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Create groups on WhatsApp without needing a name for it
New Delhi: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced that users can now create a group on WhatsApp without needing a name for it. This feature is rolling out globally over the…
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Instagram introduces more transparency measures for European users
London: Meta-owned Instagram on Tuesday introduced additional transparency measures and user options for European users, as the Digital Services Act (DSA) comes into effect later this month. The users will now be…
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Meta introduces multilingual speech translation model for 100 languages
San Francisco: Heating up the artificial intelligence (AI) race, Meta on Tuesday launched a new all-in-one, multilingual multimodal AI translation and transcription model for up to 100 languages depending on the task.…
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Instagram begins to roll out web version of Threads amid usage fall
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram on Tuesday started to roll out the web version of its Threads platform, which is struggling to stay afloat amid decreasing usage day by day. Threads users will…
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Meta’s Threads loses steam, hovers around 10 mn users only
San Francisco: Meta’s Twitter rival Threads has been in steady decline after peaking at around 50,000 daily active users globally on Android devices in early July and now stands at around 10…
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Meta working on code-generating AI tool ‘Code Llama’: Report
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) is reportedly preparing to launch software to help developers automatically generate programming code, challenging proprietary software offered by OpenAI, Google, and others. According to The Information, citing…
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6.1-magnitude quake in Colombia kills 1, topples houses
Bogota: At least one person was killed and several houses were damaged after an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck central Colombia, authorities said. In capital Bogota, where the earthquake…
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Musk prepared for battle at Zuckerberg’s residence; Meta founder urges moving forward
San Francisco: Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday traded barbs at each other before their upcoming cage fight at an epic location in Italy, with the Tesla CEO challenging Meta Founder…
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Instagram’s new feature to let users add music to their grid post
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram has released a new feature that will allow users to add music to their grid posts. The feature was introduced by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo on Friday, who…
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Threads rolling out ‘Your likes’ option
San Francisco: Meta-owned Threads is rolling out a new ‘Your likes’ option, which allows users to see their liked posts. The platform started testing this feature on Android beta last week, but…
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Meta may launch AI-powered personas next month
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) will reportedly launch an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered “personas” in its services — which include Facebook and Instagram — as soon as next month, giving users a new…
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Meta may soon launch Horizon Worlds mobile app
San Francisco: The long-awaited mobile version of Meta’s social virtual reality (VR) platform Horizon Worlds, could launch soon. According to Lowpass newsletter from Janko Roettgers, when Horizon was launched, Meta executives had…
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Meta firms fined $14mn by Australia for misleading consumers
Sydney: An Australian court on Wednesday ordered Meta (formerly Facebook) platforms to pay fines of nearly $14 million (AUS$20 million) for misleading consumers about the use of their data. The Australian Competition…
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Meta rolling out quests & rewards to all Horizon Worlds users
San Francisco: Meta has released a new ‘v120’ update for the social virtual reality (VR) platform ‘Horizon Worlds’, which includes quests and rewards for all users, a new quick actions menu to…
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Instagram subscriptions expanding to more countries
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram has announced that it is expanding the ‘subscriptions’ feature to more countries. “In the coming weeks, eligible creators in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain…
