Category: Arts & Entertainment
Facebook launches tool to help people in Afghanistan lock down their accounts
Facebook's introducing new tools to help people in Afghanistan lock down their accounts’ privacy settings. The “one-click” tool will activate privacy settings for timeline posts, and prevent profile photos from being downloaded or shared, Facebook’s Head of Security Policy Nathaniel Gleicher said in a statement. The feature will encourage users…
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‘Call of Duty: Vanguard’ first look: Taking the series back to WWII
There’s a scene in 2014’s Wolfenstein: The New Order where J, a character inspired by Jimi Hendrix, explains to the game’s white protagonist, BJ Blazkowicz, why he’s not fighting. After Blazkowicz talks back, J tells him: "You don't get it, do you? Before all this, before the Germans, before the war,…
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Facebook gets VR meetings right with Horizon Workrooms
Am I a weirdo for liking in-person meetings? Sure, they can go on too long, be scheduled far too often and distract from your core work. But even before the pandemic made them an exotic memory, I always loved the energy of being in a room with other people, finding…
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‘Lower Decks’ is an indictment of Abrams and Kurtzman-era Star Trek
The following contains spoilers for season two, episode two of 'Star Trek: Lower Decks.' I’ve been a Star Trek fan for most of my life, and yet I still chuckled at this Onion video released after the first J.J. Abrams installment came out back in 2009: “Trekkies Bash New Star…
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Facebook’s first ‘widely viewed content’ report argues political content isn’t actually popular
Facebook really wants people to know that it’s most popular content isn’t political and it’s releasing a new report to try to prove it. The social network released its first-ever “Widely Viewed Content Report,” documenting what it claims is the most-viewed content on its platform during the second quarter of…
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Undercurrent’s virtual art exhibition includes a video game about regenerative agriculture
Undercurrent is an upcoming immersive art event featuring audiovisual installations from around 40 musicians, headlined by Bon Iver, Grimes and The 1975, designed to inspire climate activism. Before the physical exhibition arrives in Brooklyn on September 9th, a digital sister event is today launching online that showcases 3D interactive music…
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