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Meta’s Twitter rival ‘Threads’ now live, crosses 2mn sign-ups in two hours
San Francisco: Meta’s Twitter rival, Threads, is now available for download on Android and iOS in 100 countries, and has crossed two million sign-ups in just two hours after it was launched.…
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Meta’s Twitter competitor ‘Threads’ arrives on web
San Francisco: Meta’s Twitter competitor, Instagram Threads, seems to have made its web interface available for exploration ahead of time. It offers a sneak peek into the upcoming Threads app, set to…
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WhatsApp working on group suggestions feature for communities
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new group suggestions feature for communities, for Android beta. There is a new section under development related to the group suggestions…
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Meta’s Twitter competitor ‘Threads’ may not launch in EU
London: Meta (formerly Facebook) will reportedly not launch its new Twitter competitor “Threads” in Ireland or the European Union (EU) in the foreseeable future. According to Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) spokesperson,…
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Meta’s Twitter competitor ‘Threads’ to launch on Thursday
San Francisco: Meta’s Twitter competitor, Instagram Threads, is expected to launch on Thursday, according to an App Store listing for the application. “Say more with Threads — Instagram’s text-based conversation app. Threads…
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Meta receives record 17K complaints via Indian grievance mechanism
New Delhi: Meta received a record 16,995 complaints through the Indian grievance mechanism in the month of May, led by reports on inappropriate or abusive content (7,289 complaints), the social network has…
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Meta to enable EU users to download apps via Facebook ads
London: To eventually compete with Google and Apple’s app stores, Meta is reportedly planning to allow people in the European Union (EU) directly download applications through Facebook ads. Some Android app developers…
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Meta expands ‘Why Am I Seeing This?’ feature in Insta, FB Reels
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday announced that it is expanding the “Why Am I Seeing This?” feature in the Instagram and Facebook Reels along with Instagram’s Explore page so that…
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Meta launches $250K Mixed Reality fund for Indian startups, developers
New Delhi: Meta on Wednesday announced a new Mixed Reality (MR) programme in India that includes a grant of $250,000 for the homegrown startups and developers to build apps and experiences. They…
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Meta introduces new parental control across Instagram, FB, Messenger
New Delhi: Meta on Tuesday announced new features to support teens and families and make it even easier to manage the time they spend on its apps like Instagram, Facebook and Messenger.…
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Meta to end news content on FB, Insta for users in Canada
San Francisco: As the Canadian government passed Bill C-18, the Online News Act, Meta (formerly Facebook) has confirmed that it will discontinue news content on Facebook and Instagram for all users in…
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Musk-Zuckerberg cage fight ‘cancelled’, says Tesla CEO’s mother
New Delhi: Dubbed as the fight of the century, the anticipated showdown between Elon Musk and Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has apparently been cancelled, the Tesla CEO’s mother Maye Musk…
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Meta Quest 2 & Pro getting multi-touch support for browser, higher clock speeds
San Francisco: Meta has announced that it is rolling out the v55 update on Quest 2 and Quest Pro headsets, which includes multi-touch support for browser, higher central processing unit (CPU) and…
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WhatsApp widely rolling out new community entry point on iOS
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is widely rolling out a new community entry point shortcut on iOS. The official changelog of the app’s update still mentions features from some previous updates,…
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Meta unveils ‘Voicebox’: AI model for speech generation
San Francisco: Meta has developed a cutting-edge generative AI model ‘Voicebox’, designed to revolutionise the field of speech generation. “We’ve developed Voicebox, the first model that can generalise to speech-generation tasks it…
