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Facebook launches a ‘Plus’ subscription that gives you extra features
After announcing tests of premium subscriptions for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp earlier this year, TechCrunch and Bloomberg report that Meta is laun…
Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions, with more to come, including AI plans
Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused …
These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware
Apple, Meta, and Google offer special security modes that provide your devices more secure against targeted spyware attacks. Here are how those modes …
Meta’s Forum is part Reddit, part Facebook, and part Google AI Overview
Meta's new Forum app for iPhones takes Facebook Groups and moves them to a dedicated app with a dedicated AI chatbot to go with it, like an AI revamp …
Meta quietly launches a new Reddit-like app called Forum
The company describes the app as a "dedicated space built for deeper discussions, real answers and communities you care about."
One of Meta’s big legal reckonings just ended in a settlement
After back-to-back losses in trials grappling with its impact on teens' mental health, Meta just settled what was supposed to be its next legal battle…
Meta lays off thousands of employees to offset AI investments
Meta has reportedly notified thousands of employees that they've been laid off as the company attempts to compensate for its hefty AI investments. In …
Snap, YouTube, and TikTok settle suit over harm to students
Snap, YouTube, and TikTok have settled the first lawsuit of its kind, alleging that social media addiction has cost public schools massive amounts of …
Meta brings virtual writing to everyone with Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses
Meta is rolling out new features to its Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses, including bringing the ability to write messages just with hand gestures t…
How to turn off Instagram’s new Instants feature and retract photos you accidentally shared
While the Meta-owned social network billed Instants as a new format to share real-life moments as they’re happening, many users are looking for a way …
Instagram hits the copy button again with new disappearing Instants photos
Instagram is once again cribbing from competitors like Snapchat and BeReal with a new photo-sharing format it calls "Instants," which are ephemeral ph…
Instagram’s new ‘Instants’ feature combines elements from Snapchat and BeReal
The feature lets users share disappearing photos with their Close Friends or mutual followers that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24…
Mark Zuckerberg announces ‘completely private’ encrypted Meta AI chat
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says its new Incognito Chat is "the first major AI product where there is no log of your conversations stored on servers." Me…
WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats
Meta said these incognito conversations are not saved, and messages will disappear by default once you close the chat.
Meta won’t let you block its AI account on Threads
Meta announced on Tuesday that it's testing a Threads feature that lets users tag a Meta AI account to get answers to questions or context about a con…
Meta will tell parents when their teens add new interests to their Instagram algorithm
Starting Tuesday, parents can get more details about what their teens are up to on Instagram. Meta is adding a feature to its Teen Accounts that shows…
Threads tests a Meta AI integration that works similarly to Grok
The feature is designed to help people get real-time context about trends and breaking stories, as well as receive recommendations, all within convers…
Threads finally brings messaging to the web
By bringing messaging to the web, Threads is aligning its desktop experience more closely with competitors like X and Bluesky.
Threads is finally getting DMs on the web
Nearly a year after rolling out Threads direct messaging to everyone on mobile, Meta is finally bringing the feature to the web. Meta says it's "testi…
Meta sued by major book publishers over copyright infringement
Meta is facing a class action lawsuit filed by five major book publishers and one author over claims the company "engaged in one of the most massive i…
Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage
The visual analysis system is now operating in select countries, but Meta says it's working toward a broader rollout.
New Mexico has a plan to overhaul Facebook and Instagram
Still fresh off its recent $375 million jury verdict against Meta, New Mexico attorney general Raul Torrez's office began arguing for even greater ask…
Facebook and Instagram are using AI bone structure analysis to identify photos of kids
Facebook and Instagram have a new way to detect and remove users under 13: AI bone structure analysis. In a blog post on Tuesday, Meta - Facebook and …
Meta’s historic loss in court could cost a lot more than $375 million
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez won a historic sum of $375 million in a landmark child safety case against Meta earlier this year. But th…
Meta buys robotics startup to bolster its humanoid AI ambitions
Meta bought humanoid startup Assured Robot Intelligence to beef up its AI models for robots, the company said.
Musk v. Altman is just getting started
Elon Musk spent the better part of three days on the witness stand this week in his lawsuit against OpenAI, and it’s al…