Update (10/04/21, 7:54 PM ET) - Facebook and Oculus have both announced that their services have been restored, likely meaning an end to the FIFA Mobile login troubles in short order. "To the huge…
October 4, 2021 | 03:30 EDT
Facebook's upcoming Oculus Quest 2 VR headset has been leaked just days before the Facebook Connect presentation. According to the leak, Quest 2 will feature a Snapdragon XR2 platform and an "almost…
September 14, 2020 | 08:31 EDT
Some slightly unsettling details have emerged regarding the new Facebook Horizon social VR outing. According to a new "safety video" uploaded to the official Oculus YouTube account, Facebook Horizon…
August 28, 2020 | 09:45 EDT
A few years ago, Microsoft set itself up as a potential competitor to Twitch. After signing some big-name streamers and investing a lot of time and energy into its game-streaming service, Mixer has…
June 22, 2020 | 03:06 EDT
I guess this means we're in the future now. Today, at the Oculus Connect 6 event in San Jose, social media juggernaut Facebook announced Facebook Horizon, a virtual reality massively-multiplayer…
September 25, 2019 | 03:49 EDT
Last year at the Oculus Connect 5, Facebook announced their first standalone Oculus VR headset, the Oculus Quest, which will not require a PC or mobile device, running on its own hardware as an "all-…
April 30, 2019 | 08:19 EDT
Valve has made a teaser site for its much anticipated virtual reality headset. The teaser site has an image of the headset, with the name Valve Index prominently featured. It also features a tagline…
March 29, 2019 | 09:30 EDT
Facebook, owners of VR tech company Oculus, have announced a new version of the Oculus Rift headset which will replace the original. The Oculus Rift S features a brand new 'halo' head strap which is…
March 20, 2019 | 12:44 EDT
The days of Oculus VR being an independent entity are over - the virtual reality company has been made a subsidiary of Facebook Technologies LLC, reports UploadVR. For those of you not into the whole…
November 20, 2018 | 11:00 EST
Guy Rosen, VP of Product Management at Facebook, has just issued a statement on a severe security issue that affected almost 50 million Facebook accounts. On every Facebook profile, there was an…
September 29, 2018 | 10:00 EDT
Positech Games has been unable to promote the Democracy franchise (soon to be expanded with Democracy 4) on Facebook thanks to a block on international political advertising according to a tweet from…
September 17, 2018 | 11:10 EDT
Oculus has announced changes to its required and recommended specifications to run the Oculus Rift. The hardware hasn't changed, but Windows 10 is now the only OS that will meet minimum…
June 28, 2018 | 10:13 EDT
Skyfront VR is an arena shooter developed by Levity Play. Described as a “zero-gravity” shooter by the developers, players have complete freedom of movement across the sky and around obstacles. Since…
November 18, 2017 | 09:00 EST
Hi-Rez and the World Esports Association (WESA) announced today that the Paladins Premier League will be streamed exclusively on Facebook Live. The Paladins Premier League is a new esports league…
September 7, 2017 | 10:00 EDT
Facebook has announced steps to curtail the spread of fake news. In a press release, Facebook detailed that it will deny ads for “repeat offenders” of fake news stories. Facebook founder and CEO Mark…
August 28, 2017 | 11:43 EDT
Facebook is working on a new Facebook news feed change yet again, this time to prioritize faster-loading websites. The changes will be rolled out over the next few months following internal research…
August 4, 2017 | 11:42 EDT
The ESA has announced that E3 2017 will be teaming up with producer Geoff Keighley to bring the E3 Coliseum to The Novo at L.A Live on the 13th and 14th of June. The E3 Coliseum will act as a main…
May 15, 2017 | 12:30 EDT
The Oculus Rift has had a price drop to $499. Additionally, the Oculus Touch has had a price drop to $99, and the bundle of the Rift and Touch is now $598. The price is now around $200 cheaper as…
March 4, 2017 | 09:47 EST
Zenimax has been awarded $500 million by a Dallas, Texas jury today in a court case versus Oculus as reported by Polygon. The lawsuit initially began in May of 2014 with allegations that the Rift…
February 1, 2017 | 08:12 EST
The Khronos Group has announced it will be working to form standard API's for VR. They expressed their desire to “define a cross-vendor, royalty-free, open standard for access to modern virtual…
December 7, 2016 | 02:28 EST
Facebook has come under tremendous pressure in Germany to remove hate speech from its platform. In September, German Justice Minister Heiko Maas stated the German government is conducting a study to…
November 4, 2016 | 07:41 EDT
Speaking at a conference Munich earlier this week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on large Internet platforms to disclose their algorithms to the public. Although she did not specify any…
October 28, 2016 | 05:11 EDT
Inside sources have told that Wall Street Journal that the Facebook moderation team wanted to remove a post by presidential candidate Donald Trump. However, leadership at Facebook, including CEO Mark…
October 24, 2016 | 06:47 EDT
A report by the ACLU reveals that major social media platforms provided data access to a third-party called Geofeedia, which then made that data available to law enforcement. The ACLU is particularly…
