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Zuckerberg to open developer conference with AI, virtual reality focus

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will kick off the tech giant's Connect developer conference on Wednesday with a focus on virtual and augmented reality and artificial intelligence (AI). The company, which renamed itself Meta two years ago, is expected to unveil the next version of its virtual reality headset, the Quest 3 and discuss AI chat-bots and other tools and features designed to keep users interested in Facebook and Instagram as competition with TikTok continues. This remains Meta's biggest challenge, said Insider Intelligence analyst Yoram Wurmser. A lot of this effort around chat-bots and stories and other ways just to keep engagement going (like) AI-driven personalization and stuff like that, that's the overarching challenge for the company, he said. Squeezed by a slump in online advertising and uncertainty around the global economy, Meta has cut more than 20,000 jobs since last November. Zuckerberg dubbed 2023 the company's year of efficiency as it reduces its workforce while ..

Soon, Instagram's Threads to let users edit published posts: Details here

Unlike X, which offers this feature only to premium subscribers, the edit feature will be open to everybody on Instagram's Threads

Meta monetises business messaging with WhatsApp in 'key market' India

These features were unveiled at a WhatsApp Conversations event held in Mumbai. This was the second annual Conversations conference being held by the company, and the first one in India

India leading the world on how people, biz embraced messaging: Zuckerberg

Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said India is leading the world on how people and businesses have embraced messaging as a better way to get things done, as the social media giant unveiled a slew of new tools aimed at supercharging businesses using WhatsApp. Announcing the line-up of key offerings for WhatsApp, Zuckerberg said the company has continued to innovate with its messaging formats, group chats and broadcast channels. "India, (is) a country that's at the forefront of a lot of what we're going to talk about today. You're (India is) leading the world in terms of how people and businesses have embraced messaging as the better way to get things done. Zuckerberg said during a virtual address at Conversations event in Mumbai. The announcements included Meta verified badge for businesses, and expansion of payments service that will facilitate completion of purchases directly in the chat. Zuckerberg also spoke about WhatsApp Flows, which will give businesses the .

Threads rolls out X-inspired quote post feature on web client: Details here

Users can now quote a post on Threads similar to the X (formerly Twitter) on its web client. It is yet another feature that brings Threads closer to X in terms of user experience

WhatsApp denies report that the platform is exploring ads to boost revenue

The report said that teams at Meta were discussing whether to show ads in lists of conversations with contacts on the WhatsApp chat screen, but no final decisions had been made

Mark Zuckerberg launches WhatsApp Channels in India; global rollout begins

The Indian Cricket team and Bollywood actors including Katrina Kaif, Diljit Dosanjh, Akshay Kumar, Vijay Deverakonda, Neha Kakkar launch their WhatsApp Channels

WhatsApp introduces Channels for instant celebrity and news updates

Along with India, Channels launched in 150 countries

European Union's enforcer wants big tech players to play by his rules

3-years ago, the EU was drafting what would become the bloc's landmark content moderation and competition rules, and executives had come to present their perspective

Meta's 'biggest single takedown' saw removal of 7,704 Facebook accounts

As per The New York Times, the posts were part of a Chinese influence campaign that stands out as the largest such operation to date, researchers at Meta said in a report on Tuesday

Meta platform back on track with spending focused where investors want

After an unpopular pivot to Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse virtual-reality vision in 2021 and last year's record stock plummet, the firm is seen to be back on track

MediaTek chip with Meta's Llama 2 for on-device generative AI coming soon

MediaTek said it expects Llama 2-based AI applications to become available for smartphones powered by its system-on-chip, which is scheduled to hit the market by the end of the year

Instagram may roll out Threads web version to users this week: Report

Earlier this month, Mark Zuckerberg had posted on Threads that users can expect a web version in the 'next few weeks'

'Send me location'..: War of words erupts again between Musk, Zuckerberg

Responding to this, the X-owner accused Zuckerberg of apparently not accepting the challenge

Time to move on: Zuckerberg clears doubts over cage fight with Elon Musk

Earlier, the Tesla CEO claimed that his and Zuckerberg's fight will be live-streamed on X as well as Meta's platforms and will likely take place in Italy, the Meta owner dropped a statement on Threads

Zuckerberg's real threat is still TikTok, rather than former Twitter

Threads, the simple, bare-bones text-based social network created by Facebook owner Meta, burst onto the scene during a particularly bad week for the rival then still known as Twitter. It quickly amassed 100 million signups a huge feat for a newcomer in the space and was dubbed as a Twitter killer. By week two, though, signups began to drop off. As of Aug 7, the number of people who used Threads daily hovered around 10 million on Android phones, down from 49 million when it launched a month earlier, according to research firm SimilarWeb. Is Mark Zuckerberg's latest venture just a flash in the pan? That depends on whether it can hold its own against its biggest rival. And no, that's not X, the former Twitter. It's TikTok. And the odds are not great. Mark Zuckerberg may have temporarily been distracted in his sparring with Elon Musk, but the real battle for Meta is with TikTok, said Insider Intelligence analyst Jasmine Enberg. And Zuckerberg still really needs to watch his back. It

'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

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg's war of words over cage fight escalates

A day after Tesla CEO Musk claimed that his and Zuckerberg's fight will be live-streamed on X as well as Meta's platforms and will likely take place in Italy, the Meta owner dropped a statement

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg's cage fight likely to be hosted in Italy?

In a series of posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, Musk said he has been in contact with the Italian prime minister and minister of culture about hosting the event

Threads rolls out new features, including 'share post to Instagram DMs'

Alongside, Meta has rolled out Threads support for rel=me links to help verify users' identity on platforms like Mastodon