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Meta Shifts Focus: Zuckerberg Prioritizes "More Speech" Over Fact-Checking

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a significant shift in the company's content moderation policies, emphasizing "more speech and fewer mistakes." This involves phasing out fact-checkers, dramatically reducing censorship, and actively promoting political content across its platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. This shift in direction was outlined in a Meta

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Instagram begins enabling users to make AI portraits of themselves

US users can use AI Studio to create AI replicas of themselves for Instagram or the web, according to Meta. Creators and entrepreneurs can use these profiles to communicate with their fans, answer comments, and engage in human-to-human conversation in chat threads. On the basis of links, information, and subjects,

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Meta Tests Non-Skippable 'Ad Breaks' on Instagram Feeds

Meta is being a bit sneaky lately! They are testing a new feature on Instagram called "ad breaks." These non-skippable ads can't be scrolled past until the break is over, lasting only a few seconds according to some screenshots. As of now, it is unclear whether this duration will change

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Big Tech companies continues to spend billions on AI

The US electricity system may be put under stress as a result of the tech giants Google, Microsoft, and Meta's plans to spend billions on artificial intelligence, which would raise demand for computer chips. These investments might solidify internet companies' position at the core of the US economy and constitute

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Meta has announced major updates to Facebook Messenger, including HD photos, shared albums, QR code additions, and 100MB file sharing

Sending images from an Android device to an Apple one, or vice versa, can be challenging. While we can use G-Drive, Viber, or Telegram, these apps require a robust internet connection to function. The resolution is reduced when sent over Messenger, so I believe Meta has finally had enough and

Zuckerberg claims that Meta is investing heavily in the development of artificial intelligence on par with human intelligence.

The goal of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI) and relocate Meta's FAIR AI research team to the same area of the business as the group developing generative AI solutions for Meta's app portfolio. With this action, the company hopes to directly reach billions of

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Early this week, Meta might release a desktop version of Threads.

Threads will soon be available on desktop, so whether you're just getting started with it or have been using it since day one, you might end up enjoying it more. Power users like brands, company accounts, advertisers, and journalists can benefit more from Threads thanks to the eagerly awaited web

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Instagram independent account cancellation will soon be supported by threads

Are you joining the threads? Well if you have no idea what this new social media app that has been the talk of the town. I'll give you a bit of a talk about it . Threads is a social networking software created by Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram.

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Meta sells Giphy to Shutterstock for USD 53 million.

Shutterstock announced that it will purchase Giphy from Meta Platforms for $53 million, completing the unwinding of a transaction that had been delayed by British authorities due to competition concerns. Giphy boasts 1.7 billion daily users and partners including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok, and Twitter, according to the stock