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Facebook starts testing non-fungible tokens with select creators in US

Navdeep Singh who is a product manager at Meta (formerly Facebook) shared screenshots of NFTs on Facebook late on Thursday

Meta warns employees 'to expect a tough second half' in internal memo

The Meta executive added that the company is in "serious times here and the headwinds are fierce", underscoring that its challenges aren't likely to vanish anytime soon

Instagram tests new options to verify age; seeks IDs like driver's license

Starting with the US, if someone attempts to edit their date of birth on Instagram from under the age of 18 to 18 or over, Instagram will require them to verify their age

Meta rolls out monetisation tools for creators on Instagram, Facebook

Firm won't take commission from creators till 2024

Zuckerberg says Meta won't take commission from creators until 2024

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said that the company will "hold off on any revenue sharing" until 2024, a one-year extension of his prior pledge to not charge a commission until 2023.

Meta CEO announces roll out of Horizon Home on Quest 2 VR headset

Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Quest 2 virtual reality (VR) headset will get Horizon Home as part of a new update.

Meta unfriends FB stock ticker in final farewell to the Facebook era

Meta Platforms Inc rebranded from its eponymous social networking platform in October 2021, betting that the metaverse, a shared virtual realm, will succeed mobile internet

Why there might not be another COO like Meta's Sheryl Sandberg

Sandberg's India visit in 2014 was no lower in profile than Jeff Bezos' two months later

Sheryl Sandberg's exit may not be a big blow for Facebook-parent Meta

As second-in-command to founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, Sandberg transformed Facebook from a buzzy startup into a technology behemoth and helped grow its ad revenue to over $100 billion

Meta onboards Kalaari Capital to scale early-stage startups in India

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta announced a partnership with VC fund Kalaari Capital to upskill and scale young, invested businesses in India by providing them with timely business skilling support.

Meta chief Zuckerberg sued over Cambridge Analytica privacy breach

The District of Columbia sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, seeking to hold him personally liable for the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a privacy breach of millions of Facebook users' personal data

Mark Zuckerberg sued in US over Cambridge Analytica data scam: Report

Cambridge Analytica was hired by then-candidate Donald Trump during his 2016 campaign against Hillary Clinton

Meta Cloud hosting services now available for businesses on WhatsApp

Now, a business can easily access the service, build directly on top of WhatsApp to customise their experience and speed up their response time to customers by using the secure WhatsApp Cloud API

WhatsApp will be open to all businesses through Cloud API: Mark Zuckerberg

This will be made possible by offering free, secure cloud hosting services provided by Meta

Meta freezes hiring for several verticals, Zuckerberg says no job cuts

Meta (formerly Facebook) has paused hirings for several verticals, like shopping and Messenger Kids, which has triggered the fear of lay offs among employees.

WhatsApp rolls out Facebook-like message reactions feature with 6 emojis

In addition to reacting to messages with emojis, WhatsApp users can also share larger files now since WhatsApp has increased the file transfer size from 100MB to 2GB

Meta to pay creators up to $4,000 for original content on Facebook Reels

Facebook's 'Challenges' is a new way to go through a series of bonuses to reach a maximum payout

Facebook founder Zuckerberg discusses 'collaboration' with Italy PM Draghi

"We are pleased to have been able to discuss the cultural, social and economic opportunities that the metaverse will bring to Italy, and we look forward continuing our collaboration, " Zuckerberg said

Facebook pulls the plug on podcast business after a year: Report

Podcasts won't be available on Facebook after June 3; company will also end short-form audio feature, shut audio hub

Meta-owned Facebook to pull the plug on its podcast platform next month

Facebook is shutting down its podcast platform next month, within less than a year of its launch as the company "re-evaluates" its audio offerings in a fast-changing world of technology.