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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta Platforms cutting jobs at Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram

    Meta Platforms cutting jobs at Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram Meta Platforms Inc. is set to commence companywide layoffs on Wednesday as it restructures teams and works toward founder Mark Zuckerberg’s goal of greater efficiency. The Facebook parent company notified managers to prepare to...
  3. Jan

    Competition Tribunal to hear GovChat application in WhatsApp prosecution

    WhatsApp faces prosecution in South Africa The Competition Tribunal says it will hear an application on Tuesday, 18 April, involving the Competition Commission prosecuting Meta Platforms for the alleged abuse of its market dominance in South Africa. Meta Platforms was previously known as...
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  4. Jan

    WhatsApp announces three new security features

    WhatsApp launching three security features Popular mobile instant messaging service WhatsApp is rolling out three new features in the coming months that promise to enhance user privacy and security. The first is called Account Protect, a new measure for double-checking whether a user wants to...
  5. Jan

    Facebook adds multiplayer games to Messenger video calls, like Discord

    Meta adds multiplayer games to Facebook Messenger video calls Meta Platforms has taken a page out of Discord's book and is adding a feature to let video call participants play multiplayer games within Facebook Messenger. There are currently 14 free-to-play games available in Messenger video...
  6. Jan

    Chat-lock feature for individual conversations spotted in WhatsApp beta code

    WhatsApp working on big security change WhatsApp is working on a feature that will let users lock specific conversations on the platform using their fingerprint or passcode, WABetaInfo reports. The new feature adds another layer of privacy to the messaging app. Currently, users can lock the...
  7. Jan

    WhatsApp for iOS adds text recognition in images

    WhatsApp adds text detection feature for images WhatsApp has started rolling out a new feature to its iOS app that can recognise and extract text from images, WABetaInfo reports. The Meta Platforms-owned online chat platform previously enabled the feature for certain users of the WhatsApp for...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta Platforms shedding 10,000 jobs — and closing 5,000 open positions

    Meta Platforms shedding 10,000 jobs — and closing 5,000 open positions Meta Platforms Inc. plans to lay off around 10,000 employees and close about 5,000 additional open roles in its second major round of job cuts in the past six months. The Facebook parent company has been marketing 2023 as a...
  9. Jan

    Meta Platforms dropping NFT support from Facebook and Instagram

    Facebook and Instagram dropping NFT support Meta Platforms is cutting non-fungible token (NFT) support on Facebook and Instagram, the company's commerce and fintech lead Stephane Kasriel said on Twitter. A company spokesperson told The Verge they would end tests of minting and selling NFTs on...
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  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Facebook and TikTok owners have caused over a dozen suicides — Lawsuit

    Facebook and TikTok owners have caused over a dozen suicides — Lawsuit Employees at Meta Platforms Inc. and ByteDance Inc. were aware of the harmful effects of their platforms on young children and teenagers but disregarded the information or in some cases sought to undermine it, according to...
  11. Jan

    Facebook and Instagram pause Reels bonuses

    Instagram and Facebook halts bonus payments for Reels creators Meta Platforms is hitting the brakes on its initiative through which Reels creators on Instagram and Facebook could earn up to $35,000 (R649,000) a month, Insider reports. Known as the Reels Play bonus programme, the initiative was...
  12. Jan

    LLaMa - The Facebook ChatGPT leaks online

    Facebook's ChatGPT rival leaks online Facebook's large language model, which the company's parent Meta Platforms is positioning as a potential rival for OpenAI's ChatGPT, has leaked online. LLaMa, which stands for Large Language Model Meta AI, is officially only available for non-commercial...
  13. Jan

    Meta Platforms bringing Messenger back to Facebook apps

    Meta re-introducing Messenger to Facebook apps Meta Platforms is testing re-introducing Messenger to its Facebook app to make it easier for users to access their inboxes. The company said it would roll out more ways to integrate messaging into the social media platform over the coming year.
  14. Jan

    WhatsApp promises EU to make it easier to opt out of privacy policy and terms of service changes

    WhatsApp will make it easier to reject new policies WhatsApp has reached an agreement with the European Union (EU) on how it will communicate with users regarding future updates to its terms of service. In a statement on Monday, 6 March 2023, the EU said the Meta Platforms-owned chat app had...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta Platforms planning more mass layoffs

    Meta Platforms planning more mass layoffs Meta Platforms Inc., the owner of Facebook and Instagram, is planning a fresh round of layoffs and will cut thousands of employees as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter. The world’s largest social networking company is...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta creating new AI product group

    Meta creating new AI product group The chatbot battle is heating up, and Mark Zuckerberg is making it clear that Meta Platforms Inc. is focusing on artificial intelligence-powered tools, too. “We’re creating a new top-level product group at Meta focused on generative AI to turbocharge our work...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta unveils LLaMA AI research tool

    Meta unveils LLaMA AI research tool Meta Platforms Inc. introduced a research tool for building artificial intelligence-based chatbots and other products, seeking to create a buzz for its own technology in a field lately focused on internet rivals Google and Microsoft Corp. The tool, LLaMA, is...
  18. Jan

    WhatsApp working on newsletter feature

    WhatsApp developing newsletter tool WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will allow users to send and receive newsletters similar to those of mass email services. WABetaInfo has uncovered code in the mobile app referring to a feature dubbed "Newsletter".
  19. Jan

    WhatsApp adds picture-in-picture for video calls with iOS update

    WhatsApp iOS update adds picture-in-picture for video calls WhatsApp has started rolling out a major update for iOS users — picture-in-picture (PiP) support for video calls — with its 23.3.77 version update, 9to5Mac reports. The platform started testing picture-in-picture in December 2022...
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  20. Jan

    Meta develops Toolformer AI that can learn to use search engines, APIs

    Meta's Toolformer AI can teach itself to use search engines, calculators, calendars Meta Platforms has developed an AI language model that can teach itself to use external tools, including calculators, calendars, and search engines. Dubbed Toolformer, the language model can use application...
    • Jan
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  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Instagram launches broadcast channels

    Instagram launches broadcast channels Instagram is rolling out a new feature called broadcast channels that lets users send text or photo updates directly to followers, the latest attempt by the Meta Platforms Inc. division to fine-tune the service. Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg...
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