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Mark Zuckerberg brings digital avatars to WhatsApp users
New Delhi: Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced the company is bringing digital avatars to WhatsApp. On WhatsApp, people can now use their personalised avatars as profile photos or…
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Meta bars employees from discussing abortion, vaccine efficacy at work
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) has reportedly told its employees not to discuss sensitive issues like abortion, gun control, pending legislation and vaccine efficacy at workplace. According to a report in Fortune,…
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Meta expands AI face-scanning to Facebook dating in US
San Francisco: Meta announced that it has expanded its Artificial Intelligence (AI) face-scanning tool and ID Upload tool to Facebook Dating in the US, to verify users’ age. The tools will make…
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Airtel, Meta to boost India’s digital ecosystem
New Delhi: In a bid to support the growth of India’s digital ecosystem, Bharti Airtel and Meta (formerly Facebook) on Monday announced a key collaboration. Airtel partners with Meta and STC (Saudi…
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Meta Quest Pro’s new update adds mixed reality capture
San Francisco: Meta Quest Pro has released a new software update in which it introduces a few features that take advantage of the headset’s new capabilities, including “mixed reality capture”. The version…
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Irish regulator fines Meta 265 million euros over data breach
London: Ireland’s data regulator on Monday slapped Facebook owner Meta with a 265-million-euro (USD 275 million) fine after details of more than half a billion users were leaked on a hacking website.…
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From Meta to Zomato, how India’s new online review rules will impact industry
New Delhi: With the new Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) guidelines coming into force to guard customers from fake online reviews of products, tech giants like Meta and Google, along with homegrown…
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Google may soon opt for layoffs: Report
New Delhi: Amidst layoffs and a slowing down of the hiring process being seen by large companies as an avenue to strengthen their revenues, global tech major Google has introduced a new…
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Received 55,497 requests for user data from Indian government: Meta
New Delhi: India with 55,497 requests was once again second only to the US in terms of asking Meta to provide user data in the first half of this year, and the…
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Meta rolls out new privacy updates for teens on Instagram, Facebook
New Delhi: Meta has rolled out new privacy updates for teenagers on Instagram and Facebook, to protect them from online harm. Starting now, anyone who joins Facebook under the age of 16,…
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Meta fires staff for hijacking Facebook, Insta accounts: Report
San Francisco: Meta has reportedly fired or disciplined over two dozen employees for hijacking Facebook and Instagram accounts over the past year. According to The Wall Street Journal, some offenders used Meta’s…
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Meta appoints Sandhya Devanathan as head for India business
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday announced the appointment of Sandhya Devanathan as the Vice President of Meta India, as several key executives leave the company in recent days. She will…
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Meta plans to shut down Portal, smartwatches projects
San Francisco: Meta has planned to shut down its video calling smart display ‘Portal’ and its two unreleased smartwatches projects, as the company eliminated 11,000 jobs. The Meta executives announced at an…
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IITian moves to Canada for Meta job, gets fired after two days
Soon after social media giant Meta chief executive officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg announced to lay of 11,000 jobs, an Indian man who had moved to Canada after securing a job at the…
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After Twitter, Meta to fire 11,000 employees
Social media giant Meta (previously known as Facebook) announced it will fire around 11,000 employees in a bid to reduce costs following a drop in revenue. The job cuts come just a…
