Certain face-augmenting filters have been banned in Illinois and Texas. (Photo: Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Selfies started to look a little different for certain Texas and Illinois Instagram users in ...

The controversial Snapchat filter called out as "yellowface" by many earlier this week has thrust the popular app's face morphing filters into the spotlight again, with some wondering if the app may ...

Last week, TikTok – which is owned by Chinese internet company ByteDance – announced that several beauty filters on the app will soon be banned for teen use. This comes after a large number of users ...

Meta has announced third-party augmented reality (AR) filters will no longer be available on its apps as of January 2025.

As research highlighting how beauty filters can have a damaging effect on mental health grows, calls for social media companies to makes changes are finally being heard. Last week, TikTok – which is ...

When I first came across the Glow Look filter on TikTok, I dragged my self-absorbed ass into the video maker to try it on. I was expecting to be wowed by my own hotness, just like all the other girls ...

The Maybelline beauty app lets you use different facial filters in meetings. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft Teams ...

Seemingly out of nowhere, video conferencing app Zoom has rendered pretty much all other forms of communicating obsolete, leaving everyone to wonder about those funny Zoom backgrounds, what's ...

In an intriguing fusion of beauty and technology, Microsoft Teams is pushing the boundaries of conventional virtual interaction with the introduction of the Maybelline Beauty app, a result of an ...

I’m not a selfie guy. Raising my hand and pointing my phone at my own face never quite felt natural to me. Sure, I’ve done it a bunch of times, but it never really got any less awkward. It never felt ...