Wednesday, May 30, 2018
Everything Facebook launched at F8 and Why
Day 1 of Facebook’s F8 conference was packed with announcements and updates. Here are 10 big takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote on Day 1. You can find full coverage and analysis of F8 here.
1. FaceDate
Facebook is launching a dating feature where you can volunteer to make a profile that’s only visible to non-friends who’ve also opted in to looking for love. Facebook will match you based on all its data, and messaging will happen in a dedicated inbox rather than Messenger.
Why: If Facebook wants to drive “meaningful connections,” it doesn’t get more meaningful than introducing you to your life partner. Facebook will have to be careful to keep everything private, as people already think it’s creepy or uncool. But investors love it, considering Tinder parent company Match Group’s share price fell 22 percent today.
2. “Clear History”
Facebook is building Clear History, a new privacy feature allowing users to delete data Facebook has collected from sites and apps that use its ads and analytics tool. This means you can scrub some of your browsing history from Facebook’s data store. Mark Zuckerberg likened this to deleting cookies from your browser history. It’s a nice gesture to the privacy-conscious, though it’ll make your Facebook experience less personalized.
Why: Zuckerberg faced tons of questions from Congress about data it collects from around the web. Users were pissed to learn they had little control over it. Clear History could quiet some cries for regulation.
3. Instagram video chat and anti-bullying
Instagram is launching video chat, which TechCrunch scooped in March when we spotted the feature buried in its Android app. Meanwhile, Instagram is also getting a new filter to protect users from bullying comments, plus an improved Explore tab.
Why: Instagram Direct messaging is super popular, but lacked video chat… which is also super popular on Messenger and WhatsApp. Combined with anti-bullying features, Instagram could become a safer and sillier place for teens to hang out — which is just what Facebook wants to defeat Snapchat.
4. Facebook is reopening its app review process
Facebook will re-open its app review process following the pause it took after the Cambridge Analytica crisis — welcome news for developers.
Why: Facebook couldn’t risk another sketchy app slipping through and selling user data, but it also has to keep developers loyal to its platform so they keep building experiences that attract users. Facebook was wise to balance safety and privacy with new developer capabilities today.
5. Oculus Go goes on sale for $199
Oculus Go, Facebook’s cheap and capable standalone VR headset, is now on sale. It costs $199 for the version with 32GB of onboard storage, and $249 for the 64GB variety.
Why: VR headsets where you have to stick your phone in are clumsy and prevent Facebook from controlling the whole experience. Instead of relying on the Samsung Gear headset shell and your iPhone or Android, Facebook gets to dictate everything about the perfect VR rig you can strap on first-timers.
6. Messenger simplifies and starts translation
Facebook is tiptoeing into translation of chat threads in Messenger, starting with English-Spanish convos in the U.S. within Marketplace. Meanwhile, Facebook is stripping out the camera and games tab to give Messenger a cleaner design.
Why: Translation could deliver on the Facebook promise of bringing the world closer together by eradicating language barriers and letting people realize how much they have in common. But Messenger was getting way too bloated with so many new features, so the simplification should let the actually useful ones shine.
7. Introducing VR Memories and 3D photos
Facebook is bringing 3D illustrations and models to the News Feed. It’s also going to turn 2D photos into VR memories — 3D environments you can explore using a trippy point cloud design.
Why: Facebook wants to stay ahead of the content trends and be the home of future formats. They might seem like a novelty today, but at least they keep Facebook interesting.
8. WhatsApp hits 450 million stories users
WhatsApp’s Snapchat Stories clone WhatsApp Status now has 450 million daily active users. That’s well over 2X the user count of Snapchat’s whole app. And WhatsApp is also adding stickers and group video calling.
Why: This is a big deal because Snapchat had a disastrous earnings call today where it sank to its slowest user growth rate ever, while WhatsApp Status continues its explosive growth. Snapchat neglected the international market at first, and now WhatsApp has beaten it to the punch worldwide.
9. Sharing to Facebook and Instagram Stories from other apps
Starting with Spotify, SoundCloud and GoPro, other apps can share photos and videos directly to Stories inside Facebook and Instagram.
