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Facebook’s New Portal Is Great, but It’s Also Facebook
There are so many ways to video chat with loved ones these days, but even with plenty of options and the bad press that Facebook can’t shake no matter how hard it tries, Facebook’s Portal remains one of the easiest ways to get in touch.
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Facebook’s New Battery-Powered Portal Go Lets You Tote a Smart Display Around Your House
Facebook bet big on connecting people via video with the original Portal smart display, and the company is back with two new Portals: a bigger Portal+ for large group calls and a battery-powered Portal Go that can tag along as you move about the house.
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Fair Warning: Facebook Is Reportedly Building Its Own Voice Assistant
What we can all agree on is that of the heavy hitters operating in the voice assistant market—Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, and I guess Cortana and Bixby if we’re being generous — exactly none are made by Facebook. We can probably also agree things ought to stay that way, but then, when in recent memory…
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Facebook Finally Admits That Its New Spy Equipment Can Spy On You
It sounded a little slippery last week, when Facebook announced Portal, a new voice-activated speaker and video chat gadget, and the company said that it would not use data collected through the device to target ads. It was, in fact, very slippery. Facebook just admitted that Portal is completely capable of collecting data about you…