Meta’s latest Threads update gives users more control – here’s what’s new
Meta is introducing a new set of features to Threads aimed at giving users more control over how they engage with the platform. From personalized …
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Meta allegedly used 82TB of stolen books to train its AI
If you follow AI products such as ChatGPT and Gemini, you also have to realize one of the sad realities about them. We can’t have …
Meta just hired a correspondent from The Daily Caller, founded by Tucker Carlson, for a policy role
Facebook’s parent company Meta is doubling down on its rightward shift, with a flurry of recent moves from the company reflecting a desire to be …
Meta downplays DeepSeek, but may be copying the Chinese AI behind closed doors
There’s no question that DeepSeek stunned the US tech world with its AI revelations this week. The Chinese startup released DeepSeek R1, a reasoning model …
It sure sounds like Oakley and Meta are making the best smart glasses ever
I’m a long-distance runner, always training for the next half-marathon or marathon race. That involves running dozens of miles every week to build up endurance …
This is Instagram’s new CapCut copycat called ‘Edits’
To be perfectly honest, the prospect of a TikTok ban doesn’t bother me all that much. Sure, it’s a great app to spend some time …
EU is rethinking investigations into US tech giants ahead of Trump presidency
The European Commission is reassessing investigations of tech giants, such as Apple, Meta, and Google, as these companies urge President-elect Donald Trump to intervene against …
Community Notes for Threads revealed in new leaked images
Facebook parent company Meta kicked off the new year by announcing it would be ditching its third-party fact-checkers in favor of Community Notes. Meta CEO …
Mark Zuckerberg has clearly entered his Silicon Valley provocateur era
After a tech bro glow-up that saw him transform from a nerdy billionaire CEO into a streetwear-clad free-speech warrior, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now …
Meta is about to ruin WhatsApp with AI bots no one wants
Of all the generative AI assistants out there, Meta AI must be the most annoying for the simple fact that Meta is shoving it down …
Zuckerberg torches the Biden administration over its heavy-handed tactics during Covid
At one point during the Covid pandemic, someone from the Biden administration privately reached out to Meta with an urgent demand: Users of Meta’s family …
There’s no way Meta’s new Community Notes will be as hilarious as the ones on X
Say what you will about X under the reign of Elon Musk, but there’s one particular feature of X, formerly Twitter, that I’ve found myself …
One of President Trump’s closest friends is now on the board of Facebook parent company Meta
During the first Trump administration, major companies and business leaders avoided anything that could be construed as coziness with the new president. This time around, …
I’m a European iPhone user, and Meta’s DMA requests to Apple worry me
As a longtime iPhone user directly affected, I’ve followed the rollout of the European Union’s big Digital Markets Act (DMA) over the past few years, …
WhatsApp supports voice message transcription, but it’s better on iPhone than Android
We learned that Meta was testing voice message transcription support for WhatsApp this summer, and we got the gist of how this incredibly useful functionality …
Movie Gen is Meta’s new AI video maker, and it may change Instagram and Facebook forever
Several months ago, OpenAI stunned the world with an incredible text-to-video AI tool called Sora. The whole concept is very simple: tell the AI what …
Meta might train AI with photos from your Ray-Ban smart glasses without telling you
Meta is putting a lot of effort into its AI products as it focuses on the next phase of computing, one in which smart AR …
Meta fined $101.8M for storing 600M Facebook passwords in plain text
Remember when Facebook stored some 600 million Facebook account passwords in plaintext and then pretended like it was no big deal? It all went down …
Meta Orion AR glasses are a declaration of war against the iPhone
Meta hosted its Connect 2024 event on Wednesday, where it detailed its progress with various products, including hardware and software. AI was obviously one of …
Mark Zuckerberg now says Meta shouldn’t have complied with White House Covid censorship requests
Free speech and potential censorship are at the heart of two separate tech stories that are dominating headlines around the world as we kick off …
Meta’s new AI model can track any object in a picture or video
One reason I’ve been underwhelmed by AI is that companies consistently frame it as a solution to every problem under the sun. That’s why Meta’s …
Instagram users, get ready for an onslaught of AI avatars
Your Instagram app is about to get another healthy (or unhealthy, depending on how you look at it) dose of generative AI. Meta wants to …
WhatsApp voice messages will finally get transcription support
The ability to leave voice messages in WhatsApp and other chat apps is useful when you’re in a hurry or when you don’t feel like …
Threads turns 1 with 175M active users, so why does it still feel empty?
A year ago, Meta debuted Threads, its response to Elon Musk acquiring and quickly destroying Twitter. As users wanted somewhere new to migrate, mostly because …
WhatsApp’s Modern Family ad fires shots at iMessage and RCS
Apple confirmed last week what we’ve been expecting: iOS 18 will bring RCS support to the iPhone this year, finally ending the blue vs. green …
Unskippable ads may soon make Instagram a nightmare just like YouTube
Instagram has been testing one of its most controversial features yet: unskippable ads. The new feature, called Ad Breaks, will interrupt the user’s browsing experience …
Meta’s update to its AI-powered Ray-Bans make the case for Apple to make smart glasses
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses aren’t as popular as our phones yet, and they probably never will be. Still, as the company continues to invest in them …
