Facebook is testing the ability to create and maintain up to five profiles, which will be tied to a single account. Misuse, misrepresentation, or impersonation can be detected and penalized.
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Meta virtual reality headset owners soon won't have to be linked to a Facebook account when using their hardware. Meta accounts and Meta Horizon profiles are replacing the old system.
Meta has built an language model that translates across 200 languages better than the competition at an average of 44%. It has up to 54.5 billion parameters and has been open-sourced on GitHub.
The Meta-owned messenger gets regular updates, and if you like living on the edge, the Beta UWP app for Windows receives new features first, like today, with some fancy chat formatting options.
Meta has started testing two new features for Facebook, namely a dedicated sidebar for Facebook Groups and channels for focused discussions in three formats: chat, audio, and feeds.
Facebook Pay has been rebranded as Meta Pay. The company said nothing is changing about the service right now except its name. The rebranding will first occur in the United States, then globally.
The US government has taken Meta to court and imposed a fine for violating the Fair Housing Act for implementing discriminatory ad targeting system based on their "race, color, religion, and more".
Content creators can enjoy relief on revenues for another year with Meta's new policy. Revenue cuts on subscriptions etc will now be from 2024. More monetizable features have been introduced too.
Mark Zuckerberg has announced a digital clothing store for Meta users to dress their avatars with branded clothing. Creative individuals will now be able to buy and sell personalized outfits too.
The UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has dealt a heavy blow to Meta in its $400 million acquisition of Giphy, ruling that other regulators were correct to raise their antitrust concerns.
Meta has seemingly paused development on its Apple Watch rival. A prototype of the hardware featured one camera on the front and another on the back, but the latter reportedly interfered with sensors.
Meta is currently planning to phase out its Portal smart devices as a consumer product and instead, focus more on its enterprise applications. It will continue supporting existing customers.
After AMBER Alerts launched on Facebook in 2015, the early warning system has now come to Instagram as well. Full availability of the feature will happen in 25 countries in the coming weeks.
Instagram is introducing a new logo which is brighter and includes more color gradient than ever before. It also created a new typeface that will make the brand identity uniform across platforms.
Bad news for those still using the iPhone 5 and 5C in 2022: Meta is about to stop supporting WhatsApp on those devices. Starting October 24, 2022, you will need iOS 12 and newer to run WhatsApp.
According to a leaked document, Facebook engineers have admitted that Facebook itself doesn't know what it does with its own users' data and where it goes after entering its servers.
Meta is coming up with its first ever retail store on May 9 in its campus in Burlingame, California. Customers can get familiar with Meta's vision of the metaverse and also play with their hardware.
Meta is planning on charging developers as much as 47.5% commission on sales of all virtual items in the New Horizons metaverse, which is way higher than the 30% Apple Tax that Facebook had opposed.
TikTok, which is by far the most popular social media app among teenagers and young adults across the world, has a projected ad revenue which is more than that of Twitter and Snapchat combined.
Meta has introduced a new way for developers to make reels easier to share on Facebook. 'Sharing to Reels' feature will allow users to share videos short-form videos from third-party apps on Facebook.
The European Union and the U.S. have reached a provisional agreement over the transatlantic data transfer, which could help companies collect and process user data, possibly with better safeguards.
An Australian regulator has sued Meta for allowing fraudulent ads showing celebrities promoting cryptocurrencies to run rampant on Facebook. One person reportedly lost almost $500,000.
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Russian demand for Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) has skyrocketed by around 2088% after the country banned Meta's Facebook and Instagram platforms, in addition to several others.
Group Admins for Facebook pages have multiple new tools under the new "Admin Assist" platform. These tools can help moderators fight misinformation, suspend offenders, and even increase members.
Russia has banned access to Facebook, according to the digital regulator Roskomnadzor. It comes after Facebook restricted some Russian news pages in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian government has partially banned Facebook in the country and claimed that the social network has violated the fundamental human rights and freedom of citizens in the country.
Meta is expanding Facebook Reels to more than 150 countries around the world. It said the format was the fastest growing for video content and it believes that content creators will benefit.
Vodafone wants big tech, which is driving up data usage, to shoulder the burden of upgrading mobile networks as it and other operators are failing to do this and turn much of a profit.
Meta has announced a range of new features for Messenger. These include the ability to split payments across different members of a group, new audio capabilities, and a Vanish Mode.
Meta has announced the expansion of its Counterspeech program to Pakistan and the UK. Facebook users searching for potentially problematic, violent content will now be redirected to support resources.
Meta has categorically denied threatening to restrict access to Facebook, Instagram, and other services in Europe after earnings reports seemed to suggest the same. The company is concerned though.
Meta cited a decrease in daily active Facebook users for the first time since its inception. Many on Neowin host strong negative feelings for the platform, so we'd like to know why this is the case.
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Meta published its fourth-quarter earnings call last night and confirmed a drop in the daily active users for the first time. Post earnings call, Meta's stock fell by 20% in after-hours trading.
Meta has updated its avatars to be more inclusive of people with certain disabilities. NFL fans can also equip their avatars ready for Super Bowl LVI which is set to take place on February 13.
Meta has announced a bunch of changes for end-to-end encrypted communication on its Messenger platforms. Enhancements include notifications for screenshots of disappearing messages, GIFs, and more.
Meta has unveiled the AI Research SuperCluster. The new supercomputer will help the company to unlock the next generation in artificial intelligence which it hopes to use in AI apps for the metaverse.
Meta's 2021 Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior report shares that 52 CIB networks from 34 countries were removed last year. Three CIB networks from Iran, Mexico, and Turkey were removed in December.
Instagram is now testing out support for subscriptions for a bunch of creators in the US. It is said to expand to more creators in the coming months. The price ranges from $0.99 to $99 a month.