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in the future Facebook post will happen telepathically i'm raja carry this is your seen that update Mark Zuckerberg the founder of Facebook discussed his vision for the future during a Q&A on his profile page he believes computers will be so advanced that you'll be able to send thoughts to other friends but until we evolve to create virtual reality with our minds we'll have to settle for headsets like the oculus rift you see Facebook owns oculus so it comes as no surprise that Zuckerberg says the next major computing and communication platform will be virtual reality he sees a world where we are using VR glasses on a regular basis he also says he's focused on developing artificial intelligence at Facebook so the system can better understand the meaning of your posts that way you can see more related topics and advertisements and if a computer can tell what's in a photo it could describe the photo to a blind user he wrote that Facebook is trying to build an AI that has better vision or hearing since that humans to understand context so when he says it can listen better he means it can translate speech to text between any language no need to look to the future if there are some Facebook changes happening right now for starters there's a new logo you'll notice the lowercase a in facebook lost its little hook Facebook's creative director says this logo is more friendly and approachable and apparently it's also more mobile-friendly because the thinner letters are easier to read on a smartphone screen well hook or no hook on the a facebook wants you to feel good about using it to send money to friends the person-to-person payments feature in messenger is now available to everyone in the US the money transfers between checking accounts assuming both people have given their checking account info to Facebook the payments industry is quickly evolving Apple pay has increased the awareness of mobile payments but in the United Kingdom tap to pay technology is quite common some banking entities are coming up with new ways to pay with smart bracelets instead of going with Apple pay the UK's barclaycard revealed a new wristband key fob and sticker this week for British shoppers with the beep a band you can flick your wrist to pay it terminals it works with any visa or mastercard in the UK and mastercard is also testing out payment wristbands but it doesn't end there mastercard is also testing a way for you to pay by taking a selfie according to a CNN Money report when you buy something online you can use your phone to snap a photo of your face to verify it's really you for security it's just a test now so if it doesn't work MasterCard won't lose face that's it for this tech news update but there's always more at cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey