Meta has been warned for using users' publicly available information, such as sexual orientation details, for targeted advertising, which violates GDPR rules that require explicit user consent.
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Instagram's text-focused social media app Threads has achieved a new milestone. Mark Zuckerberg announced during the company's Q1 2024 earnings call that Threads has reached 150 million monthly users.
Meta's Threads is testing a new option that allows the user to automatically archive old posts. The feature is currently available to a small set of users and could be added as a manual option.
WhatsApp's latest feature currently in development is a new in-app dialer. The feature was discovered in WhatsApp beta for Android v2.24.9.28 and it is not available to testers yet.
Meta announced its Meta Horizon OS, used for its Meta Quest mixed reality headsets, will be used by third parties to make their own VR products, including Microsoft on an "inspired by Xbox" device.
WhatsApp's Event feature currently in development has started rolling out to a limited pool of beta testers. The feature is available as part of WhatsApp beta for Android v2.24.9.20.
The Meta Quest 2 virtual reality headset has received a permanent price cut for its 128GB version. Previously priced at $249.99, the new price for the headset has been cut by $50 to $199.99.
Meta's Oversight Board investigates whether Facebook and Instagram uphold consistent standards of content moderation across the world when users share explicit AI images of female public figures.
Meta's Threads is now confirmed to be testing a new, minor, yet essential, real-time search result option to help users find news and timely information by filtering results by recency.
Meta's Threads will be shutting down in Türkiye on April 29, due to an order by the Turkish Competition Authority which prohibits the sharing of data between Threads and Instagram.
Meta has said it will unveil a new product later in the year which will aim its Quest devices at education. It should make Quest devices easier for teachers to use in their classrooms.
Meta is testing a new nude photo detector that will blur the images so you don't have to see unsolicited pictures. The company also hopes that this and other changes can reduce financial sextortion.
Messenger users can now use some new features including sending HD photos and sending files in many formats up to 100MB. Other features include adding contacts via QR code and shared albums.
Meta announced today that it would begin labeling content it identifies as made by AI-based tools on its Instagram, Threads, and Facebook social media networks in May, along with more fact-checking.
Meta has added new video controls, unifying all forms of videos, long, short, vertical, or horizontal, to a singular vertical format by default with new video controls, such as fast-forward.
WhatsApp might release a picture-in-picture mode for videos in a future update. The underdevelopment feature was spotted in the WhatsApp beta for iOS 24.6.10.74, which is available through TestFlight.
Homeworld: Vast Reaches has been announced. It will be an all-new game in the space-based RTS series that's being developed by FarBridge for the Meta Quest 2 and 3 virtual reality headsets.
Opera will allow users using Opera One to run LLMs locally on their computers. The browser supports more than 150 models from 50 families including LLMs from Meta, Google, and more.
AWS is giving startups up to $500,000 in credits for using different AI models by Anthropic, Meta, and more to be used on its own AI platform, Amazon Bedrock in partnership with Y Combinator.
WhatsApp's new Favorites feature for the Calls tab is now available to try. The feature has started rolling out to some beta testers running the WhatsApp beta for Android 2.24.7.18.
You can now skip videos in WhatsApp by 10 seconds using the double-tap gesture. After testing for several months, the feature has started rolling to everyone on WhatsApp for iOS v24.6.77.
The Meta Quest 2 VR headset is now available on Amazon for just $199. This is the lowest it has ever been priced and is $50 cheaper than the new $249 price announced at the end of 2023.
The EU's regulatory body, the European Commission, has launched an investigation against Apple, Alphabet, and Meta to see if they have violated compliance with the Digital Markets Act.
WhatsApp is currently working to add third-party chat support to its app. A new video has appeared on the web, showing the possible onboarding process of the underdevelopment feature.
Threads is working on a new feature that lets you swipe right to like a post. Adam Mosseri announced that the feature is now being tested on the platform with a limited pool of users.
Meta could cut down its ad-free subscription fee in the EU by 40%. The social media giant has offered to reduce its subscription price amid rising criticism from consumer groups and regulators.
Widely-used social media data tool CrowdTangle will officially shut down just weeks before U.S. Presidential election. Meta claims it created an even more powerful successor, but can we believe it?
Instagram is reportedly working on the ability to post backdated content in the app. An alleged screenshot suggests that the feature is in development but there is no word on its release date.
Meta has now launched a dedicated Threads app for Microsoft Windows. Mark Zuckerberg announced on the platform that the social media app is now available on the Microsoft Store to download.
Meta's Facebook social media service seems to be coming back online after an extended outage. It also appears that Meta's Instagram and Threads services are also slowly coming back online.
WhatsApp is working to improve its Favorites feature that's reportedly been under development for a while now. The feature will let users make quick calls to their important contacts and groups.
Meta announced some new features for Instagram direct messages, including a way to edit previously sent messages up to 15 minutes after you send them, along with pinning up to three chats.
Meta announced that it will close the News tab for Facebook in the US and Australia in early April 2024, after previously closing down the tab in a number of European countries in 2023.
Now you can save your favorite posts in the Threads app. Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on the platform that the Save on Threads feature has started rolling out more broadly.
A new report claims Meta and LG will form an alliance that will result in a new high-end mixed reality headset that will compete with the Apple Vision Pro with a launch sometime in early 2025.
Meta is under fire for ignoring reports of sexually exploitative content of children being posted by parent-owned accounts. These parents used children for financial gain and attracted pedophiles.
Threads is testing a couple of highly requested features with a limited number of users, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced. Screenshots of the new features were shared to his Threads account.
WhatsApp is working on an option to upload high-quality photos and videos by default. The feature currently under development was discovered in WhatsApp version 2.24.5.6 beta for Android.
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A group of tech companies, including Microsoft, Google, OpenAI, Meta, X, and Amazon have pledged to use their resources to fight off AI deepfakes designed to create false info for the 2024 elections.
Meta has a fee for consumers to reject sharing their data with advertising companies in Europe. However, today 28 EU privacy watchdogs have spoken against this ad-free subscription model.
