The race for generative AI is in full swing, but don’t count on it raking in profits anytime soon. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered that message to investors during Wednesday’s call for the company’s first-quarter earnings report. After recently…
LG and Meta join forces to accelerate XR business
March 1, 2024
LG Electronics and Meta, the big tech company, are teaming up even more to work together on products, content, services, and platforms to make better extended reality (XR) experiences for customers.
IEEE, a big tech group, says that one of the main areas for growth in…
Meta could soon release cross-posts from Facebook to Threads
February 23, 2024
Despite quickly gaining over 100 million users, Meta’s Threads hasn’t quite captured the public’s attention the way its main rival, X/Twitter, did. It’s arguably still waiting for its “plane-on-the-Hudson” moment. Nevertheless, Meta is…
New York City is taking Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok to court, claiming they’re hurting kids’ mental health. The state of New York has already accused social media companies of trying to get teens hooked on their apps on purpose.
New York State has accused…
Meta to cover Apple’s 30 percent fee for promoting FB and IG posts
February 16, 2024
Meta has announced that it will begin making businesses and influencers cover the 30 percent fee that Apple charges when they pay to promote their posts on the Facebook and Instagram iOS apps. In 2022, Apple updated its App Store policy to apply the 30 percent cut it takes…
Meta might be copying another feature from Twitter for Threads
February 14, 2024
Meta is trying out a new feature on Threads that’ll let users see what conversations are hot on the platform. Mark Zuckerberg mentioned in a post on Threads that the app has started testing “today’s top topics” in the United States.
The feature will…
Mark Zuckerberg, the big boss and co-founder of Meta, has every reason to throw a party after the company’s stellar quarter. With Meta’s stock skyrocketing by 22%, Zuckerberg’s sitting on a sweet $28 billion paper gain. As of last Friday, he’s hit a…
Meta to make in-house custom chips to power AI drive
February 3, 2024
Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook, is gearing up to introduce a new iteration of its custom chip into its data centers this year. This move is part of their strategy to bolster their efforts in artificial intelligence (AI), as revealed in an internal company document…
Mark Zukerberg now wants to jump on the gen-AI bandwagon
January 19, 2024
Meta is shaking things up in its AI squads as it jumps on the bandwagon with other companies gunning for artificial general intelligence (AGI). Mark Zuckerberg, who’s been diving deep into the company’s AI research, mentioned that this shift is aimed at…
Why it’s hard to prosecute sexual harassment in the Metaverse
January 19, 2024
Legal experts believe that the first-ever police inquiry into a “virtual rape” in Britain is unlikely to result in a prosecution. The victim, a girl under 16, reportedly experienced the alleged assault while using a VR headset and playing a video game. The Mail…
How to download your Facebook data and why it's important
September 9, 2023
Have you ever wondered just how much data Facebook hangs onto from your Timeline? Whether it’s monitoring your friend requests or the pages you’ve given a thumbs-up to, Facebook keeps a full record of everything you do.
You might be wondering, “Why go…
On July 5, Mark Zuckerberg announced the launch of Meta’s Twitter competitor – Threads. While the app surged to popularity in no time, becoming the first app to gain 10 million users in just seven hours, the hype around it seemed to have fizzled out at the same…