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'Time to move on': Mark Zuckerberg calls off cage fight with Elon Musk

Musk vs Zuckerberg: Last week, Musk said that the fight would take place at an 'epic location' in Italy

HUL's Shikhar user interface made seamless as popular social media apps

Apart from making the B2B app user-friendly for retailers, the FMCG major is looking to expand Samadhan, which cuts delivery time to just a day

Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg cage fight confirmed, all you need to know

The cage fight is confirmed between two tech billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. Musk has said the cage fight will be live-streamed on X

Meta's AudioCraft will allow users to generate music from text

AudrioCraft is a new generative AI tool unveiled by Meta that can generate audio and music from text prompts

Meta prepares AI-powered chatbots in attempt to retain users: Report

The report comes as Meta executives are focusing on boosting retention on its new text-based app Threads, after the app lost more than half of its users in the weeks following its launch on July 5

Meta's instant messaging app WhatsApp gets 60-second video message feature

The video messaging feature will allow WhatsApp users to record and share short personal videos of up to 60-second directly in the chat

Meta has rare opportunity to seize momentum with Twitter rival 'Threads'

Threads could help bring the center of internet culture back to Meta, once again making it a place where things happen first

Analysis of Meta's algorithms shows that misinformation has no easy fix

The powerful algorithms used by Facebook and Instagram to deliver content to users have increasingly been blamed for amplifying misinformation and political polarisation. But a series of groundbreaking studies published Thursday suggest addressing these challenges is not as simple as tweaking the platforms' software. The four research papers, published in Science and Nature, also reveal the extent of political echo chambers on Facebook, where conservatives and liberals rely on divergent sources of information, interact with opposing groups and consume distinctly different amounts of misinformation. Algorithms are the automated systems that social media platforms use to suggest content for users by making assumptions based on the groups, friends, topics and headlines a user has clicked on in the past. While they excel at keeping users engaged, algorithms have been criticised for amplifying misinformation and ideological content that has worsened the country's political ...

Facebook parent Meta stock surges 8% on AI-powered ad sales booster

Meta's results were also supported by improving monetisation of Reels, a short-form video format that is the company's answer to TikTok

Kolkata police issues warning about WhatsApp hacking, says not to share OTP

Kolkata police issued a warning against fraudsters, who are hacking users' Facebook profiles and connecting with the people in their friend lists through Messenger and asking for money

Telegram launches Instagram-like 'stories' feature for premium users

Telegram users can share images and videos, add links and captions, as well as tag people and comment on other people's 'stories'

Threads see dip in engagement: Here's what brands, creators think of future

When Meta launched Threads, it was billed as a 'Twitter-killer' as 100 million signed up within days of launch. But just like other rivals to Twitter, Threads seems to be losing traction. New data apps tracking firm Sensor Tower indicates the hype has died down and Threads has seen a 20 per cent decrease in active users and a 50 per cent reduction in time spent on the app, from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Twitter had seen about a 5 per cent decrease in traffic right after Threads' launch earlier this month. Threads isn't the only Twitter alternative to gain and lose traction. Mastodon saw millions of signups immediately after Elon Musk bought Twitter in a USD 44-billion deal. But since late last year, Mastodon has failed to keep users' interest. Bluesky, backed by Twitter's co-founder Jack Dorsey, has also piqued some interest but hasn't really caught up. Twitter has built its reputation around live breaking news, making it the go-to platform for millions during events -- political

OpenAI's head of trust and safety Dave Willner quits. Here is why

After stints at Airbnb and Facebook, Willner took over his role at OpenAI in February last year

Instagram announces AR effects, trending, recommendations in Templates

Facebook parent Meta's photo sharing app Instagram today announced improvements to reel templates that include text, transitions and AR effects in the reels editor, and revamp of the templates browser. In a reel shared by Instagram Head Adam Mosseri, the company said, In addition to the number of clips and music, we are adding text, transitions and AR effects and you can edit those as you see fit. Instagram is also completely revamping the templates browser, which allows users to see trending templates as well as personalised recommendations, and templates or audio that creators have saved. Speaking on the rationale of these improvements, Mosseri said Templates 2.0 might inspire users to make something. We believe that anyone can be creative, and creativity isn't limited to artistic masterpieces or professionals...sometimes you need just a little bit of inspiration, that's where templates can come in, he added. Instagram reels allow users to post videos under 15 minutes. It follow

Meta opens AI chatbot tech 'LLaMA' for commercial use via Microsoft

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms has built an artificial intelligence system that rivals the likes of ChatGPT and Google's Bard but it's taking a different approach: releasing it for free. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday that the company is partnering with Microsoft to introduce the next generation of its AI large language model and making the technology, known as LLaMA 2, free for research and commercial use. Much like tech peers Google and Microsoft, the social media company has long had a big research team of computer scientists devoted to advancing AI technology. But it's been overshadowed as the release of ChatGPT sparked a rush to profit off of generative AI tools that can create new prose, images and other media. Meta has also tried to distinguish itself by being more open than some of its Big Tech rivals about offering a peek at the data and code it uses to build AI systems. It has argued that such openness makes it easier for outside researchers to help identify

Meta announces new video tab for Facebook; brings improvement to uploads

Users will now have the option to browse vertically through a "personalised feed" of videos with a separate reels section

Meta faces $100K daily fine from Norway regulator over privacy concerns

Meta will face a hefty fine over advertising practices that violate user privacy, Norway's data protection authority said Monday, unless the Facebook and Instagram owner takes action to comply with the law. Norwegian regulator Datatilsynet says that behavioral advertising a common marketing model that profiles users by collection information like their physical locations, among other data without consent is illegal. Because of this, Datatilsynet imposing a temporary ban of such practices on Facebook and Instagram. During the ban, which starts August 4, Meta risks a fine of up to 1 million Norwegian kroner (nearly USD 100,000) each day. The ban will last for three months, or until Meta can show that it complies with the law, Datatilsynet said. This decision does not ban Facebook or Instagram in Norway," Tobias Judin, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority's international department head, stated in a release. "The purpose is rather to ensure that people in Norway can use these ...

Meta Platforms Inc to fight EU charges over Facebook marketplace abuse

EU watchdogs alleged that Meta imposed unfair trading terms that enable it to use data on competing online classified ad services for its Marketplace platform

Twitter silently does away with the requirement to log in to see tweets

The micro-blogging platform prevented users from checking out a tweet if they were not logged in and prompted them to log in for the same

Threads: Meta's "Twitter killer" app puts Elon Musk under pressure

Users, on the whole, may care little about that. What they will care about, though, is a lack of control over what they see in their Threads feed