Facebook pushes further into your home with Portal TV

Facebook is coming for your television. 

The company that brought us such privacy hits as Cambridge Analytica and teen-spying apps is plowing ahead in its effort to own the inside of your home. Say hello to Portal TV, the latest addition to Facebook's video chat hardware line. 

Unlike the first generation Portal and Portal+, this new device targets those who may be wary of purchasing a dedicated Facebook video screen (and already own a TV). Available to customers on Nov. 5, the $149 device fits on top of or below a television, and includes a camera with 8 built-in microphones. 

"We want Portal to fit into every space in your home," explained Facebook's head of Portal Ryan Cairns on Tuesday.  Read more...