Industry Keyword: Meta Platforms
Gaming Platforms
Reggie Fils-Aimé is not a fan of Facebook’s metaverse
The future potential of the Metaverse, which could best be summarised as a new iteration of Second Life, is a subject that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has identified as a defining opportunity for his...
App Stores
WhatsApp to launch new group polling functionality
WhatsApp is reportedly working on new functionality that will allow its users to create polls in group chats.
According to a report by the WhatsApp watchers over at WBI, WhatsApp has submitted a new beta...
Computing Platforms
Instagram utilizes AI in captions to make videos more accessible
Meta Platforms-owned Instagram has introduced automatic captions to videos in an ongoing effort to make content on its platform more accessible.
Starting today, automatic captions will be turned on by default, though users can still...
Media & Content Platforms
Facebook owner Meta will block access to Russia’s RT, Sputnik in EU
Meta Platforms Inc, parent company of Facebook, will restrict access to Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik on its platforms across the European Union, the company's head of global affairs has said.
The controversial...
Communication & Collaboration
Meta says Ukraine’s military, politicians targeted in hacking campaign
Meta has said a hacking group used Facebook to target a handful of public figures in Ukraine, including prominent military officials, politicians and a journalist, amid Russia's ongoing invasion of the country.
Meta Platforms said...
Internet of Things (IoT)
Meta’s Zuckerberg unveils AI projects aimed at building metaverse future
Facebook-owner Meta is working on artificial intelligence research to generate worlds through speech, improve how people chat to voice assistants and translate between languages, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday, as he sketched out...
App Stores
Two US Big Tech antitrust bills backed by publisher trade group
A group representing publishers such as News Corp and National Public Radio wrote to leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee to back two bills targeting Big Tech, including one that would open up smartphone...
Social Networks
Meta’s Facebook to pay $90 million to settle privacy lawsuit over user tracking
Facebook agreed to pay $90 million to settle a decade-old privacy lawsuit accusing it of tracking users' internet activity even after they logged out of the social media website.
A proposed preliminary settlement was filed...
Application Platforms
Meta closes Kustomer deal after regulatory approval
Meta Platforms Inc has said it had closed its acquisition of Kustomer, a US customer service start-up, after winning conditional European Union antitrust approval for the deal last month.
The purchase was first announced in...
Social Networks
US lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to address social media addiction
US Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Cynthia Lummis, a Republican, introduced a bill aimed at addressing addiction to social media platforms like Meta Platform's Facebook or Twitter.
A Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen, made a...
Communication & Collaboration
Meta and Chime file lawsuit against alleged phishing scam
Meta Platforms has said it has filed a joint lawsuit with digital banking company Chime against two Nigeria-based individuals who engaged in phishing attacks to deceive people and gain access to their online financial...
FinTech Platforms
Early Facebook investor Peter Thiel to step down from Meta board
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc has said that controversial billionaire investor Peter Thiel, an early investor who has been on the company's board since 2005, has decided to retire.
Thiel aims to spend time helping elect...