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Meta tests in-house AI chip to reduce reliance on Nvidia
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Norway fines Meta over privacy violations

Norway’s data protection regulator said that Facebook owner Meta Platforms will be penalised 1 million crowns ($98,500) each day for privacy violations as from August 14. “As of next Monday, a daily fine of 1 million crown will start to apply,” head of Datatilsynet’s international section, Tobias Judin, told Reuters. On July 17, the company’s […]

Meta tests AI-suggested comments on Instagram for users
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Instagram launches feature to block unwanted DM requests

Instagram is introducing a new feature that will better safeguard users against unsolicited photos and videos in direct messages. After testing the function for a few weeks, Instagram will make it official on Thursday. Cindy Southworth, Head of Women’s Safety at Meta, stated through email, “We want people to feel confident and in control when […]

Meta tests in-house AI chip to reduce reliance on Nvidia
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Meta to seek users’ permission on Ads

The parent company of popular social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, Meta, has unveiled its plan to seek user consent within the European Union before allowing businesses to target advertising based on users’ interactions with its services. This move aligns with evolving regulatory mandates and follows an order issued by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner, the […]

Meta launches AI voice translation on Facebook, Instagram
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Meta starts process to block news for users in Canada

Meta on Tuesday, said that it has started the process of blocking access to news on Facebook and Instagram for all Canadian users. “As we’ve always said, the law is brd on a fundamentally flawed premise. And, regrettably, the only way we can reasonably comply is to end news availability in Canada,” Andy Stone, Meta […]

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Meta to set up AI chatbots for social media engagement

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, is gearing up to introduce a groundbreaking range of AI-powered chatbots with distinct personalities, as reported by the Financial Times. These chatbots are designed to engage in human-like conversations, offering users a novel and immersive experience across its social media platforms. According to sources familiar with the plans, […]

Meta's Threads app introduces live sports scores feature
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Threads to launch desktop version

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, is determined to give its newest social media platform, Threads, a fighting chance in the competitive market. The move comes after CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the app faced a significant decline, losing over 50% of its users since its launch. Threads initially made waves, becoming the fastest-growing […]

Meta scraps fact-checking program, introduces X-like community notes feature
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Meta hits $10bn Reels revenue, narrows in on TikTok

When Meta Platforms introduced Reels as its answer to TikTok in 2020, it faced skepticism and accusations of imitation. However, recent numbers revealed by Meta show that reels is rapidly gaining traction among users and advertisers, positioning itself as a formidable contender against TikTok. Reels, accessible on both Facebook and Instagram, owes part of its […]

WhatsApp launches short video messages
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WhatsApp launches short video messages

Popular messaging platform, WhatsApp, has unveiled a new feature that allows users to record and share short videos lasting up to 60 seconds directly in chats. According to WhatsApp, this update aims to revolutionize communication on the platform. In a blog post, WhatsApp explained, “Video messages are a real-time way to respond to chats with […]

Facebook to shut down news tab in US, Australia
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Meta considers strategies to ‘hook’ users on Threads

Executives at Meta are putting a lot of effort into increasing Threads user retention after the app lost more than half of its users in the weeks following its launch. Despite being “not perfect,” user retention on the text-based app was better than executives had anticipated, according to Zuckerberg, who was addressing at an internal […]

Meta, Microsoft, others join forces to tackle Google
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Meta, Microsoft, others join forces to tackle Google

Alex Omenye A group founded by Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and TomTom, and data from developers may be able to create their own maps to compete with Google Maps and Apple Maps. The Overture Maps Foundation is an organization that was established last year. The group just made available its first open map dataset. With the […]

Mark Zuckerberg beats Elon Musk in billionaire rankings
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Facebook hits 3bn monthly active users

Facebook has more than 3 billion active monthly users, according to the most recent quarterly data from Meta. There were 3.88 billion monthly active users across the entire family of Meta apps, which also includes WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, and the recently released Threads. That is over half of all people on the planet. In comparison […]

Facebook to shut down news tab in US, Australia
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Australia fines Facebook $14m for data gathering

A court in Australia ordered Facebook owner Meta to pay a total of A$20 million ($14 million) in fines for secretly gathering user data through a smartphone software that was marketed as a privacy protector. The decision on Wednesday concerned Onavo, a virtual private network service that the business, then known as Facebook, provided from […]