Instagram app can track its users’ every interaction — including all form inputs like passwords, addresses, every single tap, text selections, and screenshots — with external...
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms Inc said on Tuesday it had raised $10 billion (roughly Rs. 79,530 crore) in its first-ever bond offering, as it looks to fund share...
Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, has been secretly testing Super, a live-streaming platform modelled after Twitch, according to a Business Insider report. According...
Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in US elections as the November midterm vote...
Meta Expands NFT Showcase Feature on Instagram to More Than 100 Countries Across Regions Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has informed that Instagram support for non-fungible tokens...
Facebook-parent Meta said on Thursday it would make its first-ever bond offering, at a time when the social media company is making massive investments to fund...
Meta Loses $2.8 Billion on Metaverse Division Despite the Mammoth Re-Branding Step Mark Zuckerberg, last year, announced a complete rebranding of his social networking company, formerly...
The US antitrust regulator, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), has filed a lawsuit to stop Meta (previously Facebook) from acquiring Within Unlimited, the maker of the...
Facebook-parent Meta reported on Wednesday its first quarterly revenue drop and a plunging profit as the social media powerhouse battles a turbulent economy and the rising...
Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Tuesday responded to criticism of the platform’s new TikTok-style design for videos, saying that the layout was “not yet good,” and...
Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would raise the prices of its Meta Quest 2 virtual reality (VR) headset by about $100 (roughly Rs. 8,000) from...
Google, Meta, Amazon, TikTok to Self-Regulate in Reducing Harmful Content in New Zealand Big tech companies agreed on Monday to reduce harmful online content in New...
Meta Partners With Digital Fashion Company DressX to Launch Items on Avatar Store Meta is upgrading its recently launched avatar store to offer new fashion looks...
Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc was hit with a trademark lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday by MetaX LLC, a company that creates immersive virtual-reality...
Meta Platforms, which include Facebook and WhatsApp, were found exposed to human right risks such as “restrictions of freedom of expression and information” and “hatred that...
Facebook-owner Meta released its first annual human rights report on Thursday, following years of accusations that it turned a blind eye to online abuses that fueled...
US Senators Fear Facebook, Instagram Parent Meta Censoring Abortion Posts US senators on Monday demanded Meta address reports that its Facebook and Instagram social networks have...
Meta is launching a new account login system for its Quest VR headsets that don’t require logging in with a Facebook account. The users instead will...
A man from South Africa speaks Sepedi to a Peruvian woman who knows only Quechua, yet they can understand each other. The universal translator is a...
Facebook is getting a new ‘digital collectibles’ tab where creators will be able to showcase their non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The release of this NFT-centric feature on...
Facebook parent Meta Platforms has reportedly reduced its target for hiring engineers in 2022 to around 6,000-7,000, down from an initial plan to hire about 10,000...
Meta, formerly Facebook, is venturing deeper into the arena of metaverse and Web3. In a latest development, the company has launched its own wallet service as...
Meta Launches Instagram Reels APIs Beginning Today, Complete Rollout by July 6 Reels APIs will be made available to a number of endpoints on the Instagram...
Meta Is Expanding Its NFT Testing to Instagram Stories, Reveals Mark Zuckerberg Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg addressed creators on Wednesday announcing that the parent company of...
Meta, Microsoft and other tech giants racing to build the emerging metaverse concept have formed a group to foster development of industry standards that would make...
The United States and Facebook owner Meta Platforms have settled a lawsuit over a housing advertising system that illegally discriminated against users based on race and...
Meta Holocake 2 Prototype Source: Pocketnow, Meta Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is pouring billions into R&D to develop more advanced virtual...
A Moscow court on Monday rejected an appeal brought by Meta Platforms after it was found guilty of “extremist activity” in Russia in March, the TASS...
Facebook-owner Meta Platforms is launching a digital clothing store where users can purchase designer outfits for their avatars, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday. Initial...
Meta, Alphabet unit Google, Twitter and Microsoft on Thursday, June 16 agreed to take a tougher line against disinformation including deep fakes and fake accounts under...
Facebook’s parent company Meta and a French digital training firm will launch a “metaverse academy” in France for the new academic year, the two organisations said...
Lawyers are investigating Meta Platforms’ outgoing operations chief Sheryl Sandberg’s use of company resources over several years, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar...
