Snap is removing its controversial “speed filter” from Snapchat this week, NPR reports. The in-app effect displays your current speed in miles or kilometers per hour, and many critics have claimed the ...

Snap Inc. SNAP has unveiled a groundbreaking augmented reality (AR) advertising feature called Sponsored AR Filters on Snapchat to expand brands' outreach beyond the pre-capture Lens Carousel. This ...

Snapchat is removing the speed filter, which critics say promotes reckless driving. The filter has been connected to several serious crashes over the years. Snap told NPR that it is nixing the feature ...

Snapchat is removing a controversial speed filter from its app. The filter, which Snapchat introduced in 2013, allows users to share how fast they're moving. Safety campaigners have claimed it ...

Snapchat is getting rid of a controversial filter that let users share how fast they are moving — and, according to the company, the decision was a long time coming. If you no longer see the ability ...

In 2016, Snap Inc.—the company behind the Snapchat app—unveiled its “Spectacles” smartglasses. Since then, the company has iterated the Spectacles several times; updating the device’s hardware, adding ...

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The whole “make your face look like a Pixar/Dreamworks animated character” has been quite popular lately. Who hasn’t had at least one sibling or college friend send them images of themselves looking ...