Rest of the Day: Facebook Thinks We’re All Dead
Today, Facebook has erroneously displayed some profiles of regular users as if they were memorial pages, with the prominent heading “Remembering [name].” There is good news and bad news, and they are both the same: you are not really dead.
At the time of writing, it looks like the glitch has been resolved. But there is one final dark twist: some users are reporting that their friends, who are actually dead, appear to be alive. [Gizmodo]
- In other news, Oculus has a new feature that allows lower spec PCs to use a VR headset. They call this “asynchronous space warping,” and it somehow allows games to run at half frame rate without interfering with the gameplay, thus lightening the load on graphics processing. The extra frames are somehow extrapolated, so the movement appears to be smooth. Somehow! With mathematics. [Oculus]
- Apple’s delayed release of AirPods is reportedly due next week. They originally planned to release it in late October. [MacRumors]
- Alfred’s automation software has just been updated. Version 3.2 includes faster ways to create workflows, improved snippets, support for 1Password commands and families, and more. [Alfred’s Blog]
- Adobe Lightroom for Android now fully supports raw images. It already supported DNG format, but now you can import images directly from the camera using the USB OTG cable. [Android Police]
- Nintendo hasn’t forgotten about your Miitomo . They recently updated the app to include the ability to send private messages to your friends. [The Verge]