Three rights groups on Thursday urged Facebook and Instagram owner Meta to overhaul its policies for Persian-language content on Iran, complaining restrictions had impeded the ability...
After a decade of trading as Facebook, the social media giant is shedding the last vestige of its old corporate avatar as it begins trading under...
Meta Halts Development of Smartwatch Carrying Dual Cameras; Plans to Continue Focus on Wrist Wearables: Report Facebook parent Meta Platforms has halted the development of its...
Facebook parent Meta Platforms has named a company vice president as chief information security officer (CISO), the first person to fill that role at the social...
Meta veteran Javier Olivan is taking over as the company’s chief operating officer after playing a crucial but largely behind-the-scenes role stoking the social media company’s...
Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, whose close partnership with Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg powered the growth of the world’s biggest social network, is leaving the...
Facebook Owner Meta Questions Necessity of Data Requests in EU Antitrust Investigations on Social Media App Meta Platforms on Wednesday compared searches by EU antitrust regulators...
Facebook Parent Meta to Trade Under Ticker ‘META’ on Nasdaq From June 9 Meta Platforms said on Tuesday its Class A common stock will begin trading...
Facebook Parent Meta to Use Broadcom Chips for Metaverse Hardware in a Billion-Dollar Deal: Report Facebook parent Meta Platforms will use Broadcom’s custom chips to build...
Facebook Parent Meta to Roll Out Privacy Policy Update From July 26, ‘Terms of Service’ to Be Modified Social media platform Meta, formerly Facebook, has started...
Instagram Owner Meta Is Working to Restore the Platform After Users Report Access Issue Meta Platforms on Thursday said it was working on restoring Instagram, after...
Meta on Tuesday launched 3D avatars on Instagram stories and direct messages (DMs) in India. The Facebook parent company has also unveiled updated avatars for Facebook...
Facebook owner Meta Platforms will share more data on targeting choices made by advertisers running political and social-issue ads in its public ad database, it said...
WhatsApp is introducing free cloud-based API services in a push to get more businesses using the app, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced at the company’s...
Schroders, Britain’s biggest listed asset manager, said on Wednesday it would back a swathe of shareholder resolutions at Amazon, Meta and Google-owner Alphabet concerning workers’ and...
Meta Hints at Launching Crypto-Supported Payments Platform, Files for Five Patents Meta Pay could be an upcoming payment platform from Meta that will support cryptocurrencies. The...
Four Democratic lawmakers on Thursday asked the CEOs of YouTube, TikTok, Twitter, and Facebook owner Meta to archive content that could be used as evidence of suspected...
Facebook-owner Meta Platforms is preparing cutbacks in its Reality Labs division, a unit at the center of the company’s strategy to refocus on hardware products and...
Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it has withdrawn a request for policy guidance from its Oversight Board about the content moderation of posts related...
Google, Meta and other online service providers will be required to find and remove online child pornography under proposed European Commission rules, a move some privacy...
Facebook parent, Meta Platforms, and chip maker AMD on Wednesday said they were partnering for a mobile internet infrastructure program that would bring base station costs...
Facebook Owner Meta Criticises German Antitrust Order to Curb Data Collection, Calls it ‘Clearly Flawed’ Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook, on Tuesday criticised a landmark German...
Facebook Parent Meta Says Doesn’t Discharge Public Function in Response to Petition in Delhi High Court Social media platform Facebook (Now Meta) on Thursday filed its...
Facebook Parent Meta Slows Down Hiring, Freezes Recruitment for the Year Meta Platforms is slowing the growth of its workforce as the Facebook parent looks to...
Facebook Owner Meta Shares Glimpse of First Physical Store Set to Open on May 9 in California Facebook owner Meta Platforms on Wednesday gave an early...
Source: Pocketnow Many companies, including Google itself, launched “Go” and “Lite” branded applications of their main services and apps to provide lightweight software for smartphones that...
Facebook-Owner Meta Agrees to Comply With Strict Rules Imposed by German Regulator Germany’s cartel office said that Meta Platforms Inc, the owner of Facebook, has “paramout...
Facebook-Owner Meta Opens Access to Large Language Model for AI Research Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc is opening up access to a large language model for artificial...
Meta Accused of Infringing Its Infinity Logo, Swiss Blockchain Maker Dfinity Files Lawsuit Meta, formerly Facebook, has been roped into a legal lawsuit by Dfinity Foundation....