Why: Facebook wants to make its Stories more interesting than Snapchat’s. And this new wing of the platform could create a massive opportunity for music discovery, the likes of which we haven’t seen since Myspace.
10. Oculus TV
Oculus wants you to watch TV inside its new Go headset. At first you’ll get Facebook Watch, but expect apps like Netflix and Hulu to arrive eventually.
Why: There just aren’t enough great VR experiences, but perhaps Facebook can get people spending more time in their headsets by creating a virtual big screen for 2D content.
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After a lawyer’s racist rant went viral, a mariachi band showed up outside his apartment.
Aaron Schlossberg may not lose his license to practice law, but he still has had to face the music.
After being caught on camera in a threatening and racist rant against restaurant employees who were speaking Spanish, critics are calling for the New York attorney to lose his ability to practice law.
While that's unlikely to happen, he's still endured real consequences of losing his office space, generating a ton of one-star Yelp reviews, and facing an avalanche of very public criticism from a united Latinx community and countless allies who are saying "no" to his xenophobic rant.
The public's response sends a powerful message that New Yorkers won't tolerate racism.
That response culminated when a group of local activists organized a community event, highlighted by a mariachi band that played music like "La Cucaracha" outside Schlossberg's Manhattan apartment.
Mariachis killing it outside of Aaron Schlossberg’s building. pic.twitter.com/t5OeQaXq75
— Shay Horse (@HuntedHorse) May 18, 2018
New York City residents have loudly responded by saying there's no place for racism and intolerance in their city.
And they're weighing in with their wallets, too. A GoFundMe campaign launched to raise $500 for the mariachi band raised more than twice that amount in just a few hours. In fact, the band reportedly offered to perform for free, and some of the extra funds were used to bring food to the event.
The GoFundMe organizers quickly cut off the donations button and instead asked those who wanted to help to contribute directly to The Immigrant Defense Project, a nonprofit that helps provide legal counsel and representation for undocumented people facing deportation.
The message of unity that arose from the incident is important.
It might be more immediately satisfying to see Schlossberg punished for his outlandish behavior, but sending a powerful message of unity in response is likely to have a greater impact than any professional consequences endured by one bad apple.
This incident is a good reminder that the United States has no official language. While most Americans consider English their primary language, as the saying goes: We are still a nation of immigrants, even if the current administration thinks otherwise.
People are angry, and that's understandable. But a response like this will have a lasting impact.
Schlossberg used his privilege to threaten and demean others without provocation. We still don't even know if the employees were citizens, immigrants, or undocumented. And in the most fundamental way, it does not matter.
They were simply doing their jobs like most of us do on any given day. Everyone has to eat, and most of us have to work.
That's why the overwhelming response to Schlossberg is far more important than his heinous act itself. A message of inclusion, unity, and tolerance is winning out, and it's one that won't be ignored.
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Blac Chyna May Be Pregnant With Her Barely Legal Beau’s Baby & Twitter Has A LOT Of Thoughts On The Matter!
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Could Blac Chyna be pregnant AGAIN??
Over the weekend, reports claimed that the video vixen is expecting a little one with her barely legal beau, YBN Almighty Jay. Per Media Take Out News, the mother of two is already sporting a "two and a half month along baby bump."
Related: Chyna Defends Dream's Pink Hair Extensions!
If — and we are saying if — the reality TV vet is with child, this would be her first kiddo with the 18-year-old rapper. However, the 29-year-old businesswoman is also a mother to Tyga's son, King Cairo, and Rob Kardashian's daughter, Dream Kardashian.
The pregnancy rumors were further fueled thanks to a leopard print hoodie/leggings set by Married To The Mob. Supposedly, the ensem made it seem as though Chyna already had a popped belly. While we're not entirely sold on the supposed evidence, you can take a peek at the pic HERE.
Unsurprisingly, fans have already flocked to Twitter to voice their opinions on the rumor! They wrote:
I refuse to believe Blac Chyna is pregnant by that little boy. Everyone has their limits.
