Facebook introduced its Instant Article format for publishers two years ago as a way to make loading content in the News Feed much faster, but the format hasn’t been adopted as widely as the social network had hoped. Now Facebook is rolling out new tools for publishers to make Instant Articles compatible with Apple News and Google AMP formats. Facebook says it has heard from publishers that supporting multiple formats like Google AMP, Apple News, and Instant Articles can require a lot of upfront work....

That’s why we’re giving you an insider scoop into some of the biggest updates from your favorite social media apps (no research or guesswork required). Ready to stay ahead of the curve and discover the hot new updates straight out of Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and beyond? Let’s run you through all the big changes you need to be across this month. Facebook Reels launch across the globe This one is a huge announcement....

At Facebook’s developer conference F8 today, the company announced its new software platforms that mix augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality. The company is taking a leap into a new realm of interactions, and they’ve started by sharing a lot of them today. Some of the new software can already be seen inside of Facebook’s camera app starting today. New live 3D camera effects for Facebook Available today, the official Facebook app now supports adding live AR effects in the camera app....

The Flint Center for the Performing Arts in Apple’s hometown, Cupertino, is scheduled for demolition. The theater where Apple introduced the first Macintosh, as well as the Apple Watch, will be replaced with a new facility after originally being built five decades ago. Follow along for a detailed final look at the historic facility. The Foothill-De Anza Board of Trustees previously voted to knock down the current Flint Center so it can create a new facility....

Facebook Messenger has had 3D Touch support for Quick Actions from the app icon since December, and today the app has updated to expand 3D Touch features inside the app. Using the latest flagship iPhones (iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus currently), Facebook users can Peek and Pop inside Messenger to quickly preview and access information using the pressure-sensitive display feature. Messenger specifically highlights 3D Touch capabilities in these areas: contacts, conversations, photos, videos, stickers, links and locations....

Netflix released the first trailer for Falling Inn Love, a seemingly feel-good romantic comedy. Starring actress and singer Christina Milian and Australian actor Adam Demos, the original Netflix movie appears to check-off all the requirements necessary for a hit romcom, including a picturesque setting, two leads from opposing lifestyles, fun mishaps, and a punny title. Helmed by Roger Kumble (Just Friends, Cruel Intentions), Falling Inn Love follows Gabriela (Milian), a city-girl devastated by a recent break-up and life hurdles....

Fighting with My Family succeeds as a crowd-pleasing sports movie, thanks to its sharp wit and sincere apprecation for its working-class characters. Dwyane “The Rock” Johnson is everywhere these days, and that includes films that aren’t actually about him or a character he plays. That’s the case with Fighting with My Family, anyway, but for good reason. The movie is based on the 2012 documentary The Wrestlers: Fighting with My Family, which explores the career of WWE wrestler Paige, aka....

Facebook is launching today a new COVID-19 vaccine profile frame on iOS, Android, and the web, developed in collaboration with the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The new frames will let you share support for COVID-19 vaccines and see that others are doing the same. Facebook says in the coming weeks it’ll show a summary in the users’ News Feed with friends, family members, and people followed who are using the COVID-19 vaccine profile frames....

A recent addition to Fear The Walking Dead has a very similar origin story to a main character in The Walking Dead. The second half of Fear The Walking Dead’s fifth season sees the survivors on a mission to help others, from dying literary fans trapped in shopping malls to reclusive asthmatics. Naturally, Morgan and co.’s efforts have attracted some unwanted attention and the protagonists become embroiled in a game of cat-and-mouse with an ex-trucker looking for a fabled plentiful oil supply....

Disney has confirmed The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will premiere on Disney+ this summer. As part of Phase 4, Marvel Studios will be releasing several MCU series as exclusives on Disney’s newly-launched streaming service. This year alone, Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan will reprise their roles as Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, paying off the final moments of Avengers: Endgame (in which Steve Rogers passed the Captain America mantle over to Sam)....

The same antenna expert who claims to have predicted the iPhone 4 “antennagate” controversy thinks Apple may once again run into trouble with the new antenna tech in the iPhone 4S. This time, however, the problems may arise due to patent infringement. This according to a translated report from ComON. Danish professor Gert Frølund Pedersen thinks the new wireless system will be good enough to fix the antenna issues that “plagued” the iPhone 4, but questions whether or not Apple is entitled to use it:...

Despite its obvious usefulness, businesses are often unsure whether or how to implement risk management in their normal activities. Questions they struggle to answer may include: What risk management program would be appropriate for my business? How will it affect my business dealings? Who should I turn to for advice on risk management matters? To help answer these questions, I asked Emilian Papadopoulos, president of the Washington D.C.-based company Good Harbor Security Risk Management, to share insight into risk management best practices....

A QR code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) that was created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The “QR” is derived from “Quick Response,” as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. Now QR codes are used to encode alphanumeric information, for example, you can point a QR code to a phone number, web address, etc. So when you scan a QR code from your mobile device, you can quickly be taken to a particular website or an application within Android Market for example....

After the Facebook Oversight Board last month punted the decision back to Facebook itself, the company announced today that it is going to ban former US President Donald Trump from Facebook and Instagram for two years. This ban comes after Donald Trump praised in his accounts people engaged in violence at the Capitol on January 6. Earlier today, The Verge reported Facebook would change its policy for politicians. Here’s what the company has to say now:...

A demo for the Final Fantasy 7 Remake is now for anyone and everyone to play, showcasing the redefined classic. Twenty years is a lot of time between the original and the remake, and this obviously results in quite a few changes. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake doubles down on creating a new experience, for both longtime fans and total newcomers. The first part of the remake only covers the events in Midgar, but the scope and size have been greatly expanded....

Mashable is reporting that Facebook’s long-awaited iPad app will be announced at Apple’s upcoming event, which will most likely occur on October 4th. In addition to the iPad app, Facebook will reportedly be launching a revamped iPhone app and new HTML 5 version of the mobile site. You may remember that the iPad app was leaked earlier this year, but was subsequently removed from within the iPhone app. According to a post from former Facebook engineer Jeff Verkoeyen the app is ready, and Facebook is waiting to release it....

Ahead of the first trailer’s release, the first poster for the ninth Fast & Furious movie confirms the film’s title will be F9. The Fast & Furious franchise started off small, but over the years has become one of the biggest film franchises in the world. Collectively, the films have grossed over $5.9 billion worldwide, even producing a spin-off in last summer’s Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw. Anticipation is high for the ninth film in the main franchise, though so far details have been scarce....

After a critically acclaimed release on Steam last year, One Finger Death Punch 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch and Xbox One soon. Screen Rant was enamored with the deceptively simple stick figure brawler when it launched, and now we’re excited to share an exclusive look at how the game will play on consoles. In April 2019, Silver Dollar Games took everything that players enjoyed from the original kung fu outing and dialed the entire experience up to eleven....

Facebook today updated its Messenger for iOS app finally adding a full iPad version. The iPad version works like the version found on the iPhone and iPod touch but takes advantage of the much larger display by showing more content like message threads while in other messages. The iPad version also features the same calling features found on the iPhone and iPod touch versions. Facebook’s various supported sticker packs are also featured on the messaging app for iPad....

Clubhouse is getting a lot of attention recently as the new audio chat social network is getting more users every day. In response to this, Facebook is rumored to be working on a competitor to Clubhouse, while Twitter Spaces is expanding its beta program in an attempt to slow Clubhouse’s growth. For those unfamiliar with the subject, Clubhouse is a new social network that is entirely based on audio chats. Users can create and join rooms in which several people talk in real-time, which can be compared in some ways to a live podcast....