Meta Opposes UK Regulator CMA’s Order to Sell Giphy, Accuses It of Withholding Information Facebook owner Meta started its appeal on Monday against Britain’s ruling that...
Meta Platforms has decided to open a 1,550 square-foot retail store on the company’s Reality Labs campus in Burlingame, California, in a bid to offer people...
Meta to Open Physical Store for Shoppers to Try and Buy Virtual Reality Headsets, Gadgets Meta is set to open its first physical store where shoppers can...
Google, Meta Face New EU Online Rules to Curb Illegal Content Alphabet unit Google, Meta and other large online platforms will have to do more to...
Meta Working on a Web Version of Horizon Worlds Metaverse Platform Meta is working on a Web version of its Horizon Worlds social metaverse platform, an...
Facebook parent Meta Platforms will charge creators around 47.5 percent on sales of digital assets and experiences made inside the company’s virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds....
Meta is developing its own AR glasses to prevent the company from being reliant on Apple or Google. Codenamed Project Nazare, the first generation of Meta...
Meta Platforms and Snap were sued over a teenager’s suicide in the latest effort by an advocacy group to hold the social media giants responsible for addiction...
Meta is testing new tools that will allow creators to sell virtual items and effects within Meta’s social virtual reality app, Horizon Worlds. The new feature...
Hackers aligned with Russia broke into the social media accounts of dozens of Ukrainian military officers and were working to upload videos of defeated and surrendering...
Meta Platforms on Wednesday suspended a network of over 400 accounts, pages and groups ahead of general elections in the Philippines as the Facebook parent moves...
Facebook’s parent company Meta is exploring the potential of digital money referred to internally as “Zuck Bucks” in a play on the founder’s name, the Financial...
Facebook is adding a ‘Sharing to Reels’ feature to provide more creative options to the Reels experience. The new functionality allows users to share videos directly...
Facebook owner Meta briefly restricted hashtags related to civilian deaths in northern Ukraine, where bodies of people shot at close range were found in a town...
Facebook-owner Meta is no longer requiring employees to have COVID-19 boosters to enter its offices in the United States, a company spokesperson said on Friday. The...
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, and Apple reportedly gave away sensitive information to hackers who were pretending to be law enforcement officials. The data passed...
Facebook owner Meta gave user information to hackers who pretended to be law enforcement officials last year, a company source said on Wednesday, highlighting the risks...
Eleven years ago, Facebook was caught red-handed after it hired a prominent public relations firm to try to plant stories harshly criticizing Google’s privacy practices in...
Facebook, Instagram to Feature 3D Advertisements as Meta Takes Another Step Towards Metaverse Meta Platforms will make it easier for brands to run three-dimensional ads on...
Meta, formerly Facebook, is planning to escalate its position in the Web 3 sector. The social networking giant has filed for eight trademark applications to operate...
Facebook-Parent Meta Sued in Australia Over Scam Cryptocurrency Advertisements Australia announced Friday it is suing Facebook owner Meta over scam adverts for cryptocurrency schemes that falsely...
Meta Fined EUR 17 million for Data Breach by Irish Watchdog Ireland on Tuesday imposed a fine on Facebook parent company Meta for breaching EU data...
Instagram to Follow Twitter into Adding NFT Features, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Announces Instagram could soon get features around non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Mark Zuckerberg revealed during...
Facebook owner Meta Platforms said on Sunday that it is further narrowing its content moderation policy for Ukraine to restrict calls for the death of a...
Instagram users in Russia have been notified that the service will cease from midnight on Sunday after its owner Meta Platforms said last week it would...
Facebook owner Meta said Friday that a temporary change in its content policy, only for Ukraine, was needed to let users voice opposition to Russia’s attack,...
Latest Articles mac According to a new report, Apple is working on a new category of desktop Mac called Mac Studio. It is said to sit...
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, global technology companies have joined governments and the international business community in cutting ties with the world’s largest country over...
Alphabet’s Google and Facebook owner Meta Platforms are among Internet companies facing possible punitive measures in Russia after failing to open local offices and take other...
Meta, 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...
Meta Platforms said a hacking group used Facebook to target a handful of public figures in Ukraine, including prominent military officials, politicians and a journalist, amid...
Facebook on Friday restricted Russian state media’s ability to earn money on the social media platform as Moscow’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine reached the streets of...
