Here are all of the features coming soon to Instagram’s Threads app
Threads officially launched on Wednesday, and despite the app only being in existence for a few days at the time of writing, many users are …
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Hands-on: Meta’s Twitter rival Threads is a solid start, but it needs a lot of work
On Wednesday night, Meta released its latest social media platform: Threads, an app by Instagram. Available in over 100 countries, the application is already wildly …
Every parent should take advantage of new Facebook Messenger and Instagram features to protect their teens
Whether you’re a new parent or already dealing with your teen’s mood swings, I think you should familiarize yourself with Meta’s new Facebook Messenger and …
Meta Quest+ wants to be Game Pass for VR, but it doesn’t stand a chance yet
Meta, like Xbox and PlayStation before it, has finally jumped into the video game subscription market. Today, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to Instagram to …
Meta Quest 2 and Pro get a big performance boost, but I’m still upgrading to the Quest 3
Sorry Meta Quest 2, there’s nothing you can do to stop me from updating to the latest tech. While that certainly is the case, it’s …
WhatsApp’s new spam call blocker reminded me to activate ‘Silence Unknown Callers’ on my iPhone
WhatsApp is really catching up with the pack on this one. In a blog post, the company announced that it is adding a new feature …
Meta Horizon Worlds’ latest feature looks like an AOL chat room
Do you know what we’ve been missing in Meta Horizon Worlds? A chatroom for everyone to spam. At least, that’s what Meta is thinking with …
Facebook will start paying creators for actually posting on Facebook
Facebook is really getting desperate to compete with TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. In a blog post, the company announced that it is starting to test …
Mark Zuckerberg reportedly not impressed with Apple Vision Pro: ‘Not the future that I want’
This week, Apple unveiled its Vision Pro spatial computer. Attendees of the WWDC 2023 keynote who spent 30 minutes with the device said they were …
New leak gives us another look at what Instagram’s Twitter competitor will look like
We already got a sense of what Instagram’s upcoming Twitter competitor might look like, and today’s leak just adds fuel to that fire. The Verge …
Meta is cutting the price of the Quest 2 again and I’m feeling ripped off
I got pretty excited when Meta unveiled its Quest 3 this week, and then immediately got mad when it mentioned a couple of things about …
Meta Quest 3 was just unveiled and Apple has nothing to worry about
Mixed reality is a term that refers to experiences involving augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR). And it’s currently associated most closely with Apple. Say …
Meta Quest 3 will be lighter and faster to take on Apple in mixed-reality
Apple is set to announce its long-rumored Reality Pro headset at WWDC next week and, suddenly, Meta has given a lot of detail about its …
You can finally edit messages on WhatsApp
Remember how all of us begged for years for Twitter to let us edit our tweets? Well, WhatsApp must have been paying attention because it’s …
Meta hit with record-breaking $1.3 billion fine over Facebook data transfers
Facebook parent company Meta received a record-breaking $1.3 billion fine in Europe (€1.2 billion) following a privacy violation that regulators have been investigating for a …
Meta’s next headset is called the Quest 3 because of course it is
If you were doubting that Meta would call the next Quest headset the Quest 3, prepare to face the music. Spotted by Upload VR, the …
Instagram is testing posts visible only to Close Friends
According to reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, Instagram is working on the ability for users to create posts visible only to Close Friends. If this feature …
Here’s how Facebook wants to protect businesses from malware
In its quarterly threat reporting, Facebook announces what its team has been doing to help protect businesses against malware. The company says its security researchers …
You can now watch Twitch in VR with the Meta Quest
If you’ve ever wanted to watch your favorite streamer while chilling in virtual reality, Meta is making your dream a reality. In a blog post, …
Meta is now letting teenagers into its Horizon Worlds Quest VR experience
The end is nigh! Enjoy your Horizon Worlds experience while it lasts! Back in February, a report claimed that Meta, the company behind the Quest …
As Twitter and Meta start charging, LinkedIn rolls out free verification to all users
If anyone had said that being verified on a social media platform would be a paid feature back in 2022, I wouldn’t have been surprised. …
Peacock launches on Meta Quest and promises a VR experience for The Office
Haven’t picked up your Meta Quest headset in a while? Now might be the time to give it another go. In a blog post, Meta …
Meta Verified forces you to display your legal name on Facebook and Instagram
Meta’s paid verification service launched a little while ago, and while we have all generally laughed together about people paying to verify themselves on a …
Meta is stuffing even more ads into Instagram
Hating all of the ads you’re seeing on Instagram? Well, the company has a solution for you — MORE ADS. In a blog post, the …
You can now pay to be verified on Facebook and Instagram in the US
If you want to be verified on Facebook or Instagram, you can now pay Mark Zuckerberg some money to make it happen. The CEO of …
Meta announces 10,000 more layoffs
Meta is doubling down on layoffs after letting thousands of employees go last fall. On Tuesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a post on his …
Facebook Reels can now last up to 90 seconds
In an attempt to catch up with TikTok, Meta announced a series of upgrades for Facebook Reels on Friday. Most notably, Reels are now 1.5x …
Meta cuts the price of its Quest Pro headset by $500 just months after launch
Sales of the Meta Quest Pro seemingly aren’t going very well. Meta launched the Quest Pro headset back in November 2022 for a starting price …
Meta is developing AI personas for all of its products
Just days after Meta unveiled LLaMA — its large language model for researchers — CEO Mark Zuckerberg is back with consumer-facing news. On Monday, Zuckerberg …
Meta reveals LLaMA language model as AI wars heat up
Generative AI might upend society as we know it or fail to have much of a substantive impact on our lives, but as long as …
