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Facebook Rolls Out Ad Campaign To Defend Targeted Ads
Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images) Just two months after running a full-page ad decrying Apple’s impending updates, Facebook is rolling…
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Facebook Is Trying to Make ‘Hey Facebook’ Happen
Image: Facebook Chances are you’re probably familiar with using a command like, “OK Google,” “Hey Siri,” or “Alexa” to summon…
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TikTok to Pay $92 Million Settlement in Nationwide Privacy Suit
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) TikTok has agreed to fork over $92 million to settle a class-action complaint regarding alleged…
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Twitter’s Super Follows Feature Means Paying for Tweets
Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP (Getty Images) Twitter is finally rolling out a way to get paid for tweeting that doesn’t involve…
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Spotify Introduces New Mood and Genre Filters for Liked Songs
Photo: Spotify Finally, you can sort the music in your Liked Songs playlist on Spotify. Hitting play on the Liked…
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YouTube Will Launch ‘Supervised’ Parental Controls for Teens
Photo: MARTIN BUREAU/AFP (Getty Images) YouTube is attempting to bridge the gap between its dedicated Kids app and regular YouTube…
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Facebook Finally Bans Myanmar Military After Feb. 1 Coup
A friend of Myanmar protester Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing, who died after being shot during a rally against the military…
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Facebook Told Us to Suck It, for a Change
Photo: Michael Reynolds (Getty Images) Attention, haters: you have officially been put on notice by Facebook’s VP of Global Affairs…
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Your Travel Guide to the Rudderless Right-Wing Web After Trump
Illustration: Angelica Anzona/Gizmodo Moving into 2021 and forward, conservatives angry about cancel culture, censorship, shadowbans, or the attention of the…
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Here’s How Firefox’s New Cookie Settings Work
Graphic: Mozilla Mozilla beefed up Firefox’s already impressive arsenal of privacy-preserving tech on Tuesday with the addition of a new…
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