Category: Arts & Entertainment
Facebook publishes slides on how Instagram affects teen mental health
Facebook has published two slide decks detailing its research into how Instagram affects teens’ mental health. The slides were heavily cited by The Wall Street Journal earlier this month in a story that reported the company’s own researchers had found that ““Instagram is harmful for a sizable percentage” of teens,…
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Facebook will promote Instagram Reels in News Feed
Facebook’s TikTok clone is no longer just for Instagram. As of today, the social network is officially bringing Reels to the main Facebook app. With the change, users can create Reels directly from Facebook, and the company will recommend the short-form videos in all users’ News Feeds. Facebook has been…
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Facebook’s 2Africa to become the longest subsea cable in the world
2Africa, a subsea cable project funded by Facebook and several telcos, will become the longest subsea cable system ever deployed by the time it's finished. The social network has announced that the consortium of companies behind the initiative has decided to add a new segment to the structure called 2Africa…
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‘Star Wars: Visions’ breaks from canon while Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ refuses to
The following contains spoilers for episode three of 'Star Wars: Visions' and episode seven of 'What If…?' Back in the days when DVD was king, I remember there was a trend of making animated tie-ins for live-action franchises. There were direct-to-video features for Chronicles of Riddick, Van Helsing and, the…
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What rights does an evil sentient computer have on Star Trek?
This post contains major spoilers for season two, episode seven of ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks.’ Artificial intelligence has been baked into the Star Trek universe since the original series. Kirk and his crew occasionally faced off against computers gone amok, including Nomad, Landru and the M-5. The only way to…
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Netflix and Apple TV+ clean up at the Emmys with ‘The Crown’ and ‘Ted Lasso’
Netflix has nabbed the most Emmys ever for a single platform with 44 including 11 for The Crown, more than double its nearest rival, HBO/HBO Max. The 2021 edition of the awards was also a watershed year for Apple TV+, which took home 10 Emmys including seven for its comedy…
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