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Facebook said it would decide later how new reactions should be weighted to personalize news feeds. But that is not soon enough for advertisers, who want to fine-tune their messages now.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is backing the FBI in its standoff with Apple over unlocking an iPhone in the probe of last year's deadly San Bernardino attacks, says a report.

The photograph taken at the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event shows Zuckerberg walking towards the stage as the audience on his left is engrossed in their respective 'virtual' world through individual VR headsets.

But while listing the various ways Facebook was prepared to help network operators contend with spiralling consumer appetites for data, he also criticised and made more demands on the industry.

The government made clear that it was open to less intrusive options in a new legal filing intended to blunt public criticism by Apple's chief executive, Tim Cook.

While much of the early attention on virtual reality has focused on use of the immersive technology in video games, Chris Milk and his US startup Vrse are using it to transform storytelling and filmgoing.

Following the addition of a GIF button on Wednesday, Twitter is rolling out this feature globally to iOS and Android smartphones.

Here is an explanation of the technology and data privacy issues at issue.

The US online giant said its Google Express service -- which launched in 2013 by offering non-perishable goods -- would include a range of fresh items in test markets in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas.

In a message to Apple customers, CEO Tim Cook has detailed what would be at stake if the company agrees to hack its own systems in order to cooperate with the law.

Residents will receive $1,800 in subsidies for their troubles, with some getting extra support for housing.

Twitter and Facebook lit up this weekend when pranksters reported that an asteroid was hurtling toward France, prompting a humourless denial on the website of a national radio station.

Space tourism projects leaped off the drawing board when a $10 million prize was offered as an incentive for private development of manned rockets.

To add to the excitement and making them visible against a background at high speed, the US-based Drone Racing League covered each drone in colourful LED lights and matching rotors, so that they pop against the background.

The latest community-standards policy, from March 2015, says Facebook restricts photos of genitals or fully exposed buttocks, as well as some images of breasts if they include the nipple.

Once in the pool, the device acts like a personal coach, analyzing the swimmer's movements using nine sensors and making sounds prompting users to correct movements in specific exercises.