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Oculus announced that users will be required to log into Oculus with their Facebook accounts. This change will start in October of 2020. If you aren't a fan of Facebook, and don't want to make an account there, you will eventually be unable to use Oculus. Starting on October of 2020, everyone using an Oculus device for the first time
The Secret Service is buying cell phone location data without a warrant as many other companies and government agencies are also doing. If you think you are not being tracked all the time you are living on another planet. Also, I am soliciting DVDs if you have a DVD collection your looking to get rid of. Your Geek here and
In April of this year, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) created a mandatory code of conduct that would require Google and Facebook to pay media companies for news. Large companies, like Google and Facebook, tend to resist having to share the money they make from the content that newspapers created. According to The Guardian, Google has started targeting
President Trump has issued an executive order requiring ByteDance to divest from its U.S. TikTok business within 90 days, CNBC reported. Part of the executive order requires ByteDance to prove that it has destroyed all data that was obtained or derived from the TikTok application in the United States. ...The transaction resulting in the acquisition by ByteDance of Musical.ly, to
Facebook has launched a way for small businesses, creators, educators, and media publishers to earn money from the online events they host on Facebook. Page owners can create an online event, set a price, promote the event, and host the event, all in one place. According to Facebook, combining marketing, payment and live video, paid online events meet the end-to-end
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The fabled smart home as a building that responds your needs as they arise is still somewhat legendary and will likely remain so until the technology can be built into the fabric of the structure. Regardless there are many practical ways where the new technology can be used on a practical basis. For example, my living room uses a combination