Meta’s X Rival Gains Multiple Drafts, Audience Insights
Meta’s X rival Threads announced a number of new features today, including the ability to store multiple drafts, a way to rearrange columns on the desktop and insights into the user’s audience.
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Meta’s Reality Labs Posts $4.5 Billion Loss In Second Quarter
Meta’s ambitious plans to develop the metaverse is still costing the company billions of dollars a quarter, CNBC reported.
Meta To Pay $1.4 Billion To Settle Texas Facial Recognition Data Lawsuit
Meta Platforms has agreed to pay $1.4 billion to Texas to resolve the state’s lawsuit accusing the Facebook parent of illegally using facial-recognition technology to collect biometric data of millions of Texans without their consent, Reuters reported.
Mark Zuckerberg Argues That ‘Open Source AI’ Is The Path Forward
Meta posted “Expanding our open source large language models responsibly”. From the Meta blog:
EU Launches Probe Into Meta Over Social Media Addiction In Children
Brussels has opened an in-depth probe into Meta over concerns it is failing to do enough to protect children from becoming addicted to social media platforms such as Instagram, Financial Times reported.
Meta Wants To Put Students And Teachers In Quest VR Headsets
If Meta has its way, students will tour faraway museums, walk among dinosaurs and view human intestines up close — all from the comfort of their classroom, using Quest, virtual reality (VR) headsets, Axios reported.
Meta Tells Small Businesses To Boost And Avoid Apple Service Charges
Meta announced “New Ways For Small Businesses To Boost And Avoid Apple Service Charges” From the announcement: Businesses with limited resources have found tremendous value in advertising through boosted posts to find new customers and have been utilizing them for many years. In fact, nearly all boosted post users are small businesses. To support the millions of small businesses that