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Meta Announces Paid Ad-Free Subscription for Facebook, Instagram in Europe
Meta announced a paid ad-free subscription for Facebook and Instagram via a blog post on Monday. Starting next month, Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland can pay a monthly fee to use Meta-owned platforms without ads.
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Two WhatsApp Accounts on One Phone: Meta's New Solution for Users
Mark Zuckerberg made an announcement stating that users can now simultaneously log in with two WhatsApp accounts.
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Meta Releases SeamlessM4T AI Model to Translate Languages in Real-Time
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms on Tuesday released an AI model capable of translating and transcribing speech in dozens of languages, a potential building-block for tools enabling real-time communication across language divides. The company said in a blog post that its SeamlessM4T model could support translations between text and speech in ...
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Meta Announces New Details on Data Centers for AI Projects
Meta Platforms on Thursday shared new details on projects it was pursuing to make its data centers better suited to supporting artificial intelligence work, including a custom chip "family" that it said it was developing in-house. The Facebook and Instagram owner said in a series of blog posts that it designed a first-generation chip in 2020 as par...
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Meta's New AI Model SAM Will Let Select Individual Objects From Within Image
Facebook-owner Meta published an artificial intelligence model on Wednesday that can pick out individual objects from within an image, along with a dataset of image annotations that it said was the largest ever of its kind. The company's research division said in a blog post that its Segment Anything Model, or SAM, could identify objects in images ...
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'No Access To Systems, Kept Emails Active For Farewells': Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook's parent firm Meta is firing 11,000 employees globally. In a company blog post, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said they have removed access to most Meta systems for people who have been told to leave.
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Read Mark Zuckerberg's Full Statement On Firing 11,000 Meta Employees
Facebook's parent company Meta announced massive layoffs in a blog post on Wednesday. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg apologised for the same and took "accountability for these decisions and for how we got here."
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EU to Limit Political Advertisements Online; Facebook, Google to Face Fine if They Don't Comply
Concerned by the misuse of political advertising to undermine elections, the European Union unveiled plans to help people better understand when they are seeing such advertisements online and who is responsible for them.
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How Does Instagram Work? Head Adam Mosseri Answers
“How does Instagram decide what shows up for me first?”, “Why do some of my posts get more views than others?”; “How does Instagram decide what to show me in Explore?” — if you have ever wondered about these questions as a user or a creator on Instagram, don't worry. The photo-sharing platform has now been effectively demystified, tha...
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Donald Trump Pulls Own Blog From Internet, Will Not Return Online
Donald Trump has cancelled his own blog, an advisor announced, highlighting the ex-president and election conspiracy theorist's struggle to escape the social media wilderness.
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Facebook Takes on Clubhouse: Plans to Launch Soundbites Audio Clips, to Begin Testing Live Audio Rooms
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company planned to launch several audio products, including Clubhouse-style live audio rooms and a way for users to find and play podcasts.
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LinkedIn Shows Off Clubhouse-Like Service, Creator Mode Introduced; Coming Soon to the App
LinkedIn has confirmed it is working on service within its app that will allow users to connect and interact with each other in a more expressive way. This is similar to Clubhouse but the company has not shared a release date.
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Facebook Developing Neural Wristband to Support Augmented Reality Glasses
Facebook on Friday said that it is developing a wristband to control its augmented reality (AR) glasses that are expected to be launched this year. The AR-supporting wearable device will also be capable of detecting nerve signals to interpret complex hand gestures and moves, the company detailed in a blog post.
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Facebook Pledges $1 Billion to Support News Media Over Next Three Years, Defends Australia Blackout
Facebook pledged to invest at least $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,230 crore) to support journalism over the next three years as the social media giant defended its handling of a dispute with Australia over payments to media organisations.
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Telegram the Most Downloaded App Globally in January, WhatsApp Slides to Fifth: Sensor Tower
Sensor Tower in its latest blog post titled ‘Top Apps Worldwide for January 2021 by Downloads’ announced that Telegram has trumped TikTok and Signal to become the most downloaded app globally. Telegram attracted more than 63 million downloads in January 2021. The report also claims that the largest number of Telegram downloads (at 24 percent) w...