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday talked up his company’s efforts to build the metaverse, an immersive virtual world he has billed as the Facebook parent’s...
Technology that merges the virtual and physical worlds could start to become a reality for consumers in a few years, Facebook owner Meta Platforms has told...
Source: Pocketnow Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has announced that it will spend tens of billions of dollars on developing new software and hardware solutions for...
Meta Sued by Texas State in US Over Facebook’s Facial-Recognition Practices The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta, saying the company has unlawfully collected...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a note to his employees shared on the billionaire CEO’s Facebook page urged his colleagues to treat each other with respect...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Is Urging His Colleagues to Be ‘Metamates’ Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg laid out revamped company values Tuesday, urging workers to be “Metamates”...
Meta Closes Kustomer Deal After Regulatory Approval Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it had closed its acquisition of Kustomer, a US customer service startup, after winning conditional EU...
Facebook Parent Meta Agrees to Pay $90 Million to Settle Privacy Lawsuit Over User Tracking Facebook agreed to pay $90 million (roughly Rs. 675 crore) to settle...
Facebook Parent Meta Agrees to Pay $90 Million to Settle Privacy Lawsuit Over User Tracking Facebook agreed to pay $90 million (roughly Rs. 675 crore) to settle...
Meta Closes Kustomer Deal After Regulatory Approval Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it had closed its acquisition of Kustomer, a US customer service startup, after winning conditional EU...
The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta, saying the company has unlawfully collected biometric data on Texans for commercial purposes, without their informed consent....
Source: Ian Zelbo Table of contents CONTENTS CLOSE The official news today begin with Nvidia, ARM and deals going sideways. If you remember, couple of weeks...
Reverends, rabbis and other religious leaders urged Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg to permanently stop the company’s plan for an Instagram version aimed at young...
The metaverse will open up more ways for businesses to make money, an executive from Facebook parent Meta Platforms told an advertising conference on Monday, in a...
Peter Thiel, a Silicon Valley billionaire and advisor to former President Donald Trump, is leaving the board of directors of Facebook parent company Meta. The company...
Facebook’s parent firm Meta said Monday it has no plans to pull its services from Europe, after raising the possibility amid an ongoing row over transferring...
Facebook and Meta are having a hard time. After the company’s quarterly report, Meta stock fell by around 25% wiping $251 billion from the company’s market...
Facebook parent Meta began rolling out Friday a minimum distance between users’ avatars in its virtual reality Horizon network after reports of harassment, one of the...
Facebook-Owner Meta Says It Will Pay $2 Million in New UK Fine Britain’s competition regulator said on Friday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 1.5 million pounds...
Meta Says Data Price Hikes Limited Facebook User Growth in India Increase in data rates in India limited the user growth of Meta (formerly Facebook) in...
Mark Zuckerberg’s Wealth Plunges by $31 Billion After Meta Shock Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth dropped as much as $31 billion (roughly Rs. 2,31,600 crore), among the biggest...
Facebook-Parent Meta Faces Historic Drop as Stock Tanks, Trims $230 Billion Off Company’s Overall Value Meta is putting a lot of virtual eggs — and billions...
Facebook’s parent firm Meta on Wednesday delivered a gloomy mix of a sharper-than-expected drop in profit, a decrease in users and threats to its ad business...
The holidays were a gift to Alphabet’s Google, quarterly results showed. Next up: Facebook owner Meta. Alphabet’s internet advertising, cloud computing, and hardware businesses helped the...
Jack Dorsey Says Meta Should Have Focussed Its Diem Project Towards Bitcoin Instead of a Stablecoin Facebook-parent Meta recently called it quits for its long-running stablecoin...
Source: Meta After Snapchat’s Bitmoji avatar feature turned out to be popular, Meta (formerly Facebook) introduced avatars on Facebook. This was back in 2019, and the...
Meta is introducing 3D avatars to Instagram stories and direct messages. It has also released updated avatars for Facebook and Messenger. The update brings new facial...
Since October, Facebook has renamed the company, articulated a vision of the internet where people can digitally connect through virtual-reality avatars or teleport to see places...
Latest Articles Android On today’s Pocketnow Daily, we talk about the upcoming Google Pixel 6a, specs and pricing of the Galaxy S22 Ultra, and more. By...
Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has unveiled a new AI supercomputer. The company claims it will be the fastest and world’s largest AI supercomputer it’s fully...
Facebook’s parent company Meta on Monday said it has created what it believes is among the fastest artificial intelligence supercomputers running today. The social media giant...
Facebook parent Meta Platforms removed a network of fake accounts that originated in Iran and targeted Instagram users in Scotland with content supporting Scottish independence, the...
Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, is facing a £2.3 billion ($3.2 billion) class action lawsuit for abusing its market position to collect and exploit...
Facebook-Parent Meta to ‘Assess Feasibility’ of Human Rights Review on Ethiopia Practices Facebook owner Meta Platforms said on Thursday it would “assess the feasibility” of commissioning...
Twitter, Meta, YouTube Among Tech Giants Subpoenaed by January 6 US Capitol Riot Panel Months after requesting documents from more than a dozen social platforms, the...
Apple, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta Executives to Discuss Software Security at White House The White House will meet executives from leading tech firms, including Alphabet-owned Google,...
Mark Zuckerberg in November last year rebranded Facebook under a new name, Meta, depicted by a loopy infinity logo. As suggested by the new moniker, the...
Facebook parent Meta Platforms has delayed its US office reopening date and mandated COVID-19 booster shots for employees returning to office, joining the growing list of...
According to a new report, Meta has stopped the development of a custom operating system for its upcoming AR and VR headsets. Read More Source link
Facebook-owner Meta has applied to appeal a British competition watchdog ruling that it must sell Giphy on grounds that include challenging the finding that the deal...
Social media giant Meta said over 16.2 million content pieces were “actioned” on Facebook across 13 violation categories proactively in India during the month of November....
Popular Japanese mobile game Elemental Knights Online is planning to release Gensokishi Online “Meta World” — the newest version of the online MMORPG which incorporates elements...
Apple has issued unusual and significant stock bonuses to some engineers in an effort to retain talent, looking to stave off defections to tech rivals such...
Facebook-owner Meta is appealing Britain’s ruling that it must sell animated images platform Giphy, saying the evidence does not support the finding that the deal is...
Source: CES CES (Consumer Electronics Show) is the largest technology tradeshow. The event seems to be falling apart as the pandemic takes yet another bad turn,...
The Biden administration on Friday recommended Alphabet’s Google and Facebook parent Meta get permission to use an undersea cable system to handle growing Internet traffic with...
Meta, Twitter, TikTok Fined by Russia Over Failing to Remove Banned Content Russia fined Twitter, Facebook owner Meta Platforms, and TikTok on Thursday for failing to...
Meta Targets ‘Cyber Mercenaries’ Using Facebook to Spy on Activists, Journalists Globally Facebook parent Meta on Thursday banned a series of “cyber mercenary” groups, and began...
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is set to gain EU antitrust approval for its acquisition of Kustomer after offering remedies that allow rival products to function...
Video-conferencing platform Zoom has joined a counterterrorism organization formed by major US tech companies including Meta, formerly known as Facebook, and Microsoft, the group said on...
Meta (formerly Facebook) on Wednesday said it will expand its partnership with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to provide a curriculum on digital safety...
Meta Platforms, the owner of social media network Facebook, is behind a $60 million (roughly Rs. 455.1921 crore) deal to acquire the trademark assets of US...
Meta (formerly Facebook) is putting a lot of importance on the “metaverse” — think of it like the Internet, but with presence or immersion, where you...
Meta (formerly Facebook) on Wednesday said it aims to skill 1 crore small businesses and 2,50,000 creators over the next three years in the country through...
Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it will fully reopen its US offices on January 31 next year while giving its employees an opportunity to delay their scheduled return...
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar are suing Meta, formerly known as Facebook, for $150 billion (roughly Rs. 11,31,300 crore) over allegations that the social media company did...
Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday announced a slew of steps to protect woman users on its platform, including the launch of StopNCII.org in India that aims...
Facebook owner Meta has been told by the UK competition watchdog to sell popular animated images platform Giphy in Britain’s first such move against so-called Big...
Square, the payments company led by Twitter Inc co-founder Jack Dorsey, said on Wednesday it was changing its name to Block Inc, as it looks to...
Meta (Formerly Facebook) Relaxes Policy on Cryptocurrency Ads to Open Doors to More Advertisers Meta, formerly Facebook, has expanded its terms and conditions for running crypto...
