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Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri took to his platform to "myth bust" claims that the Meta-owned app is listening to user's microphones for the purpose of pushing targeted advertisements and related content. It has been a prominent theory across several social networking apps for many years that this...
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The U.S. government has approved Meta’s Llama artificial intelligence system for use by its agencies. Thanks to a partnership with the General Services Administration (GSA), Meta joins the likes of Google, AWS, Microsoft, OpenAI, and more...
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At the annual Meta Connect 2025 event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg pulled back the curtain on a new lineup of smart eyewear and in the process doubled down on the company's aggressive push into the competitive connected glasses market. The...
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A recent report has shown that some AI chatbots, which users have created with Meta's AI Studio, allegedly impersonate and sexually objectify celebrities without their consent.
Meta users can AI Studio to create chatbot characters with...
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Meta must be feeling very confident about the security of its WhatsApp messaging application. The company is co-sponsoring this year's Pwn2Own competition (from ZDI, the Zero Day Initiative group) with a cool combined $2 million in prizes. If you're clever enough, you can earn $1 million with...
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Meta is amping up its focus on wearables and has a new vision for its 'Superintelligence' infused AI glasses. To that end, Mark Zuckerberg is betting that you'll want to wear smart glasses in the future. In theory, this has great...
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Published research from Meta's Reality Labs has revealed a unique combination of augmented reality (AR) glasses and a wrist-based control band. This technology, detailed in the Nature publication, allows users to interact with content via...
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Meta has fixed a flaw in its AI that exposed users' personal information. Cybersecurity expert Sandeep Hodkasia discovered this vulnerability on December 26, 2024, and disclosed it to Meta. The company found a fix on January 24, 2025, and...
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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...
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We all love seeing our pictures in different creative forms and on social media. However, what if these creative ideas are generated with an AI feature that accesses your gallery and even uses pictures you've decided not to share with...
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Microsoft has been on a *ahem* quest recently to define what the Xbox is, and that seems to involve everything but its own hardware. Case in point, a newly released Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition is now out in the wild, priced at $399 and...
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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...
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Meta has responded to allegations that it violated Android users' rights to privacy by secretly using its apps to track browsing histories.
In case you're unfamiliar with this allegations, a group of security researchers reported that...
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Very soon, you probably will not need to worry that random people on WhatsApp are able to access your phone number. WhatsApp is reportedly working on a privacy feature that will allow WhatsApp users to mask their private phone numbers with...
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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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Apple and Meta have been hit with a combined fine of $800 million by the European Union (EU) antitrust regulators, over violations of the Digital Market Act (DMA). The DMA, which went into effect in 2023, is designed to promote fairness in...
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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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We expected many twists and turns in the ongoing legal tussle between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), but today's news is pretty wild. Google, Apple, and Snap have all ripped Meta for its "egregious" handling of redacted...
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The trial has commenced in the ongoing antitrust suit between Meta and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with Mark Zuckerberg Meta's CEO giving testimony that could decide the fate of two of its social media platforms, namely WhatsApp and...
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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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Instagram has continually added more features to better compete with TikTok. In January, we reported that Instagram promised to launch the “Edit app” similar to CapCut, which is largely used by TikTok users. And yesterday, Instagram announced that it has added another update that allows users...
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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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