succumb fully to the darkness of its subject matter and the post-blip world. Marvel Studios wrapped up a decade’s worth of storytelling earlier this year, concluding a huge 22-film saga with Avengers: Endgame. Garnering positive reviews, the film recently became the highest-grossing film of all time. The MCU showed no signs of stopping, however, quickly following it up with Spider-Man: Far From Home....

Facebook has announced a lot of new features during this past week. Now, the company is unveiling the latest patch of updates on its efforts to build a better platform for creators and communities. For Facebook Live, for example, the company is adding additional moderation tools including keyword blocking tools, suspending/banning controls, and stronger comment controls. Not only that, Facebook is about to kick off a test for Live community moderation so creators can designate a specific viewer to moderate comments on their behalf....