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Israel's NSO Group Found Liable For Pegasus Hacking Of WhatsApp Users
- Saturday December 21, 2024
- World News | Reuters
A US judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms' WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing unauthorized surveillance.
- www.ndtv.com
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Instagram Is Working on an AI-Powered Editing Tool That Can Reimagine Users’ Videos
- Friday December 20, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Instagram is working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will allow users to reimagine their videos. The AI-powered video editing tool is built on Meta’s Movie Gen AI model, an early research project that can generate videos from text prompts. On Instagram, instead of letting users generate videos from scratch, the feature will add...
- www.gadgets360.com
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EU Escalates Pressure on Apple to Make iOS Compatible With Devices from Rivals
- Thursday December 19, 2024
- Samuel Stolton and Mark Gurman, Bloomberg News
As part of the push, regulators published an extensive list of features that it wants Apple to open to third-party developers. They cover technologies ranging from Wi-Fi connections to file-transfer features to the beaming of video from devices.
- www.gadgets360.com
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How Social Media Restricted Palestinian News And Boosted Israel's
- Thursday December 19, 2024
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
Although during wars, audience engagement is expected to rise, the data analysis showed a 77% decline in engagement for Palestinian-based news organisations, while Israeli news organisations saw a 37% increase in engagement during the same period.
- www.ndtv.com
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Threads Testing Schedule Posts Option; Instagram Allows Scheduling Direct Messages
- Wednesday December 18, 2024
- Written by Sucharita Ganguly, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Meta has revealed that it is testing a new feature for Threads that will allow users to schedule their posts. The release timeline for this feature has not yet been confirmed. Meanwhile, another Meta-owned social media site, Instagram, has quietly introduced a schedule option for direct messages. Users will be able to schedule text messages in DMs ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Get Shazam Integration, Enabling Hands-Free Music Identification on the Go
- Wednesday December 18, 2024
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Meta Platforms on Monday announced several new features for the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses. While the Live AI with real-time video processing ability and live translation in real-time within the supported languages were the standout additions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the company also introduced integration with Shazam — Apple’s music ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta’s Irish Arm Fined $264 Million by Watchdog Over Data Breach
- Wednesday December 18, 2024
- Olivia Fletcher, Bloomberg News
Ireland’s data protection commission fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish arm following two inquiries into a personal data breach. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in September 2018. It impacted data including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, posts on time lines and groups of which the user was a member,
- www.gadgets360.com
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Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Upgraded With Live AI and Live Translation Features
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by David Delima
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses received two new artificial intelligence (AI) features on Monday. The first is Live AI which adds real-time video processing capability to Meta AI and lets the chatbot continuously see the user’s surroundings and answer questions about them. The second is live translation which lets the AI translate speech in real-time ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Everybody Wants To Be My Friend": Donald Trump After Meeting Google, Apple Executives
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- World News | Akayla Gardner and Hadriana Lowenkron, Bloomberg
Donald Trump said he's being embraced by business executives - in a stark reversal from when he first won the White House eight years ago - as tech executives and founders flock to Florida to meet with the president-elect.
- www.ndtv.com
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Apple App Store’s Top Apps and Games of 2024 in India Announced: WhatsApp, Instagram, BGMI and More
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by Manas Mitul
Apple on Monday announced its annual year-end charts of the most downloaded apps and games on the App Store in over 35 countries, including India. WhatsApp — the popular instant messaging platform owned by Meta Platforms — has emerged as the top free iPhone app. Meanwhile, the Forest: Focus for Productivity app, which helps users put down their...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Facebook-Parent Meta Settles with Australia's Privacy Watchdog Over Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- Reuters
Meta Platforms has agreed to a AUD 50 million settlement ($31.85 million or roughly Rs. 270 crore), Australia's privacy watchdog over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In June 2023, the country's federal court ordered Meta and the privacy commissioner to enter mediation.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Instagram Rolls Out 2024 Collage Feature With New Year-Themed Fonts: Report
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by David Delima
With 2024 coming to an end, Instagram has rolled out a new feature for users to create a collage from all the moments that they have shared on social media throughout the year, according to a report. It is said to be visible in the Instagram story interface once an image has been selected and resized. The Meta Platforms-owned social media platform ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta's Motivo AI Model Could Deliver More Lifelike Digital Avatars: Here's How it Works
- Monday December 16, 2024
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by David Delima
Meta has released an AI model called Meta Motivo. The model, that can control the body movements of digital avatars, is expected to make the overall metaverse experience better.
- www.gadgets360.com
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Apple's AR Smart Glasses Could Be ‘3 to 5 Years’ Away Due to Ongoing Challenges: Report
- Monday December 16, 2024
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by David Delima
Apple is reportedly developing augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, a product that its rivals like Google, Meta Platforms, and Samsung have already shown progress towards in recent years. But despite its efforts to foray into AR smart glasses with steps taken including the Vision Pro launch and a new initiative called 'Atlas’, Apple’s device c...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Israel's NSO Group Found Liable For Pegasus Hacking Of WhatsApp Users
- Saturday December 21, 2024
- World News | Reuters
A US judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms' WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel's NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing unauthorized surveillance.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Instagram Is Working on an AI-Powered Editing Tool That Can Reimagine Users’ Videos
- Friday December 20, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Instagram is working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will allow users to reimagine their videos. The AI-powered video editing tool is built on Meta’s Movie Gen AI model, an early research project that can generate videos from text prompts. On Instagram, instead of letting users generate videos from scratch, the feature will add...
