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Facebook to be fined £500K says UK Information Commissioner

11 July 2018, 10:02

Meanwhile, Facebook has started trialling AR advertising in the news feed.

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UK aims to be "the safest place in world to be online"

21 May 2018, 12:15

Plans for new safety laws to tackle cyber-bullying, exploitation, extremism and more.

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Controversial data firm Cambridge Analytica shuts down

2 May 2018, 22:11

Customers have evaporated due to “numerous unfounded accusations,” it claims.

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Facebook releases the Oculus Go standalone VR headset

2 May 2018, 10:01

And at the F8 conference it announces moves on privacy, a dating platform, and more.

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EU and US consider Facebook investigation after data misuse

19 March 2018, 14:31

After it was revealed that 50 million user profiles were harvested for US voter advert targeting.

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WhatsApp extends message deletion window beyond an hour

12 March 2018, 11:15

The latest app update extends the time available to 4,096 seconds.

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Steam Hardware Survey shows AMD CPU and GPU progress

5 March 2018, 12:01

And the Oculus Rift overtakes the HTC Vive in the PC HMD race.

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Facebook invents a new unit of time: the flick (frame-tick)

23 January 2018, 14:11

One flick is exactly 1/705600000 of a second. It was devised for content creators.

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Quarterly VR headset sales surpass 1 million units

28 November 2017, 11:31

Sony PSVR took nearly half of the sales. Price cuts ignited Oculus sales, says Canalys.

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Facebook Messenger payments roll out for the UK

7 November 2017, 11:31

UK is the first region outside of the US to get the Messenger payments service.

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Humans still reign supreme in StarCraft gaming

2 November 2017, 12:31

But DeepMind AlphaGo tech will turn the tide for AI, say experts.

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Microsoft makes quantum computer system breakthrough

26 September 2017, 12:31

And Microsoft, Facebook and Telxius complete a 4,000-mile-long 160Tb transatlantic cable.

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Facebook closes down 470 inauthentic 'Russian' accounts

7 September 2017, 13:01

The users spent $100k on FB ads to agitate on immigration, gun rights, LGBTQ and race topics.

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Oculus Rift gains ground in the wake of its Summer Sale

5 September 2017, 13:01

Increased market share by over 8 per cent this month according to the Steam hardware survey.

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HTC Vive gets substantial price cut from $799 to $599 (£599)

21 August 2017, 11:31

A summer sale event has the Oculus Rift + Touch at $399, but it will be back at $499 soon.

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Self contained Wireless Oculus VR headset to cost just US$200

14 July 2017, 12:01

Qualcomm Snapdragon device, codenamed 'Pacific', coming in 2018 says Bloomberg.

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VR and AR headset sales to top 100 million a year by 2021: IDC

20 June 2017, 11:15

Fewer than 10 million units were sold in 2016.

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Facebook is working on a brain-computer typing interface

20 April 2017, 12:01

Aims to facilitate stream of consciousness Facebook posting at 100 words per minute.

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AMD's latest Radeon drivers extend VR rendering API support

5 April 2017, 10:01

17.4.1 includes support for both Oculus and Steam VR synthetic frame smoothing tech.

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AR and VR headset shipments to approach 100 million by 2021

21 March 2017, 12:31

Yet only 10.1 million HMD devices were shipped in 2016, says IDC.

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Oculus Rift pricing gets sliced, Rift bundled with Touch for $598

2 March 2017, 11:31

In other VR news: LG showed off its high-res OLED SteamVR HMD at GDC 2017.

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Zenimax wins $500 million infringement case against Oculus

2 February 2017, 09:31

Of that $500m - Palmer Luckey has to pay $50m, and Brendan Iribe $150m.

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Hugo Barra joining Facebook as VP of virtual reality (VPVR)

26 January 2017, 11:01

The news that he was leaving Xiaomi only hit the news wires a couple of days ago.

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Nvidia's 376.19 WHQL drivers are optimised for Oculus Touch

6 December 2016, 10:01

The Oculus Touch controllers become available today, with support in 54 titles.

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Oculus Quill VR painting app will be free to users next month

21 November 2016, 11:01

But only about 750,000 Oculus Rift and HTC Vive HMDs will be sold by year end, says report.

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Oculus intros Santa Cruz AiO VR prototype at Connect 3 event

7 October 2016, 11:31

And it launches its Touch controllers, talks about Async Spacewarp, and of lower PC specs.

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European tech retailer lets slip Oculus Touch controllers price

9 September 2016, 13:01

Media Markt retail product page said they will cost €199, and be available from 21st Nov.

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WhatsApp to share user data with Facebook

25 August 2016, 15:31

To provide you with "better friend suggestions" and more relevant ads.

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Oculus Rift components cost less than $200 says IHS teardown

1 August 2016, 12:01

Greatest expense comes from the dual Samsung AMOLED 1200 x 1080 displays.

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Oculus ditches headset hardware check DRM

27 June 2016, 09:31

So any game from the Oculus Store can now easily be used on the HTC Vive.

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Oculus security update backfires - software piracy is now easier

23 May 2016, 13:01

Only six months ago the Oculus founder touted an open approach to software.

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WhatsApp launches desktop application for PC and Mac

11 May 2016, 10:31

Messaging history is mirrored across your PC and phone.

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Oculus Rift exclusives patched to run on HTC Vive

14 April 2016, 13:01

Meanwhile many Oculus pre-order customers still have a long wait for their hardware.

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