Rest of the Day: Facebook’s Plans to Fight Clickbaits
Facebook announced plans to combat clickbaits today. They update the news feed algorithm with a system that detects phrases that are commonly used in misleading headlines.
- That’s all well and good , provided that your tastes in defining bait match those of Facebook. They also link to an imaginary site called “Gizmotechno” in their proposals to publishers as an example of click bait – perhaps a reference to our sister site, Gizmodo , which of course called Facebook in the name of impartiality. [Facebook]
- Apple has just released a small iOS update to address memory corruption that could potentially allow arbitrary code to execute. Apple mentions the jailbreak group Team Pangu in its release notes , which apparently means that the jailbreak method that worked on iOS 9.3.3 will no longer work. [Ars Technica]
- You can now purchase several classic Disney games for the Super Nintendo thanks to GOG. The online game seller offers Aladdin, The Lion King and The Jungle Book with their original graphics and gameplay for $ 8.99 each. A bit pricey for nostalgia, but Disney had surprisingly solid SNES platformers in their day. [GOG]
- Now you can enlarge any emoji on Facebook Messenger. Previously, apparently you could send a giant thumb up by holding the Like button, but now you can do it with any emoji if you want to send someone jumbo: dancer :: dancer :: dancer:. [Facebook via The Next Web ]