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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…
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Meta allows its VR headset for 10 years old amid scrutiny
New Delhi: Meta has lowered the minimum age for its Quest VR headsets from age 13 to 10, as scrutiny over how tech platforms handle underage and teen users heats up. According…
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Meta expands performance bonuses on FB for creators to earn more
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) has introduced extra bonuses for creators to earn more in its ‘Performance bonus programme’ that rewards creators for garnering strong engagement with their content on Facebook. The…
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Meta releases AI-powered music generator ‘MusicGen’
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) has released its AI-powered music generator called ‘MusicGen’, which will turn text description and melody into audio. The company also released the code and models for open…
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Meta rolling out AI chatbot trained on internal data to employees
San Francisco: Meta is reportedly rolling out an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ‘Metamate’ to its employees, which is trained on internal data. The new AI chatbot utilises company data to help employees…
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Meta ‘talking’ to Oprah Winfrey, the Dalai Lama to explore its Twitter-like app
New Delhi: As people search for “sanely run” Twitter alternatives, Meta’s upcoming micro-blogging platform will use Instagram’s account system to automatically populate a user’s information. Meta is in discussions with big celebrities…
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Meta testing Reels on Quest headset
San Francisco: Meta has started testing the short-video feature ‘Reels’ on Quest headset. Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement on Meta’s broadcast channel on Friday, “We’re testing Reels on…
