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Decision to Delay PS5 Game Presentation is Adored on Twitter
Milosz Szubert, 03 June 2020, 13:05
The information about the postponement of Sony's online event, originally scheduled for this Thursday, published on Twitter collected nearly 537 thousand likes in less than two days. This makes it the most „liked” post related to digital entertainment on the website.
Revolt of Facebook Employees
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz, 02 June 2020, 12:06
In response to Mark Zuckerberg's assurance that he would not moderate Donald Trump's entries, Facebook employees organized a virtual protest.
Trump Suggests He May Help Shut Down Twitter
Kuszu, 28 May 2020, 13:14
Is there going to be a war between social media and politics? Twitter has marked Donald Trump's entries as „misleading”, Mark Zuckerberg criticizes the website's actions, and the president himself threatens to shut down „social networks that try to silence conservatives”. Things are getting interesting.
LoL Official Forum Will be Closed
Paul Wozniak, 02 March 2020, 15:33
Riot Games has announced that the official forum of League of Legends will close on March 16, this year. The community has launched an action to backup all threads and files.
Sony Shuts Down PlayStation Forum
Paul Wozniak, 14 February 2020, 15:43
Today, an official announcement from Sony has informed of the closure of the PlayStation forum. The website will be suspended beginning with February 27, while the Japanese company encourages users to use other social networking sites.
Kojima Beats Two Guinness World Records
Konrad Serafinski, 11 November 2019, 22:26
Hideo Kojima has the highest number of followers on Twitter and Instagram among game directors. Thus, he beats two Guinness World Records at the same time, of which he boasted, of course, through social media.
Twitter Will Soon Block Paid Political Ads; Facebook Won't
Bart Swiatek, 31 October 2019, 20:26
Twitter will soon block the possibility of publishing paid political ads. According to the company, they enable manipulation of public opinion. Facebook has recently taken a diametrically different stance on the issue.
Riot Games May Create a Social Networking Website With Mods
Paul Wozniak, 16 October 2019, 15:39
Riot Forge trademarks registered by Riot Games indicate that the studio works on a social networking website that would brings together people playing games from the developer. Most likely, you will also be able to create and share mods.
A Clinic For Treating Gaming Addiction Opens in UK
Jacob Blazewicz, 08 October 2019, 23:15
The British Health Service has announced the opening of the country's first clinic for technology addiction. The facility will treat cases of addiction to video games, social media and the Internet in general.
No More PS4 Content Sharing on Facebook
Konrad Serafinski, 08 October 2019, 10:14
Sony has informed gamers that PlayStation 4 will no longer allow integration with Facebook. This means that the website is no longer offered as a destination for sharing screenshots, videos or scores.
Facebook Begins Tests With Hiding Like Counts
Barth Faryna, 27 September 2019, 14:04
It's confirmed - today Facebook starts tests of a tool that allows you to hide like counts under Facebook posts. Initially, the option will be made available to residents of Australia. In addition, Facebook recently confirmed that politicians are a privileged group on the portal.
Facebook: 419 Million User Phone numbers Leaked
Barth Faryna, 06 September 2019, 22:03
Facebook's got another big flop. A total of 419 million Facebook user phone numbers were found on a server, which could be accessed by almost anyone because it was not even password-protected.
Facebook Limits Facial Recognition and Tests Removing of Likes
Julia Dragovic, 04 September 2019, 22:14
Facebook has changed its facial recognition settings - the option will no longer be active by default. As before on Instagram, the corporation is also conducting tests to remove the like counter and reactions to posts.
YouTube Considers Robot Fights as Animal Abuse?
Barth Faryna, 22 August 2019, 13:53
YouTube has recently removed hundreds of videos depicting robot fights. However, the most interesting thing about this whole matter is the reason for the decision: the videos violated the rules on cruelty to animals.
Facebook Eavesdropped on User Voice Messages Through Third-Parties
Bart Swiatek, 14 August 2019, 12:54
Zuckerberg's social networking website commissioned external companies to transcribe private voice messages of its users. The official objective was to check the effectiveness of the AI developed by the company.
Facebook in Q2 2019 - Penalties, Scandals and Money Keep Piling up
Bart Swiatek, 25 July 2019, 16:34
It seems that image problems and scandals do not particularly harm Facebook. The company presented a report on its financial results in the second quarter of 2019. The company generated nearly $16.9 billion in revenues - 28% more than a year ago. This is one of the best results in recent years.
Instagram Tests Option to Remove Like Counter From Photos
Milosz Szubert, 19 July 2019, 18:54
There are many indications that soon it will not be possible to see how many people liked someone's photo on Instagram. All because of the desire to eliminate unhealthy competition between users.
Facebook Faces Record Financial Penalty; Company's Stocks Go Up
Paul Wozniak, 15 July 2019, 15:22
The Federal Trade Commission has accepted an agreement whereby Facebook will have to pay USD 5 billion. The record amount did not deter investors, and the company's stock prices increased by almost 2%.
Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Instagram Profile; More Details About E3 Presentation
Bart Swiatek, 22 May 2019, 11:06
Cyberpunk 2077 – the futuristic FPP RPG from CD Projekt RED – got its own profile on Instagram. We also have further information on the company's panel at the E3 2019, held in LA between June 11th through 14th.
"Future Is Private" - Facebook Will Focus On Smaller Communities
Jakub Mirowski, 01 May 2019, 20:36
During the Facebook developers' conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced a new direction of development for the platform. The popular social website will now focus on protecting the privacy of users and small communities.
Facebook Illicitly Processed User E-mail Data
ElMundo, 19 April 2019, 12:42
Facebook user data managing gets another black eye – this time, a representatives of the service admitted that the service used data obtained from e-mail accounts of about 1.5 million users without the consent of individual persons.
Facebook Stored Unencrypted User Passwords
Frozen, 22 March 2019, 22:17
Passwords of hundreds of millions of Facebook users were stored on company servers in unencrypted form since at least seven years, reports KrebsOnSecurity.
Tencent Invests $150 Million in Reddit
Bart Swiatek, 12 February 2019, 23:38
The Chinese Tencent corporation has invested 150 mln dollars in Reddit. The famous message board intends to use the money to develop its own advertising platform and expand on new markets.
YouTube May Remove Thumbs Down
Frozen, 05 February 2019, 13:40
YouTube intends to put a leash on thumbs down as counterattack against haters who took a liking to bombing contents of some particular creators.
Facebook paid users for sensitive data
Bart Swiatek, 31 January 2019, 13:57
Tech Crunch reports that Facebook used a special app to collect the data of its users for money.
YouTube plans to reduce the visibility so-called borderline content
Bart Swiatek, 29 January 2019, 22:48
YouTube informed that it intends to change the website’s system of recommendations – the aim is to limit the visibility of so-called borderline content.
End of dangerous challenges on YouTube
Milosz Szubert, 18 January 2019, 02:31
YouTube declared war on dangerous "pranks" and challenges. People who publish them are in danger of being banned on the popular video provider. This happened under the influence of events connected with the so-called "Bird Box Challenge".