— Kimberly Nicole Foster (@KimberlyNFoster) April 30, 2018
Blac Chyna is high key a predator. A big 30 year old in a couple weeks getting pregnant by a fresh 18 year old. 🤢 it smells.
— it is knownt (@tingybob) April 30, 2018
Looks like Congratulations are in order for prepubescent YNB almighty Jay who secured some sort of bag and got his baby sitter Blac Chyna pregnant 👶🏽 #ThePalmTree pic.twitter.com/ga7ItWp3vo
— #InTune (@Fourens_) April 30, 2018
If blac chyna reaaaaaaaally pregnant again…..idk i mean….her children got 3 different fathers….
— 🍒 (@harjarhajar) April 30, 2018
Scott, 34, is fucking Sofia Richie who is 19.
Almost 40 yr old Kourtney has a boy toy who is 24….
And now Blac Chyna got pregnant by a 18 yr old?
Lmaooooowhatinthefuckisgoingoninthisfamilylmaoooooo.
— Kris 🥀 (@BlacksScreaming) April 30, 2018
Y’all…. that lil boy done got blac chyna pregnant!!!
I know this his momma right now.. pic.twitter.com/dCbtaFfSyl
— ‘Dre Dré Dre’ (@TheRealDrePapi) April 30, 2018
Getting Blac Chyna pregnant has to be the absolute highest tier of L you could possibly take
— Sam (@SamRea14) April 30, 2018
Blac Chyna pregnant with her 18 yo boyfriend 😂. She more like his damn chaperone 😂 pic.twitter.com/qVv0pQfVwf
— Shuj (@ChocMilkSheikh) April 30, 2018
when Kris Jenner finds out Blac Chyna got pregnant by an 18 year old and Rob will get 100% custody of Dream pic.twitter.com/8HIW1gWrMh
— Kenny Jones (@relientkenny) April 30, 2018
Kris Jenner and Rob Kardashian going to court to get full custody of Dream once they find out Blac Chyna got pregnant by an 18 year old pic.twitter.com/7T2wPqwpxE
— luisa (@luisagibsonxo) April 30, 2018
DAMNNNN. The shade is real, y'all!!
What do YOU think?? Could Chyna be really pregnant by YBN Almighty Jay??
SOUND OFF in the comments (below)!
[Image via Instagram.]
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Ireland voted to end its ban on abortion. Here’s why that’s a win for human rights.
In 1983, the people of Ireland voted to ban abortion. 35 years later, they took to the polls once again, reversing that decision in a landslide victory.
Though abortion was already illegal in Ireland prior to the 1983 vote, social conservatives feared that a court decision could render that law unconstitutional, much like what happened in the United States with the 1977 Roe v. Wade decision. So in 1983, to prevent the chance of court intervention, Ireland held a public referendum, voting to amend the country's constitution and adopting the Eighth Amendment, banning abortion in all situations.
In 2017, in response to public pressure, the government announced plans to put this question up for a vote once again. Citizens of Ireland voted on May 25, 2018, and the referendum to lift the ban on abortions won by an impressive margin.
Protesters demonstrate outside the Irish Embassy in London on September 30, 2017, following the announcement of the May 2018 referendum. Photo by Chris J. Ratcliffe/AFP/Getty Images.
To see the nasty history of the Eighth Amendment, look no further than the story of Savita Halappanavar.
In 2012, 31-year-old Savita Halappanavar went to the hospital 17 weeks pregnant. Her pregnancy had an unforeseen complication, and she was having what's known as a septic abortion or miscarriage. There was virtually no chance that she'd be able to carry the pregnancy to term, but doctors were prohibited from ending the pregnancy. Doctors tried to induce labor, resulting in her delivering a stillborn fetus. It was too late for her, however, as the sepsis had gotten worse. She died four days later.
Though the country implemented a law the following year designed to carve out narrow exceptions to the abortion ban in cases like Halappanavar's, abortion rights advocates argued that nothing short of a full repeal would do. Their opinion is shared by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, ruling in 2016 that "the balance that the state party has chosen to strike between protection of the fetus and the rights of the woman in the present case cannot be justified." Other human rights organizations, such as Amnesty International, concur.