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Meta Announces Paid Ad-Free Subscription for Facebook, Instagram in Europe
Meta announced a paid ad-free subscription for Facebook and Instagram via a blog post on Monday. Starting next month, Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Switzerland can pay a monthly fee to use Meta-owned platforms without ads.
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Two WhatsApp Accounts on One Phone: Meta's New Solution for Users
Mark Zuckerberg made an announcement stating that users can now simultaneously log in with two WhatsApp accounts.
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Meta Releases SeamlessM4T AI Model to Translate Languages in Real-Time
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms on Tuesday released an AI model capable of translating and transcribing speech in dozens of languages, a potential building-block for tools enabling real-time communication across language divides. The company said in a blog post that its SeamlessM4T model could support translations between text and speech in ...
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Meta Announces New Details on Data Centers for AI Projects
Meta Platforms on Thursday shared new details on projects it was pursuing to make its data centers better suited to supporting artificial intelligence work, including a custom chip "family" that it said it was developing in-house. The Facebook and Instagram owner said in a series of blog posts that it designed a first-generation chip in 2020 as par...
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Meta's New AI Model SAM Will Let Select Individual Objects From Within Image
Facebook-owner Meta published an artificial intelligence model on Wednesday that can pick out individual objects from within an image, along with a dataset of image annotations that it said was the largest ever of its kind. The company's research division said in a blog post that its Segment Anything Model, or SAM, could identify objects in images ...
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'No Access To Systems, Kept Emails Active For Farewells': Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook's parent firm Meta is firing 11,000 employees globally. In a company blog post, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said they have removed access to most Meta systems for people who have been told to leave.
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Read Mark Zuckerberg's Full Statement On Firing 11,000 Meta Employees
Facebook's parent company Meta announced massive layoffs in a blog post on Wednesday. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg apologised for the same and took "accountability for these decisions and for how we got here."
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EU to Limit Political Advertisements Online; Facebook, Google to Face Fine if They Don't Comply
Concerned by the misuse of political advertising to undermine elections, the European Union unveiled plans to help people better understand when they are seeing such advertisements online and who is responsible for them.
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How Does Instagram Work? Head Adam Mosseri Answers
“How does Instagram decide what shows up for me first?”, “Why do some of my posts get more views than others?”; “How does Instagram decide what to show me in Explore?” — if you have ever wondered about these questions as a user or a creator on Instagram, don't worry. The photo-sharing platform has now been effectively demystified, tha...
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Donald Trump Pulls Own Blog From Internet, Will Not Return Online
Donald Trump has cancelled his own blog, an advisor announced, highlighting the ex-president and election conspiracy theorist's struggle to escape the social media wilderness.
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Facebook Takes on Clubhouse: Plans to Launch Soundbites Audio Clips, to Begin Testing Live Audio Rooms
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company planned to launch several audio products, including Clubhouse-style live audio rooms and a way for users to find and play podcasts.
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LinkedIn Shows Off Clubhouse-Like Service, Creator Mode Introduced; Coming Soon to the App
LinkedIn has confirmed it is working on service within its app that will allow users to connect and interact with each other in a more expressive way. This is similar to Clubhouse but the company has not shared a release date.
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Facebook Developing Neural Wristband to Support Augmented Reality Glasses
Facebook on Friday said that it is developing a wristband to control its augmented reality (AR) glasses that are expected to be launched this year. The AR-supporting wearable device will also be capable of detecting nerve signals to interpret complex hand gestures and moves, the company detailed in a blog post.
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Facebook Pledges $1 Billion to Support News Media Over Next Three Years, Defends Australia Blackout
Facebook pledged to invest at least $1 billion (roughly Rs. 7,230 crore) to support journalism over the next three years as the social media giant defended its handling of a dispute with Australia over payments to media organisations.
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Telegram the Most Downloaded App Globally in January, WhatsApp Slides to Fifth: Sensor Tower
Sensor Tower in its latest blog post titled ‘Top Apps Worldwide for January 2021 by Downloads’ announced that Telegram has trumped TikTok and Signal to become the most downloaded app globally. Telegram attracted more than 63 million downloads in January 2021. The report also claims that the largest number of Telegram downloads (at 24 percent) w...
