Facebook Now Lets You Log In with a Physical Key By Andrew E. Freedman Facebook now supports logins using USB security keys rather than texted or emailed codes as a second factor of authentication.
Facebook's Latest Move Could Set Off a VR Frenzy By Althea Chang Facebook has hired a new VR boss as it seeks to take virtual reality mainstream.
Facebook's New Privacy Guide Might Actually Help You By Henry T. Casey Navigating Facebook privacy and security options can be tricky, but a new section on the social website makes them easier to understand.
Instagram Crashing? Try This Fix By Althea Chang Instagram may be crashing for some users who've installed the app's latest update.
Facebook Goes Radio With Live Audio Feature By Michael Andronico Facebook's upcoming Live Audio feature will let broadcasters host radio-style, audio-only livestreams.
Meet Jarvis: What We Know About Zuckerberg's Alexa Killer By Althea Chang Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has developed a smart home system that might just be more sophisticated than Amazon's Echo and Google Home.
Snapchat Finally Gets Group Chats: How to Start One By Henry T. Casey Snapchat just got more addictive with the addition of Groups, a messaging feature that allows users to share privately to multiple people.
Beware of This Nude Celebrity Photo Facebook Scam By Marshall Honorof A new scam delivers Chrome malware instead of celebrity sex videos and advertises a host of different starlets in a variety of languages.
Instagram Just Got Live Video: Here's How to Use It By Henry T. Casey Instagram is the latest social media app to add live video broadcasting, here's how to use it and how to be aware when others are live.
Facebook Messenger Spreads Feared Ransomware By Marshall Honorof If someone attempts to send you an SVG image file via Facebook Messenger, you should ignore it, or you may download dangerous ransomware.
iPhone Hackers Can Hijack LinkedIn, Twitter Apps By Marshall Honorof There's a nasty autodialing flaw in the iOS Twitter and LinkedIn apps that could let hackers make calls from your iPhone.
Can Posting Social Media Photos Stop Child Abuse? By Amy Oztan By posting photos of child abuse to social media, a number of witnesses have gotten police to take action, but do these pictures go too far?
How to Encrypt Facebook Messenger (and Why You Should) By Andrew E. Freedman Facebook Messenger's 'Secret Conversations' allow end-to-end encryption, but the feature is opt-in. Here's how to turn it on and use it.
Facebook Messenger Lite is Tailor-Made for Old Android Phones By Andrew E. Freedman Facebook is launching Messenger Lite for Android, a "slimmed down version" of its Messenger app in four countries to further its global reach.
Twitter Makes It Easier to Find Good Customer Support By Michael Andronico Twitter's new tools for businesses allow you to easily find customer support accounts, as well as find out the best times to get in touch with them.
Facebook Messenger Could Soon Get Public Chatrooms By Michael Andronico Facebook Messenger's code reportedly hides some details about an upcoming public chat feature.
Avoid These Bogus, Login-Stealing PayPal Twitter Accounts By Andrew E. Freedman Scammers with PayPal look-alike accounts are preying on those expecting help, and then collecting logins from the victims.
Facebook’s Autoplay Video Tweaks Sound Awful By Marshall Honorof Facebook is testing out a new feature where videos that autoplay will now start blasting sound as well rather than being muted by default.
VR Faces Made from Facebook Photos Fool Biometric Logins By Marshall Honorof Three-dimensional virtual-reality face reconstructions made from social-media photos can easily fool facial-recognition software.
How to Use Twitter's Troll-Blocking Quality Filter By Michael Andronico Twitter's new quality filter aims to remove nasty tweets from your notifications bar. Here's how to use it.
Facebook's Olympic Filters Scream Snapchat Envy By Lauren L'Amie Facebook is testing a new feature that might make its opening screen look a lot like Snapchat, selfie filters and all.
What Is Finstagram? By Lauren L'Amie With the emergence of fake Instagram accounts, or "Finstagrams," teens are taking charge of social media by creating anonymous online personas.
How to Get Verified on Twitter By Lauren L'Amie Twitter is now allowing everyone to send in requests to be verified users. Here’s our guide to landing a profile with a little blue checkmark.
What Are Facebook Messenger's Secret Conversations? By Marshall Honorof Facebook Messenger's new Secret Conversations feature, now available to a select few users, will get a full release in September.
Can Posting Political Stuff on Social Media Get You Fired? By Sherri L. Smith While it might be tempting to throw a Trump tantrum or rant about Benghazi on Facebook and Twitter, it could prevent you from being hired — or even get you canned.
Why I Stopped Using Facebook, And You Should Too By Philip Michaels By retaining ties to a board member who's funding lawsuits against news sites, Facebook has shown that its supposed support for the free exchange of ideas is empty talk.
How to Dump Trump, Hillary Off of Your Facebook By Henry T. Casey Facebook isn't the best venue for a political debate, so we've got a guide for cleaning election news and candidates out of your feed.
Twitter Wasn't Hacked, But You're at Risk Unless You Do This By Paul Wagenseil Those 32 million Twitter passwords were stolen from individual users, not Twitter itself. Here's how to make sure it doesn't happen to you.
Can Facebook Live Take Down Twitch? By Michael Andronico Facebook Live video is beginning to embrace gaming, but it'll take more than just a massive user base to topple Twitch.
Facebook Eavesdropping: How a Fake Story Became 'Real' By Paul Wagenseil You know that story about how Facebook listens to your conversations? It's not true, and here's how the media failed in covering it.
