How is Facebook going to moderate notoriously difficult live audio?

Facebook announced a range of “social audio” products last week. This move makes sense in theory, but it also raises the thorny question of how they’re going to moderate these new spaces. The products were formally announced in an interview with Casey Newton on Sidechannel, a Discord server, on April 19Facebook will add a few […]

Mark Zuckerberg drops new explanation of why he was so slathered in sunscreen

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has come out, once again, in defense of the defenseless: The thick layer of white sunscreen he slathered all over his face while surfing last July. In an Instagram live video on Tuesday between Zuckerberg and Instagram head Adam Mosseri, the pair covered a lot of ground. They talked about their […]

iOS 14.5 has some nice upgrades for 5G users

I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there’s a new iOS update in town. And everyone with a 5G-enabled iPhone should be excited.  The 5G enhancements are available to everyone with an iPhone 12 (all models) who installs iOS 14.5. Arguably the most important update is 5G support for dual-SIM users. Recent iPhone models (starting […]

Drones create impressively gigantic light painting of a football player

Spanish artist Frodo Alvarez, AKA ‘Children of Darklight’, teamed up with UMILES and Creartys to create a 40-meter-high light painting of a football player. The painting was made using five drones which were each programed to follow a specific light path, and then captured using an Olympus OM-D E-M1 mark II. Read more… More about […]

Amazon’s new Fire HD 10 tablet is nothing special — but hey, it's cheap

Amazon’s Fire HD tablets have never been exciting, but they typically come with reasonable price tags. So if you’ve been looking for a tablet that won’t drain your bank account, you might want to consider the company’s updated line of Fire HD 10s. True to its name, the new $150 Fire HD 10 tablet features […]

Vivo V21 5G has a freakishly powerful selfie camera

China’s Vivo has a new photography-centered smartphone, with a twist: while the rear camera is quite powerful as well, the front (selfie) camera is where Vivo threw everything and the kitchen sink.  The Vivo V21 — which comes in two flavors, Vivo V21 and Vivo V21 5G — has a 44-megapixel self camera with optical […]