October 12, 2016 | 06:32 EDT
Facebook has become the target of criticism after it removed an iconic Vietnam war image that was posted by a Norwegian author, and later a Norwegian newspaper. The photo of a naked girl running from…
September 9, 2016 | 09:47 EDT
If you're one of those people who loves social media and sharing every single one of your achievements on your wall/feed, you're gonna love this news. Blizzard, the mastermind company behind …
August 27, 2016 | 10:15 EDT
It's all about the fans. Or at least that's what a lot of YouTubers like to say now a days, as subscriber and fan interaction is one of the best ways to supposedly grow your audience and your…
August 25, 2016 | 07:37 EDT
Facebook announced a partnership today with game engine company Unity that lets developers port their games using that engine onto Facebook, as well as a new desktop gaming platform that is still in…
August 18, 2016 | 09:30 EDT
Facebook has recently announced an upcoming change to its news feed which it hopes will weed out clickbait. This change has been brought about by users of the platform who have complained about…
August 5, 2016 | 09:42 EDT
The Internal Revenue Service has delivered a Notice of Deficiency to Facebook for $3-5 billion as reported by Bloomberg.A Notice of Deficiency (or CP3219A Notice) is a document from the IRS stating…
July 30, 2016 | 10:41 EDT
Earlier in the week we reported that Twitter stock had fallen following a lackluster Q2 report, but another social media platform is doing much better. Facebook shares hit an all-time high following…
July 28, 2016 | 05:50 EDT
For the third time in the last eight months, a Brazilian judge has ordered wireless service providers to block WhatsApp. The encrypted messaging app is once again being targeted because it will not…
July 19, 2016 | 08:37 EDT
BKA, The German federal police force, has conducted raids across the country in order to combat hate speech on Facebook. Homes were raided in 14 of Germany's 16 states, but the operation was…
July 18, 2016 | 09:32 EDT
The US Internal Revenue Service(IRS) is investigating Facebook over a transfer of assets to an Irish subsidiary. In 2010, Facebook Inc sold the rights to exploit the social media platform outside of…
July 8, 2016 | 10:18 EDT
Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan has announced his intention to introduce legislation that would regulate the removal and blocking of social media posts which incite terrorism. This plan…
July 4, 2016 | 06:30 EDT
Reuters reports that Google and Facebook have quietly begun using automated systems to take down extremist videos. The systems are similar to Google's Content ID system to take down copyright…
June 27, 2016 | 10:27 EDT
With Blizzard's games becoming increasingly more like a living and evolving service, the software giant has teamed up with social media website Facebook to augment their games with some additional…
June 6, 2016 | 03:49 EDT
The European Commission announced a new code of conduct which is intended to combat hate speech online. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Microsoft have agreed to abide by the code. The agreement…
May 31, 2016 | 09:54 EDT
Facebook and Microsoft have announced a joint project to lay an undersea cable across the Atlantic Ocean. Both companies are transferring larger and larger amounts of data between their data centers…
May 26, 2016 | 10:24 EDT
Representatives from Facebook recently sent a letter to Senator Thune concerning the recent allegations that the company is suppressing conservative news from its trending topics. The letter claims…
May 23, 2016 | 10:19 EDT
Update: we got an official response back from Oculus. See below:Last week we issued an update design to improve several features, and it happened to break the Revive hack. The update was not released…
May 21, 2016 | 03:01 EDT
Three French activist organizations stated that they plan to file legal complaints against popular social media sites that they believe are in violation of the country's hate speech laws. They claim…
May 16, 2016 | 09:43 EDT
After accusations that Facebook's trending topics curation team was deliberately suppressing conservative news, the company has decided to publicly release the guidelines that govern the trending…
May 12, 2016 | 11:10 EDT
Steven Crowder, a conservative comedian and former contributor to Fox News, has filed a legal motion against Facebook. Crowder states that this legal action has been in the works for a long time, and…
May 10, 2016 | 08:24 EDT
Facebook's trending topics is now coming under criticism. Although Facebook claims that trending topics simply shows what has recently become popular on the site based on mathematical algorithms,…
May 10, 2016 | 04:08 EDT
In the past few months, WhatsApp has been the target of multiple court orders which attempted to force the company to turn over encrypted messages to law enforcement in Brazil. In December, a judge…
May 4, 2016 | 08:35 EDT
A Facebook shareholder has decided to sue the company over its plan to issue new stock. Its claimed in the lawsuit that the company's plan would allow Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to make a fortune…
April 30, 2016 | 11:45 EDT
The Oculus Rift finally launched less than a week ago, but the virtual reality headset has been plagued with post-launch complications.The biggest hurdles seem to stem from shipping issues by Oculus…
April 2, 2016 | 07:27 EDT