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After Meta’s COO, another top executive to depart soon
San Francisco: Following the announcement that Sheryl Sandberg will step down as Meta’s COO later this year, the company is losing another executive as part of a reorganisation of its artificial intelligence…
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Instagram launches ‘AMBER Alerts’ to help find missing children
San Francisco: Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has announced that it is launching AMBER Alerts on the platform that will allow people to see and share notices of missing children in their area.…
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Meta rolls out new ‘Calls’ tab to Messenger
San Francisco: Meta is rolling out a dedicated tab for audio and video calls to the function bar at the bottom of the Messenger app. The new tab will appear alongside “Chats”,…
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WhatsApp bans over 16.6 lakh bad accounts in India in April
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp on Wednesday said that it banned over 16.6 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of April in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. The platform had…
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Facebook’s parent company to change stock ticker to META on June 9
San Francisco: Meta has announced that its Class A common stock will begin trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol ‘META’ prior to market open on June 9, 2022. The company said…
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WhatsApp improving Reactions feature in new update
San Francisco: After releasing the Reactions feature, Meta-owned WhatsApp is now planning to improve the function even more with a few tweaks for iOS users. With this feature, users can react with…
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Instagram is back after being down for several users
San Francisco: Services of Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram started coming back online after being down for several users. On Thursday, reports across the internet noted issues, with many people seeing screens saying…
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Meta to let you manage who sees your posts on Facebook
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday announced new privacy controls for users, saying that it is rolling out a new setting to make it easier to manage who sees your posts…
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Instagram launches new ‘1 Minute Music’ tracks for Reels in India
New Delhi: Meta-owned photo-sharing Instagram on Thursday announced a new platform — 1 Minute Music — tracks for Reels, which is currently available only for Indian users. The company said that the…
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Meta builds AI platform to develop prosthetics, realistic 3D avatars
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) has released MyoSuite, an embodied artificial intelligence (AI) platform that could have significant impact in developing prosthetics and post-injury rehabilitation, along with creating more realistic 3D avatars.…
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Meta onboards Kalaari Capital to scale startups in India
New Delhi: Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta (formerly Facebook) on Wednesday announced a partnership with VC fund Kalaari Capital to upskill and scale young, invested businesses in India by providing them with timely business…
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Cambridge Analytica row: Washington DC AG sues Mark Zuckerberg
The Cambridge Analytica row seems to have resurfaced to haunt Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg as Washington DC Attorney General (AG) , Karl A Racine on Monday announced that his office is suing…
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Meta shipped 10 mn Quest 2 VR headsets in 2021
New Delhi: Meta cumulatively shipped 10 million units of its Quest 2 (formerly Oculus Quest 2) which is a virtual reality (VR) headset in 2021, a new report has said. The US…
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Meta tests end-to-end encryption for Quest’s VR Messenger app
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) is now testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) features on its Quest virtual reality (VR) Messenger headsets. With the new v40 software update, Meta is testing optional E2EE for…
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You may soon exit WhatsApp groups silently
San Francisco: In a bid to make the messaging platform more user friendly, Meta-owned WhatsApp is likely working on a new feature that will allow users to silently exit groups. In a…