- www.gadgets360.com
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EU Escalates Pressure on Apple to Make iOS Compatible With Devices from Rivals
- Thursday December 19, 2024
- Samuel Stolton and Mark Gurman, Bloomberg News
As part of the push, regulators published an extensive list of features that it wants Apple to open to third-party developers. They cover technologies ranging from Wi-Fi connections to file-transfer features to the beaming of video from devices.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
How Social Media Restricted Palestinian News And Boosted Israel's
- Thursday December 19, 2024
- World News | Edited by Anushree Jonko
Although during wars, audience engagement is expected to rise, the data analysis showed a 77% decline in engagement for Palestinian-based news organisations, while Israeli news organisations saw a 37% increase in engagement during the same period.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Threads Testing Schedule Posts Option; Instagram Allows Scheduling Direct Messages
- Wednesday December 18, 2024
- Written by Sucharita Ganguly, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Meta has revealed that it is testing a new feature for Threads that will allow users to schedule their posts. The release timeline for this feature has not yet been confirmed. Meanwhile, another Meta-owned social media site, Instagram, has quietly introduced a schedule option for direct messages. Users will be able to schedule text messages in DMs ...
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Ray-Ban Meta Glasses Get Shazam Integration, Enabling Hands-Free Music Identification on the Go
- Wednesday December 18, 2024
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by Siddharth Suvarna
Meta Platforms on Monday announced several new features for the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses. While the Live AI with real-time video processing ability and live translation in real-time within the supported languages were the standout additions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the company also introduced integration with Shazam — Apple’s music ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta’s Irish Arm Fined $264 Million by Watchdog Over Data Breach
- Wednesday December 18, 2024
- Olivia Fletcher, Bloomberg News
Ireland’s data protection commission fined Meta Platforms Inc.’s Irish arm following two inquiries into a personal data breach. The breach was reported by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited in September 2018. It impacted data including full names, email addresses, phone numbers, posts on time lines and groups of which the user was a member,
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses Upgraded With Live AI and Live Translation Features
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- Written by Akash Dutta, Edited by David Delima
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses received two new artificial intelligence (AI) features on Monday. The first is Live AI which adds real-time video processing capability to Meta AI and lets the chatbot continuously see the user’s surroundings and answer questions about them. The second is live translation which lets the AI translate speech in real-time ...
- www.gadgets360.com
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Meta Fined $253 Million Over Facebook Hacks By Ireland
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- World News | Agence France-Presse
An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Tuesday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta 251 million euros ($263 million) for a data protection failure that saw Facebook accounts hacked.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Everybody Wants To Be My Friend": Donald Trump After Meeting Google, Apple Executives
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- World News | Akayla Gardner and Hadriana Lowenkron, Bloomberg
Donald Trump said he's being embraced by business executives - in a stark reversal from when he first won the White House eight years ago - as tech executives and founders flock to Florida to meet with the president-elect.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Apple App Store’s Top Apps and Games of 2024 in India Announced: WhatsApp, Instagram, BGMI and More
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by Manas Mitul
Apple on Monday announced its annual year-end charts of the most downloaded apps and games on the App Store in over 35 countries, including India. WhatsApp — the popular instant messaging platform owned by Meta Platforms — has emerged as the top free iPhone app. Meanwhile, the Forest: Focus for Productivity app, which helps users put down their...
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Facebook-Parent Meta Settles with Australia's Privacy Watchdog Over Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- Reuters
Meta Platforms has agreed to a AUD 50 million settlement ($31.85 million or roughly Rs. 270 crore), Australia's privacy watchdog over the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In June 2023, the country's federal court ordered Meta and the privacy commissioner to enter mediation.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Instagram Rolls Out 2024 Collage Feature With New Year-Themed Fonts: Report
- Tuesday December 17, 2024
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by David Delima
With 2024 coming to an end, Instagram has rolled out a new feature for users to create a collage from all the moments that they have shared on social media throughout the year, according to a report. It is said to be visible in the Instagram story interface once an image has been selected and resized. The Meta Platforms-owned social media platform ...
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Meta's Motivo AI Model Could Deliver More Lifelike Digital Avatars: Here's How it Works
- Monday December 16, 2024
- Written by Radhika Parashar, Edited by David Delima
Meta has released an AI model called Meta Motivo. The model, that can control the body movements of digital avatars, is expected to make the overall metaverse experience better.
- www.gadgets360.com
-
Apple's AR Smart Glasses Could Be ‘3 to 5 Years’ Away Due to Ongoing Challenges: Report
- Monday December 16, 2024
- Written by Shaurya Tomer, Edited by David Delima
Apple is reportedly developing augmented reality (AR) smart glasses, a product that its rivals like Google, Meta Platforms, and Samsung have already shown progress towards in recent years. But despite its efforts to foray into AR smart glasses with steps taken including the Vision Pro launch and a new initiative called 'Atlas’, Apple’s device c...
- www.gadgets360.com