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Meta Verified badge arrives to India, starts from Rs 699
New Delhi: Meta on Wednesday brought its verified subscription bundle on Instagram and Facebook to India that includes a verified badge that authenticates accounts with government ID, proactive account protection and access…
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Court blocks sacking of content moderators, holds Meta liable
San Francisco: A court has ruled that Meta (formerly Facebook) does employ third-party content moderators, sending a blow to the social network which said it is not the moderators’ employer. In the…
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US school sues Meta, Google, Snap over mental crisis among students
San Francisco: A school district in the US state of Maryland has sued Meta, Google, Snapchat and TikTok for allegedly contributing to a “mental health crisis” among students. The lawsuit, filed by…
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Meta to add over 20 new games for Quest headsets
San Francisco: Meta has announced over 20 new titles for Quest VR headsets at the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, in addition to the introduction of a $499 Quest 3 headset which will…
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Zuckerberg introduces Meta Quest 3 ahead of Apple’s rumoured VR headset
San Francisco: Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has introduced the next generation virtual and mixed reality headset ‘Quest 3’ which will be launched later this year. The 128GB headset starts at…
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Meta threatens to block news on FB, Instagram if California bill passes
San Francisco: Meta has threatened to pull news from Facebook and Instagram if California’s Journalism Preservation Act passes through. Once the bill is cleared, big tech companies will need to pay a…
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WhatsApp launches global security centre to further safeguard users
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Thursday launched a new global security centre for users to learn more about how to protect themselves against spammers and unwanted contact, as it faces scrutiny over…
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Soon, link your existing WhatsApp account to 2nd iOS device
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is now rolling out a ‘companion mode’ feature to iPhone users, which will allow them to link an existing account to a second iOS device. With this feature,…
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Meta to allow for ads in ‘Instagram search results’ via its Marketing API
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram has announced that it now allows for advertisements in search results via its Marketing API (Application Programming Interface). With this new addition, users will be able to update…
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Meta global layoffs hit India, top executives among those asked to go
New Delhi: Meta’s (formerly Facebook) third round of job cuts that affected 6,000 employees globally has hit several employees in India, including senior executives. According to reports, Avinash Pant, director of marketing…
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Ex-Meta executive Abha Maheshwari to lead Allen’s digital, tech teams
New Delhi: Allen Career Institute on Tuesday announced the appointment of former Meta executive Abha Maheshwari as Chief Executive Officer of its digital arm called Allen Digital. Maheshwari has been tasked with…
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Meta fined record $1.3 bn for violating EU data transfer rules
London: The Irish Data Protection Commission on Monday fined Meta (formerly Facebook) a record $1.3 billion fine over violating data transfer rules in the European Union (EU). The Irish watchdog said that…
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Instagram up after a brief outage, company says ‘technical issue’
New Delhi: Meta-owned Instagram came back to life after being down for over an hour early on Monday as users witnessed errors saying the app couldn’t refresh, and the website went blank…
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Meta working on new AI chip, next-gen GPUs for video workloads
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) is building its first-generation custom silicon chip for running artificial intelligence (AI) models, saying its AI compute needs will grow dramatically over the next decade as we…
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Facebook cracks down on fake ChatGPT apps scamming users
Washington: More than 10 bogus ChatGPT apps that were created to defraud users have been blocked by Facebook, the parent company of social media behemoth Meta, according to Mashable website. The business…