Horror stories like Halappanavar's are all too common. In 2007, officials tried to prevent a 17-year-old known as "Miss D" from leaving the country to obtain an abortion after learning that her fetus would not survive birth. In 2014, a teenage asylum-seeker known as "Miss Y" was subjected to borderline inhumane treatment after learning that she was pregnant, eventually undergoing a coerced Caesarian section. These cases aren't about protecting some notion of "life"; they're about control and forcing women to experience absolute nightmare scenarios.
A woman stands in front of a mural inside the Bernard Shaw pub in Dublin, Ireland. Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images.
Bor no ban, abortion has always been accessible for the well-off. The two-tiered nature of this is part of the problem.
Since 1980, 170,000 Irish women have traveled to a foreign country for an abortion, and Ireland makes up nearly 70% of all non-resident abortions in the United Kingdom. Repealing the Eighth Amendment is as much about providing access to all women equally as it is about human rights. Access to health care should not hinge on whether somebody has the time and money to take a multi-day international trip.
A man walks in front of a pro-choice mural in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, on May 10, 2018. Photo by Artur Widak/AFP/Getty Images.
Though Ireland has voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment, there's still a bit more work to be done before abortion will be legalized — and would still be rife with restrictions.
The next step is for Irish lawmakers to enact new guidelines on abortion. One popular proposal that's been floating around would make abortion legal in all cases during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Between 12 and 24 weeks, abortions would be limited to instances where the life of the mother or long-term viability of the fetus were in danger. After 24 weeks, only pregnancies involving fatal fetal abnormalities would qualify for an abortion. Additionally, people seeking abortions would be subject to mandatory counseling and waiting periods.
It's hardly the free-for-all "no" campaigners would have had you believe. It's also short of what "yes" campaigners would hope for. Still, it's a positive step forward for the country, and it will save lives.
A "Yes" canvasser poses for a photo in Dublin on May 12, 2018. Photo by Artur Widak / AFP/Getty Images.
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Trump says London hospital is like ‘a war zone’ from knife attacks
(CNN)President Donald Trump compared an unnamed London hospital to a "war zone" on Friday, saying despite tough gun laws in the UK, it has blood all over the floors from victims of knife attacks.
Police: London among safest cities in the world
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The young Americans trying to stop Ireland from voting Yes to abortion
Dublin (CNN)Emily Faulkner is in central Dublin, handing out leaflets featuring fetuses in various stages of development, when she's pelted by an egg.
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A judge sides with parents and rules their 30-year-old son must move out
(CNN)A 30-year-old man didn't get the message that it was time to move out of his parents' home, even after they left him five notices and an offer of cash to help find new digs.
Notices sent to their son
Judge: 'I think the notice is sufficient'
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John Legend nailed why calling MS-13 gang members ‘animals’ is a problem.
President Trump referred to people as "animals" — and then doubled down, saying that he was only referring to certain people.
Trump's comment came during a roundtable discussion about sanctuary cities in California, after Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims described what she sees as a problem with current law enforcement and immigration policy.
Trump replied, "We have people coming into the country, or trying to come in — and we're stopping a lot of them — but we're taking people out of the country. You wouldn't believe how bad these people are. These aren't people. These are animals."
Many honed in on the president's words, accusing him of dehumanizing all undocumented immigrants from south of the border. The president clarified that he was specifically referring to those in MS-13 — gang members mostly from Central America, notorious for particularly brutal, violent crimes.
I.C.E. agents detain a suspected MS-13 gang member and Honduran immigrant. Photo by John Moore/Getty Images.
John Legend beautifully explained why it doesn't matter if the president was only dehumanizing violent gang members.
When Trump made these remarks, Legend and his wife, Chrissy Teigen, were in the hospital welcoming their new baby. Yet the singer still took a moment to explain why dehumanizing any group — even violent gang members — is problematic.
"I'm in the hospital with our new son," he wrote on Twitter. "Any of these babies here could end up committing terrible crimes in the future. It's easy, once they've done so, to distance ourselves from their humanity."
Image via John Legend/Twitter.
