Instagram will enlist Facebook fact checkers to limit misinformation on its platform

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Facebook-owned Instagram wants to limit the spread of misinformation on its platform and one way to remedy that would be to run potentially false posts through Facebook’s fact-checking partners. While Instagram won’t take down these posts, they won’t show up in the Explore tab as well as in the hashtag results page. A spokesperson for the company told Poynter, "Our approach to misinformation is the same as Facebook's—when we find misinfo, rather than remove it, we'll reduce its distribution." On top of this, Instagram is considering adding pop-ups for when people look up misinformation.

Source: Engadget

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ deals with post-‘Endgame’ world in new trailer

If you haven’t seen Avengers: Endgame yet, here’s your warning to stay away—even Tom Holland (ironically) is reminding you at the start of this trailer to not watch if you haven’t seen Endgame yet. But if you’ve seen it, you can read the rest of the story under the cut.

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‘Avengers: Endgame’ could’ve been called ‘Infinity Gauntlet’

Would the impact have been the same impact if Avengers: Endgame was titled as Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet? Or did that make it seem so obvious? According to Joe Russo’s interview with Josh Horowitz on MTV’s Happy Sad Confused podcast, the latter was the chosen title for “quite a long time.” And while it does seem like a fitting title for the movie, perhaps wanted to keep this major plot point out of the title to keep the mystery going.

Also, how would you have felt if Endgame was a two-part film? Perhaps it wouldn’t have the same impact, either. Thankfully, the production team were just joking about doing this. Russo said, “We used to joke about [splitting the movies in two] all the time. Because Alan Horn at Disney had overseen Lord of the Rings and he used to joke about it. Like, three hour movie, just cut it in half. I don’t know that it would have achieved this kind of success had we split it up.” The movie has broken box office records left and right and has reached the US$2.188 billion mark globally in its second weekend, making it the second-highest grossing movie of all time. It beats out Titanic in just 11 days as well as Avatar, which hit the $2 billion mark in 47 days.

Source: Slash Film

Code in iOS 12.3 suggests support for additional forms of mass transit

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Looks like there’s something useful coming in the next big iOS 12 update. Tap Down Under found within the code of iOS 12.3 hints that Apple might support EMV payment cards within Apple Pay Express Transit. This feature lets users pay for public transportation fare in New York and other areas where EMV is an option. It also lets you set a preferred card to use, so you don’t use your usual card for subway rides. There is no guarantee it’s coming yet or when. iOS 12.3 has had four betas already but the final version hasn’t been announced yet.

This plan though could coincide with a bigger plan to add more mass transit cards to its network. Rumour has it that this will be coming in iOS 13. For now, we have to wait and see if there’s any truth to that.

Source: Engadget