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X’s rival Threads has almost 100 million monthly users: Zuckerberg
San Francisco: Instagram’s Threads has reached almost 100 million monthly users, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced. During the company’s quarterly earnings call late on Wednesday, Zuckerberg said: “We’re three…
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Instagram testing feed only for paid verified users
New Delhi: Taking a cue from Elon Musk-owned X which charges users and give them more controls, Meta-owned Instagram is testing a feed that will only allow posts from paid verified users.…
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Meta’s new feature stops Instagram from tracking you across web
New Delhi: Meta (formerly Facebook) has introduced a new feature that will let users block Instagram from collecting their data across the apps and websites they visit. As part of its expansion,…
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After X and Meta, EU warns TikTok over Hamas videos
San Francisco: After warning X owner Elon Musk and Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, European Commissioner Thierry Breton has now warned Chinese short-video-making app TikTok about “disinformation” spreading on the platform…
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India’s norms against dark patterns may hurt ease of doing business: Big Tech coalition
New Delhi: The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), that has Meta, Amazon, Twitter, Google and other Big Tech companies as its members, has opposed the draft dark pattern guidelines by the Indian government,…
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WhatsApp working on ‘secret code’ creation feature for locked chats on Android
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a secret code creation feature, which will allow users to choose a custom password for their protected chat folder. According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is…
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Instagram working on multiple audience lists for Stories
New Delhi: Meta-owned Instagram has started testing the ability to share Stories to multiple audience lists. “Today, we started testing the ability to share your stories to multiple audience lists. This allows…
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Meta rolls out genAI features for advertisers
New Delhi: Meta has started rolling out generative AI-powered features for ad creatives in its Ads Manager, with global rollout complete by next year. The new AI features will allow advertisers to…
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Meta to lay off employees in metaverse-driven Reality Labs: Report
San Francisco: Meta is reportedly planning to lay off an unknown number of employees from its metaverse-driven Reality Labs division. Employees have been informed about the impending layoffs on Wednesday (US time)…
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Meta may charge users USD 14 a month for ad-free Instagram or FB
San Francisco: Meta is reportedly planning to charge $14 for accessing an ad-free Instagram or Facebook in Europe where users will have an option to pay the fee or agree to see…
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WhatsApp bans record over 74 lakh bad accounts in India in August
New Delhi: Meta-owned WhatsApp banned a record over 74 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of August, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021. Between August 1-31, the company…
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By December, delete your Threads account, keep your Instagram: Meta’s new move
San Francisco: Meta is preparing to allow Threads users to delete their accounts without affecting their Instagram profiles by December. Currently, there is no way for Threads users to delete their accounts…
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Meta gears up to launch dozens of AI chatbots for younger users
San Francisco: Meta is reportedly working on generative AI chatbot called ‘Gen AI Personas’ for younger users and is expected to unveil it this week. The social networking company is geared up…
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Meta denies exploring ads in WhatsApp to ‘boost revenue’
New Delhi: Meta on Friday refuted a report that claimed that the Mark Zuckerberg-run company is planning to put ads in WhatsApp, which has over 2 billion users globally, including more than…
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Avatar Customisation and More: Unpacking Meta’s Quest Update
San Francisco: Meta has rolled out a new software update ‘v57’ (version 57) for its Quest headsets, which includes various features such as more avatar customisation options, unsend image messages, group links,…