The perspective one gets gazing at a brand-new human being, still unmarked by the world, is as about as pure as it gets.
Legend challenged us all to examine the root causes of violence and look for collective solutions.
"But it's much more honest and challenging to realize they were all babies once and think about what in society, their home life, etc. took them from baby to violent gang member," he continued, "and then to think about collective action we could take to mitigate these conditions."
He also noted our duty to examine the role U.S. policy may have played in the formation of MS-13 in the first place.
Image via John Legend/Twitter.
It's easy to create black-and-white, us-versus-them, good-versus-evil narratives.
It's harder to dig deep into what leads people to violence and contemplate how we could play a role in preventing it.
Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images.
Without devolving into personal bashing, Legend pointed out a universal truth: As history has proven time and again, dehumanization of any group of people is a dangerous path.
Image via John Legend/Twitter.
What makes his comments so compelling is that he put forth his arguments and challenges ideas with a thoughtful nod to the complexity of the issue — and without disparaging anyone's ideology, political affiliation, or appearance.
Thank you, John Legend, for a refreshing example of how to engage in thoughtful and reasonable discourse, even within an undeniably divisive topic.
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Saturday, May 26, 2018
This woman was fat-shamed on a flight. But her story has a happy ending.
On May 14, one of Savannah Phillips' most dreaded flying fears came to life.
"I’m not the biggest person on the airplane, but I’m not the smallest," Phillips explained in a Facebook post. "My worst nightmare is someone being uncomfortable because they have to sit next to me."
Fearful of the harassment and even threats people with bigger bodies can face while flying, Phillips usually tries to buy a seat where she's not sitting next to another passenger.
But on a flight from Oklahoma to Chicago, Phillips was assigned a seat at the gate and wasn't able to sit alone. Unfortunately, the man who ended up next to her embodied the very worst.
"I can't believe this, I'm sitting next to a smelly fatty."
Those were the words the stranger, an older man who claimed to be a comedian, texted someone else — while sitting right next to Phillips on the plane. A setting on the man's phone enlarged the text, according to Phillips, and the screen's brightness was turned all the way up.
It was unmistakably about her.
GIF via News Channel 5/YouTube.
The nasty comment immediately brought Phillips to tears.
"I don’t even know what the rest of his text said," she wrote in her post. "I turned my head away as fast as I could. I was shocked and it was like confirmation of the negative things I think about myself on a daily basis."
Phillips continued:
"Before I knew it, I could feel hot, salty tears coming down my face. I sat and cried silently, hoping this guy didn’t try to make small talk, because I didn’t trust how I would react and I didn’t want to get kicked off the plane. I was so hurt. The pilot came over head and said there would be a 30-minute delay before he could take off — great. Just more time I would have to sit next to this creep."
Fortunately, that's when things took a turn for the (much, much) better.
Fellow passenger Chase Irwin sitting nearby had spotted the incredibly hurtful text and decided to step in.
He couldn't believe what he was witnessing.
"I actually got really sick to my stomach," Irwin explained to News Channel 5.
Irwin tapped the "comedian" on the shoulder and demanded he change seats with him, according to Phillips. The "comedian" agreed to switch, but then asked why.
Irwin did not hold back. "I said, 'because you're a heartless person,'" Irwin recalled. "I read your text, and the girl next to you crying also read your text. And you should really take into consideration other people's feelings.'"
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Phillips and Irwin got along great, chatting about their families and jobs on the flight to Chicago. The flight attendant, who learned about what happened, kept trying to give Irwin free drinks and said that he was her hero, according to Phillips.
"He wasn’t her hero," Phillips wrote. "He was mine."
Fortunately, Phillips' story had a happy ending. But for passengers with bigger bodies, that's not always the case.
"Flying while fat" can truly be a daunting affair. There's the staring, the rude comments — not to mention navigating a patchwork of guidelines that complicate purchasing a ticket for an increasingly small seat on a plane.
But as Irwin showed, employing some basic empathy for your fellow passengers can go a long way. We should all keep that in mind when we travel.
Watch News Channel 5's segment on Phillips' story below:
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