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Meta to continue use of facial recognition feature: Report
"We believe this technology has the potential to enable positive use cases in the future that maintain privacy, control, and transparency, and it's an approach we'll continue to explore as we consider how our future computing platforms and devices can best serve people's needs," Jason Grosse, Meta spokesperson told Recode.
WhatsApp may extend 'delete for everyone' time limit window
The 'delete for everyone' option was rolled out in 2017 and initially had a time limit of seven seconds that later got extended to 4,096 seconds in 2018. Now, As per a WaBetaInfo report, the time limit for using the 'delete for everyone' feature may be increased to an indefinite period. The publication even shared a screenshot where it showcased that a message from three months ago was still eligible to get deleted for both people.
Facebook pulls down 1,259 malicious accounts, Pages, Groups in Sept
In Iran, it removed 93 Facebook accounts, 14 Pages, 15 Groups and 194 Instagram accounts that targeted primarily domestic audiences in that country, particularly in the Lorestan province. "We found this activity as part of our internal investigation into suspected coordinated inauthentic behaviour in the region and linked it to individuals associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps," the company said in a statement.
Intel agencies ask forces to avoid social media at sensitive locations
The sources quoting the latest Intel input, said that the surveillance agencies have noticed several attempts to 'infiltrate' in the social media groups on Facebook, Instagram, Telegram and other social networks by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) with pseudo identities.
Snapchat upgrades its camera to highlight visual search
The app is now rolling out changes it announced back in May during its Partner Summit event. The updates include more prominent placement of the "scan" feature -- now located directly under the camera's shutter button -- and new capabilities that will suggest lenses and music based on your surroundings. Snap has been experimenting with visual search, called "scan" since 2019.
Instagram ditching swipe up gesture to access links: Report
The popular feature has historically allowed businesses and high-profile creators a way to direct their Story's viewers to a website where they could learn more about a product, read an article, reports TechCrunch. In place of the "swipe-up" call to action, Instagram users who previously had access to the feature will instead be able to use the new Link Sticker
Twitter working on rules, replay option for Spaces
According to 9To5Mac, these new features are still under development and were discovered in Twitter's code by developer and app researcher Nima Owji. More specifically, the code indicates that Twitter is adding four new options to Spaces that should give hosts more control over the room. According to Owji's findings, the company wants to provide "rules" for Spaces users, the report said.
YouTube's new ways to help users find content easily
The company said it has started to make the search page even more visual to help people get a better glimpse of what's inside a video. "Every day people come to YouTube looking for learning content like physics tutorials, how-to-draw a tiger, product reviews on the latest technology products and more," said Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer.
Twitter halts its account verification programme again
The announcement came after Twitter admitted last month it permanently suspended a "small number" of fake accounts it mistakenly verified after re-launching its public verification programme. "We've temporarily hit pause on rolling out access to apply for Verification so we can make improvements to the application and review process," the company said in a tweet late on Friday.
Twitter making contrast changes as users report eye strain, migraines
The company said in a post that it is making contrast changes on all buttons to make them easier on the eyes "because you told us the new look is uncomfortable for people with sensory sensitivities". "We're listening and iterating. We've identified issues with the Chirp font for Windows users and are actively working on a fix," the Twitter Accessibility account posted.
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