Many people believe that the Facebook app on our phones accesses the device’s microphone to spy on its users, delivering targeted ads based on the things we speak about. It comes from anecdotal evidence, where people say they’ve discusses products offline, only to be blasted with adverts for those (often obscure) things days later on Facebook. Coincidence or conspiracy?

In a bid to reduce the harmful mining of personal data, Mozilla has rolled out an extension that will contain your Facebook sessions to a more secure, non-leaking tab.

There’s an adage around social media platforms and their associated apps and service: If you’re not paying for it, then you’re the product. It’s entirely reductive, of course – but it’s the belief that if a website or service is pending its time and resources to give you content without asking for anything in return, then they are probably selling information about you to others to make money, to sell ads or worse – some other nefarious purpose.

For roughly forever now, Twitch has been the de facto home for live streams. YouTube has tried in earnest for that to change, but most people who stream live favour Twitch. Facebook wants to change that.

I don't want nor do I care for games on Facebook. However, it looks like I may have to soften my stance when it comes to gaming on Facebook as the social media platform will now be where we need to go to get some of the best Counter Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2 action around.

Over the years, Facebook has transitioned from a place you might head to connect with friends you don’t necessarily hang out with in a physical space – to a place you go to, to be blasted with adverts, fake news and cat videos. That's changing.

“I think we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works,” the former vice president for user growth at Facebook, Chamath Palihapitiya told an audience at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Sporting a fully standalone design that requires neither a PC or smartphone to work, the Oculus Go is the company's big push into making VR more affordable and appraochable.