Meta: News

11 Nov 2024

Donald Trump

Why Elon Musk picked a Texas court for X-related lawsuits

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has introduced a new policy that mandates all lawsuits against his social media platform X, to be filed in the Northern District of Texas, The Washington Post reports.

10 Nov 2024

Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg not liable for social media addiction in children: Judge

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been cleared of personal liability in more than two dozen lawsuits.

08 Nov 2024

Data privacy

Meta petitions US Supreme Court to dismiss Cambridge Analytica lawsuit

Meta has asked the US Supreme Court to throw out a federal securities fraud lawsuit related to the notorious Cambridge Analytica data breach.

08 Nov 2024

AR Glasses

Meta launches pop-up store for Ray-Ban smart glasses in LA

Meta has announced the opening of a pop-up retail store, Meta Lab, in Los Angeles.

07 Nov 2024

Facebook

Australia plans to ban social media for under-16s

The Australian government has announced plans to impose a 16-year age limit on social media.

05 Nov 2024

Apple

Apple plans AR smart glasses with 'Project Atlas'

Apple is said to be exploring the smart glasses territory, following the footsteps of Meta, according to Bloomberg.

05 Nov 2024

South Korea

Meta fined $15M in South Korea for collecting sensitive data

South Korea's privacy watchdog has slapped a fine of KRW 21.6 billion ($15 million) on Meta.

How a rare bee species killed Meta's nuclear power goal

Meta's ambitious project to power its artificial intelligence (AI) data center with nuclear energy has been stopped in its tracks by the discovery of a rare bee species.

05 Nov 2024

Instagram

Meta to use AI for detecting underage users on Instagram

Meta is working on an artificial intelligence (AI) system to flag underage users on Instagram.

05 Nov 2024

OpenAI

Meta's AR glasses head is moving to OpenAI

Caitlin Kalinowski, former head of Meta's augmented reality (AR) glasses project, is joining OpenAI.

05 Nov 2024

Amazon Web Services

Meta gives US military access to its Llama AI models

Meta has announced that it will share its Llama artificial intelligence (AI) models with several US government agencies and contractors working on national security.

03 Nov 2024

Donald Trump

What is 'Progress 2028,' 'pro-Harris' manifesto tied to pro-Trump group 

A political manifesto titled "Progress 2028," falsely attributed to Kamala Harris, has been linked to Donald Trump's billionaire backer Elon Musk, a funding watchdog said.

02 Nov 2024

Amazon

Tech giants set to invest $200B in AI this year

The world's top tech giants, including Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet (Google's parent company), are expected to spend over $200 billion on artificial intelligence (AI) development this year.

02 Nov 2024

Google

Meta Quest gets train mode for immersive travel experiences

Meta is gearing up to launch a major update for its Quest 3, 3S, Quest Pro and Quest 2 headsets.

01 Nov 2024

Amazon Web Services

Amazon's Q3 profit surges by 55% to over $15 billion

Amazon has reported a whopping 55.2% increase in its third-quarter profit, largely due to the strong performance of its cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS).

31 Oct 2024

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta AI surpasses 500M users within a year of launch

Meta AI, the generative artificial intelligence (AI) assistant from Meta Platforms Inc., has crossed a major milestone of over 500 million users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the information during the company's latest earnings call.

31 Oct 2024

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta training next-gen AI model on industry's largest GPU cluster

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has revealed that the company's upcoming Llama 4 AI model is being trained on an unprecedentedly large cluster of GPUs.

31 Oct 2024

Facebook

Meta posts $40.6 billion revenue in best quarterly performance ever

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has posted a record revenue of $40.58 billion for Q3 2024. This is a whopping 19% increase from last year's numbers.

31 Oct 2024

US State Department

Meta's AI model may soon power US government operations

Meta is "working with the public sector to adopt Llama across the US government," co-founder Mark Zuckerberg has revealed during Meta's Q3 earnings call.

29 Oct 2024

Instagram

Instagram is down! Users are unable to send, receive messages

Instagram, the popular social media platform owned by Meta, is facing a major technical glitch at the moment.

29 Oct 2024

Microsoft

Open-source AI must disclose data used for training, says OSI

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has released an official definition for "open" artificial intelligence (AI), possibly igniting a war with tech giants like Meta.

Meta developing AI-powered search engine to take on Google, Microsoft

Meta is said to be working on an AI-powered search engine. The move is part of the company's effort to reduce its dependence on Google and Microsoft.

Meta releases open-source version of Google's podcast generator

Meta has launched an open-source version of Google's popular podcast creation feature, NotebookLM.

28 Oct 2024

Adam Mosseri

Why Instagram lowers quality for less popular videos

Adam Mosseri, the Meta executive overseeing Instagram, has revealed that the platform tweaks video quality according to its popularity.

27 Oct 2024

Akasa Air

50 Indian flights receive bomb threats in a day

Over 50 flights of Indian carriers were targeted with bomb threats today, in a major escalation of a two-week trend that has witnessed over 350 such threats.

26 Oct 2024

OpenAI

Meta AI partners with Reuters to deliver real-time news updates

Meta's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot has landed a multi-year deal with Reuters, giving it access to the news agency's content, according to Axios.

22 Oct 2024

Instagram

Meta suspends accounts tracking private jets of Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos

Meta has suspended a number of Instagram and Threads accounts that were tracking the private jet movements of celebrities including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Kim Kardashian, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Kylie Jenner.

22 Oct 2024

Facebook

Meta reintroduces facial recognition on Facebook, Instagram to fight scams

After a break of more than three years, Meta is bringing back facial recognition technology to its platforms, Facebook and Instagram.

20 Oct 2024

Virtual reality

Meta Quest 3S teardown reveals it's a 'beefed-up' Quest 2

Meta's latest virtual reality headset, the Quest 3S, has been revealed to be a more powerful version of the previous model, the Quest 2.

19 Oct 2024

WhatsApp

Meta AI on WhatsApp will soon start remembering your preferences

WhatsApp is working on a new feature called "Chat Memory" for Meta AI.

Meta's new AI can self-evaluate, monitor other models

Meta has announced the development of a new artificial intelligence (AI) model, the "Self-Taught Evaluator."

18 Oct 2024

Facebook

Meta fires 24 for misusing meal vouchers on toothpaste, detergent

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has fired some 24 employees for misusing its $25 meal credit system, according to Financial Times.

'Scam se Bacho': Meta's new campaign educates about online safety

Meta has partnered with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) to launch a safety campaign called 'Scam se Bacho.'

17 Oct 2024

Instagram

Instagram introduces safety measures to protect teens from sextortion scams

Instagram has announced a bunch of new safety measures to protect its users, especially teenagers, from sextortion scams.

17 Oct 2024

Instagram

Instagram's 'Social Library' will help you find shared content easily

Instagram is said to be working on a new feature called "Social Library."

17 Oct 2024

Instagram

Meta implements fifth round of layoffs in 2 years

In a fresh wave of layoffs, Meta, the parent company of popular social media platforms like WhatsApp and Instagram, has started cutting jobs across departments.

16 Oct 2024

Elon Musk

Why X need not share data with rivals in Europe

Elon Musk's social media platform, X, has been excluded from the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulation.

16 Oct 2024

Facebook

How Meta's AI integrations is making Facebook usage more interesting

Meta recently integrated Meta AI in Facebook, to enhance creativity and help users share more content with their friends, family, and other people who share their interests.

15 Oct 2024

Facebook

How to use Meta's 'Communities' feature on Messenger

Meta has launched a feature called "Communities" on its Messenger platform.