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- Technology
Meta’s Threads loses steam, hovers around 10 mn users only
San Francisco: Meta’s Twitter rival Threads has been in steady decline after peaking at around 50,000 daily active users globally on Android devices in early July and now stands at around 10…
- Technology
Meta working on code-generating AI tool ‘Code Llama’: Report
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) is reportedly preparing to launch software to help developers automatically generate programming code, challenging proprietary software offered by OpenAI, Google, and others. According to The Information, citing…
- World
6.1-magnitude quake in Colombia kills 1, topples houses
Bogota: At least one person was killed and several houses were damaged after an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck central Colombia, authorities said. In capital Bogota, where the earthquake…
- Technology
Musk prepared for battle at Zuckerberg’s residence; Meta founder urges moving forward
San Francisco: Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday traded barbs at each other before their upcoming cage fight at an epic location in Italy, with the Tesla CEO challenging Meta Founder…
- Technology
Instagram’s new feature to let users add music to their grid post
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram has released a new feature that will allow users to add music to their grid posts. The feature was introduced by American singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo on Friday, who…
- Business
Threads rolling out ‘Your likes’ option
San Francisco: Meta-owned Threads is rolling out a new ‘Your likes’ option, which allows users to see their liked posts. The platform started testing this feature on Android beta last week, but…
- Technology
Meta may launch AI-powered personas next month
San Francisco: Meta (formerly Facebook) will reportedly launch an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered “personas” in its services — which include Facebook and Instagram — as soon as next month, giving users a new…
- Technology
Meta may soon launch Horizon Worlds mobile app
San Francisco: The long-awaited mobile version of Meta’s social virtual reality (VR) platform Horizon Worlds, could launch soon. According to Lowpass newsletter from Janko Roettgers, when Horizon was launched, Meta executives had…
- Technology
Meta firms fined $14mn by Australia for misleading consumers
Sydney: An Australian court on Wednesday ordered Meta (formerly Facebook) platforms to pay fines of nearly $14 million (AUS$20 million) for misleading consumers about the use of their data. The Australian Competition…
- Business
Meta rolling out quests & rewards to all Horizon Worlds users
San Francisco: Meta has released a new ‘v120’ update for the social virtual reality (VR) platform ‘Horizon Worlds’, which includes quests and rewards for all users, a new quick actions menu to…
- Technology
Instagram subscriptions expanding to more countries
San Francisco: Meta-owned Instagram has announced that it is expanding the ‘subscriptions’ feature to more countries. “In the coming weeks, eligible creators in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain…
- India
The Wild West duel is back; Musk & Zuckerberg to fight against each other
Hyderabad: Of late the international media has been avidly following the developments about the proposed cage fight between two men who are among the wealthiest on the planet, namely Elon Musk and…
- Technology
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg earns blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu
New Delhi: Meta Founder & CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been awarded his blue belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by his coach Professor Dave Camarillo after several years of training. Taking to Instagram, he…
- Business
Meta’s Threads fast losing steam, Zuckerberg not worried
San Francisco: Instagram’s Twitter competitor Threads is reportedly fast losing steam, a massive 70 per cent decline from its highest in early July. Despite Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg claiming that…
- Technology
WhatsApp working on message reaction feature for channels
San Francisco: Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly working on a message reaction feature for channels on Android beta. For this feature, the platform is expected to add a new section called…
