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Most social media apps allow users to message each other directly, but Threads has lacked this feature until now. In a recent blog post, Meta revealed that Threads users can now send and receive direct messages (DMs) within the Threads app...
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If you ask Microsoft, the Redmond outfit will tell you that practically everything is an Xbox. Not literally, mind you, but the company's 'This is an Xbox' campaign attempts to hammer home the idea that a wide assortment of hardware can be used...
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Apple has some smart glasses coming, after dabbling in the augmented reality space, according to the folks at Bloomberg. The question of how it will fare against Meta and its own Ray-Ban smart glasses will be interesting to witness in this new...
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A recent report has revealed that Meta's AI chatbot tool (the same one that once called Zuckerberg creepy) poses danger to children as it's allegedly having sexual conversations with minors.
Meta ranks high among the companies that have...
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TikTok is the envy of every social media company. Its success has led to heavyweights in the space to borrow heavily from TikTok’s design and features in hopes of stealing away users. Meta’s latest attempt is a video editing app aimed at...
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Meta is facing an antitrust lawsuit from the US Federal Trade Commission(FTC) that could force it to sell WhatsApp and Instagram over accusations of monopoly. The case commenced during President Trump's first term in 2020 when antitrust...
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The legal battle between authors and Meta over copyright infringement continues. Following the plaintiffs' (Sarah Silverman, Richard Kadrey, Christopher Golden, et al., ) amended claim last month, Meta filed a reply on Tuesday, denying...
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Well, not your thoughts, probably, but Meta has unveiled a new AI-powered brain scanner that can apparently translate thoughts into text. That's according to the company itself, which posted two research papers and a blog about it. The system...
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Meta is involved in a class action lawsuit alleging copyright infringement, a claim the company disputes. Newly unsealed court documents containing private conversations between Meta employees appear to support the plaintiffs' allegations...
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Nearly all of social media took action against President Trump and either restricted or suspended his accounts following his comments on January 6, 2021, which spawned a number of lawsuits.
President Trump argued that suspending his accounts...
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With the future of TikTok in the US remaining uncertain, Instagram is positioning itself to fill the potential gap in the market. To this end, it has extended the maximum length of Reels on the app to 3 minutes. Additionally, the platform has...
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There is growing discontent among users with the way big tech companies like Meta and X have monopolized the social media scene. As a result, new platforms are emerging with the goal of challenging these major tech giants. Just three days ago...
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Meta has responded to accusations regarding the deletion of links to Pixelfed, a decentralized social network similar to Instagram, which allows users to share and explore photos and send direct messages. Users have accused Meta of deleting...
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Meta Quest headsets are by far the most popular choice in the VR space, and many were likely given out as gifts during the holidays season. Unfortunately, a lot of those new users might feel as if they got a lump of coal instead, as a recent...
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Even as Meta unveiled the AR glasses of the future, dubbed Orion, the company isn’t stopping development of its currently available Ray-Ban glasses. According to a report in the Financial Times, the next iteration of the Ray-Ban glasses could...
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There's a new entrant to the smart glasses market that combines AI voice assistance and advanced real-time visual processing. The new Solos AirGo Vision (or V) merge cameras and ChatGPT 4.0 so users can ask their glasses to identify what's in...
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Meta is being slapped with an $840 million fine by the European Commission after finding that the company had violated antitrust rules and is in breach of Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. These findings stem...
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While Meta’s Quest headsets continue to represent a better value in the VR space, and the company pushes towards an AR fueled future with its Orion project, Apple finds itself scrambling to keep up. The Vision Pro headset, which costs an...
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Meta announced its AI will be gaining a voice (or two), along with other clever tricks at the company’s Meta Connect 2024 event. The tech giant added voice options for its AI chatbot that include the likes of Dame Judi Dench and John Cena...
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Meta debuted its latest offerings for virtual and augmented reality at its Connect event. It finally took the wrap off the AR glasses it has been working on for the last five years, named Orion, which the company says are “the most advanced...
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Governments across the world seek to control the flow of information, particularly within their borders, and while it may be popular to think of Facebook as now being an app for grandparents and businesses, the truth is that it is still a...
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Analysts at TrendForce are bullish about the growth prospects of virtual and mixed reality devices, saying in a recent report that shipments are “expected to increase year-by-year over the next few years.” The firm predicts that shipments of VR...
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