Facebook has been in the midst of a massive privacy scandal following the revelation that user data was shared with Cambridge Analytica for several weeks now. Mark Zuckerberg's massive social network took a handful of steps to alleviate concerns since then, but during its F8 conference presentation Tuesday the company revealed a brand new way to infiltrate users' lives. Later this year, Facebook will roll out an entirely optional, opt-in dating service that will live within the main Facebook app, rather than making users download a separate tool. This will allow Facebook to compete with Tinder and OkCupid owner Match Group, whose stock fell after the announcement, according to The Verge. Product chief Chris Cox gave a brief, somewhat vague overview of how the dating features will work during the F8 show.

According to rumors, Facebook decided that since it's mired in privacy controversies this year's F8 event might not be the best time to introduce an always-listening connected home device. Amazon has Alexa and Echo, Apple has Siri and HomePod, Microsoft pushes Cortana and Google has Assistant/Home. Now, with the opening keynote of F8 over and no smart speaker or video chat-ready "Portal" device mentioned, CNBC reports that the device is still in the works. It's apparently connected to remnants of the dearly-departed "M" chatbot technology but when it does appear there's a possibility it will launch first in international markets. An "M" powered AI assistant could even get a new name, like...Marvin, and use the translation features announced for Messenger today.

Facebook returned to its roots at the F8 developer conference on Monday, announcing several new features designed to connect its user base, rather than worry them about how much data it was slurping up. Several new features were announced, including Watch Party, Instagram video chat, and even a Facebook Dating app. Here's what you need to know. Note: On the hardware front, the Oculus Go standalone mobile VR headset is now available worldwide for $199 on Amazon. Facebook wants to establish a platform for "long-term relationships" by letting you find your next ex on its platform, Facebook execs told developers at F8.

This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the authors and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE. We started TickTock in March 2017, knowing that robotics was about to have a breakthrough, and it was going to start with mobility. Soohyun Bae and I both met at Google years earlier, and had worked on augmented reality products. Soohyun went on to Magic Leap, and I helped launch Project Tango, now called AR Core. We both knew that AR's push for mobile 3D mapping and scene understanding was causing a dramatic tech shift that would also benefit robotics.

Understanding changes in patient experiences is an important facet towards enhancing patient engagement and centricity. It's clear that new digital devices and AI are changing the way that patients search for medical information on the internet, based on discussions at the recent PanAgora's Pharma Customer Experience Summit in New Jersey. Voice is the new digital experience. With the rise of novel Voice User Interface (VUI) household products, such as Amazon Alexa and Google Home and VUI integration in smart devices, Murray Izenwasser, VP of Digital Transformation and CMO of AAJ Technologies, discussed the big opportunity such devices offer to better connect patients with the biopharmaceutical industry. Izenwasser demonstrated that VUI device adoption has seen a faster market penetration rate compared to smart phones, TV, radio, and the Internet.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at F8, Facebook's developer conference Tuesday in San Jose, Calif. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at F8, Facebook's developer conference Tuesday in San Jose, Calif. The world of online dating is about to get more crowded: Facebook announced on Tuesday plans to roll out its own matchmaking feature. The news sent shares of Match Group tumbling. Match is an online dating conglomerate, with ownership in Tinder, match.com

At F8, Facebook's annual developer conference, Mark Zuckerberg announced a new dating service, simply called "Dating," that will exist right within the social network's own app. It will allow Facebook users to create separate profiles from their main Facebook accounts to pursue romantic connections. The two profiles won't interact, meaning your Facebook friends won't be able to see what your Dating profile says. And it should make dating app incumbents like Tinder and Bumble anxious. To help keep the two versions of your Facebook self separate, your Dating profile will only use your first name, and your existing Facebook friends won't appear as potential matches. Dating will also have a dedicated inbox that, unlike Messenger, does not allow you to send photos or links.

Facebook is launching a new dating app on the social media platform, its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced at an annual developer conference on Tuesday, unveiling a feature designed to compete with popular services like Tinder. Speaking in front of a packed crowd in San Jose, Zuckerberg described the new dating feature as a tool to build "real long-term relationships – not just hookups". "We want Facebook to be somewhere where you can start meaningful relationships," he continued. "We've designed this with privacy and safety in mind from the beginning." The announcement sparked gasps from the crowd and seemed to attract the most interest from the audience during Zuckerberg's short speech, which focused on the company's widening privacy scandal, new safeguards meant to protect users' data and misinformation and fake news on the site.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a new dating feature for the social network, which he says will deliver strong privacy and safety protections for its users. The unveiling of the new feature was made at the F8 developers conference at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in California on Tuesday, 1 May. Mr Zuckerberg said more than 200 million people on Facebook list themselves as single and that the new platform would let them connect with people outside of their friends list. "This is going to be for building real, long-term relationships -- not just for hookups," Mr Zuckerberg said. "We have designed this with privacy and safety in mind from the beginning. Your friends aren't going to see your profile, and you're only going to be suggested to people who are not your friends."

Facebook now wants to help its users change their statuses from single to in a relationship. Facebook will launch a new feature on its app later this year that will allow users to create a dating profile and match with potential love interests, the company's CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced at the annual F8 conference held in San Jose on Tuesday. The new Facebook dating feature news comes as the company grapples with the aftermath of a massive data breach that impacted tens of millions of users and an onslaught of criticism for how it handled their personal data. The dating profile can be created separate from an individual's existing Facebook profile -- and the user's friends won't be able to see it, the company said in a statement detailing the new feature. The app will find potential matches "based on dating preferences, things in common, and mutual friends," and users can search for others based on the groups they're a part of and events they're interested in.