Updates: Facebook Messenger version 2.1.1: On top of officially rolling out free VoIP calling to all U.S. users today, Facebook also updated its Messenger iOS app to add back the “Swipe to Archive” function and improve reliability: What’s New in Version 2.1.1 – Added back Swipe to Archive – Message send reliability improvements MSN version 3.5: Remove Turkey and Italy from region list. Turkish and Italian are not supported by this new version....

Facebook is out today with a major update to Facebook Pages that includes removing “Likes,” an all-new layout for the UI, a dedicated News Feed, simpler navigation, refreshed admin controls for partial or full privileges, new insights as well as safety and integrity features. Facebook announced the new Pages experience in a blog post and said the overhaul is starting to roll out today. Here are the new key features/changes:...

This afternoon Facebook has criticized Apple over how it runs its App Store regarding a new events streaming service on the social media platform. Facebook’s comments today suggested that Apple’s 30% App Store commission is hurting small businesses during the pandemic. The criticism from Facebook came today as it launched a new service that hosts paid livestreamed events like fitness classes or seminars (via Bloomberg). Facebook says it asked Apple to skip taking a cut of App Store purchases for the new service to help small businesses and creators but it declined....

Just like any sitcom, Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy has a number of running gags. It’s a generally inconsistent show, because it’s been canceled twice and came back with a slightly different tone each time. At first, it was a vain rip-off of The Simpsons, then it came back as a dark alternative to The Simpsons with more graphic violence and sexual content, and finally, it has settled on being a meta, self-parodying shadow of its former self....

It’s beginning to look as if FIFA 20’s Career Mode was shipped with a number of broken and buggy features, according to early reports from players. While it may seem like microtransactions and loot boxes have dominated the news surrounding nearly all of developer EA’s recent titles, reviews of FIFA 20 have been fairly positive since the game’s EA Access release last week, in part due to the inclusion of the street soccer-style Volta Mode....

The quote, delivered by Dr. Ian Malcolm in Steven Speilberg’s 1993 adaptation of Jurassic Park, is in reference to a lab-grown dinosaur’s will to survive. While the context is incredibly specific, the overall sentiment is not. Despite the hurdles, life—whether that be dinosaurs or people—always finds a way. And what is life if not social? Think about it: Human beings created the typewriter, the telephone, the web and eventually social media to communicate at scale....

Facebook today announced the Creator Studio app for mobile devices, including iPhone and iPad. Publishers and creators will now be able to manage the content of their Facebook pages using the new app, which was previously only available through its official website. Creator Studio allows users to manage one or more Facebook pages simultaneously in one place. You can track engagement metrics, respond to comments and messages directly in the inbox and be notified with important data about published content....

The Fall 2019 movie season (for the purposes of this preview, September to December) will include anticipated sequels, awards season contenders, and the conclusion to the Skywalker Saga. Summer 2019 started off strong thanks to Avengers: Endgame hitting theaters in late April, but struggled thereafter, as tentpole after tentpole performed below expectations at the box office. There were still a few hits along the way (John Wick 3, Spider-Man: Far From Home, The Lion King), but in general audiences seemed a bit underwhelmed by what Hollywood had on the menu....

Warning! Spoilers for Fantasy Island below. While Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island has gotten largely negative reviews since it’s release on February 14, 2020, it’s not necessarily dead in the water - there are plenty of opportunities for the film to have a sequel or even branch out further, but will it happen? Director Jeff Wadlow returned with his writing team of Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs, who joined him for another Blumhouse movie in 2018, Truth or Dare....

A teaser has launched for the Fast & Furious 9 trailer ahead of its release and live concert next week. Universal has yet to begin marketing the ninth Fast & Furious movie, which is odd considering it comes out in May. Most of the other big studio films opening that month - like Marvel’s Black Widow and WB’s animated Scooby-Doo reboot Scoob! - are already well into their promotional campaigns, having dropped their trailers in the final quarter of 2019....

Siri is steadily getting better with new features and improvements, but one place where the voice assistant could still learn a thing or two is how it pronounces city names. Siri tries its best to pronounce the names of cities based on their spelling, but this often leads to a comically bad mispronunciation that makes Siri sound like a complete out-of-towner. That’s not exactly a boost of confidence when you’re relying on Siri for navigation even if the directions are totally accurate....

As hype for Apple’s upcoming video streaming service starts to pick up, more details begin to emerge. Today, Variety is reporting that director-producer Justin Lin, responsible for the “Fast and the Furious” franchise is moving to Apple. The report notes that Lin has been at Sony Pictures TV for six years, and has now decided that he will be joining Apple in an exclusive TV development deal with his company, Perfect Storm Entertainment....

Apple has announced that the expansion of its Stonestown retail store in San Francisco will be open to the public on December 14th. The expanded store will open at 8 AM. This announcement comes less than a day after the announcement of a new Apple retail store in Dusseldorf, Germany, which is set to open on the same day. Ifo Apple Store notes that this expansion will put the store at 7,690 square feet—more than double the size of the existing space—allowing more room for customer training that the current store does not have....

The vulnerability was discovered by the security researcher Stephane Chazelas at Akamai firm. It affects Linux and Unix command-line shell, aka the GNU Bourne Again Shell, and for this reason it is potentially exposing websites, servers, PCs, OS X Macs, various home routers, and many other devices to risk of cyber attacks. The team Bash stands for the GNU Bourne Again Shell and refers to a Unix shell, which is an interpreter that allows users to send commands on Unix and Linux systems, typically by connecting over SSH or Telnet....

In contrast to typical race condition vulnerabilities where the program itself is the one creating the threads and running them, double-fetch race condition exploitation requires the attacker himself to create the competing threads. To understand the reason behind this, we need to know what causes this specific bug, and how an attacker might approach it. A simple example Let’s demonstrate how this vulnerability works using this example: [ … ] if ( transaction[amount]....

Facebook announced today more changes in its policy against fake news on its social networks. The company will now be more aggressive in punishing users who share misleading information on Facebook and also Instagram. As reported by The Guardian, this is a strong move by Facebook to avoid anti-vaccination posts, which have become more frequent as COVID-19 vaccines arrive. The social network has confirmed that it will remove any content that has been disproved by public health experts....

Facebook today introduced Viewpoints, its new dedicated market research app that offers rewards for participating users who contribute in surveys and other tasks. That came a year after the company got involved in privacy scandals as a result of an alleged research app that collected data from users. According to an official statement, Facebook intends to improve its products, including Instagram, WhatsApp, Portal, Oculus, and Facebook itself, based on the opinion of users....

According to Anthony Mackie, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier won’t be buddies at the start of their Disney+ show. Following Steve Rogers’ (Chris Evans) decision to return to the 1940s and have a life with Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier finds his two closest friends, Sam (Mackie) and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), adjusting to life without him while contending with a new threat. Fans of the movies know that Sam and Bucky’s relationship didn’t exactly get off to the best start, since Bucky was still a brainwashed HYDRA assassin when they first met....

Darth Vader is one of the most endlessly fascinating characters in the Star Wars universe. Stories of his exploits, adventures, and misdeeds are as widely known in our galaxy as they are his. But where would Vader be without his trusty weapon by his side? Darth Vader’s lightsaber is a huge part of his character, and there’s no shortage of interesting trivia and background to pick up on when it comes to this iconic Sith weapon....

Under the program, carriers that have under 10 million customers as well as some schools, libraries, and healthcare providers are able to access funds to rip out and replace network equipment and services from Huawei and ZTE, if they provide broadband services. For the purpose of the program, equipment would need to be capable of speeds above 200kbps in either direction. The fund was established with a pot of $1....