The school board added the parent company of Facebook and Instagram to a complaint it filed on march 13 against other social media giants, including google, TikTok and Snap. The complaint follows a first-of-its-kind suit filed in January by the school district.
TikTok became the most downloaded app in 2022, clocking 672 million downloads. The app, owned by Chinese corporation ByteDance, has also landed in political controversies. China has placed a nationwide ban on it.
Amazon has already laid off nearly 18,000 employees in the next few weeks. The global e-commerce giant will still hire in some strategic areas. Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said it would cut 10,000 jobs this year.
Users can now share chat responses with people on social media apps like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or use a link. A persistent link will take the user to a chat window, fill in the answer it shared with the source along with citations.
Facebook's parent company will now cut 10,000 more jobs in its second round of layoffs. One employee revealed that she was fired on maternity leave after spending three days at the company. She said she spent three years at a company that had so many memories.
The central intelligence and investigating agencies stressed to the government that they should get free flow of information from social media apps and websites such as Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook as part of the investigation. Sources said the intelligence and investigation agencies did not have pleasant experiences with the social media websites. They quoted instances of several tech companies who refused to divulge the information quoting their internal policies.
Meta Platforms (META.O) is exploring a stand-alone social network for sharing text updates. The move makes sense since Facebook and Instagram have done a better job wringing money from their users than Twitter has.
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Meta (formerly Facebook) increased the price of the Meta Quest 2 VR headset. The entry-level Qest 2 with 128GB of storage is still $400, but the model with 256GB storage is now down to $430, making it a $30 step-up.
Tencent is in talks to distribute its Meta Quest line of virtual reality headsets in china. The talks between Tencent and Meta are still in early stages. If successful they will give a Facebook product its first-ever entry in China.
A strange skeletal creature was recently found by a local woman Julie Barker while she was taking a walk with her dog in Gosport on the beach between Hill Head and Lee On Solent. The strange object was described as a facehugger from Alien that has creeped out many netizens. The pictures of the peculiar discovery were shared on Facebook.
The public school district in the us city of Seattle has filed a lawsuit against big tech companies for allegedly causing mental harm, depression and anxiety among students. The complaint targets Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram, but also Google, Snapchat, YouTube as well as Chinese-owned TikTok. National action remains blocked by a politically divided congress and successful lobbying by big tech firms.
The report consists of data from January 2nd to November 26, 2022. There is an increase in internet users by 23 per cent in 2022, according to the graph shared by cloudflare. The report also confirms that there has been a sharp increase in bot traffic this year.
The bulk of the company’s investments will continue to go toward what Meta calls its “family of apps - Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. Meta stock is down nearly 65% this year, and some have questioned CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s expensive bet on the metaverse.
John Carmack has resigned as Meta's executive consultant for VR and left the company after almost a decade. Carmack spent years working at Meta as CTO of VR company Oculus after it was purchased by social media turned metaverse platform (then known as Facebook) in 2013. The veteran programmer said the move signals the end of my decade in VR and noted he has mixed feelings about leaving the company.
John Carmack, a pioneer of virtual reality technology, is leaving Meta after more than eight years at the company. Mr. Carmack was the former chief technology officer of Oculus, the virtual reality company that Facebook bought for $2 billion in 2014. He stayed with Facebook after Mark Zuckerberg decided to shift the company last year to focus on the metaverse.
Shaq;Tacular Spectacular will be available on Meta Horizon Worlds, Meta Quest, Facebook, Instagram and Messenger’s Watch Together. The one-hour program will feature Cardi B., Killer Mike, Ludacris, Lil Yachty, Rob Gronkowski and Camille Kostek. Viewers will be able to replicate dance-offs on the show on a virtual dance floor.
Video shows a man in a Mahindra XUV700 playing cards while driving on a highway. The video was shared on Facebook by a user going by the name Farhan Rajpoot. The text in the video indicates that the man is using the Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) feature of the car.
Chat GPT has been compared to great leaps in the history of human endeavour — from the nuclear bomb to the invention of the internet. But Facebook parent Meta had released a very similar tool just days before. Meta’s Galactica was trained on 50 million academic papers, textbooks and websites.
The Biden administration alleged Meta Platforms Inc of attempting to purchase its way to dominance in the metaverse, kicking off a high-end trial to aim to stop Meta from purchasing Within Inc. In July, the FTC filed a suit to prevent the deal. It said that Facebook's parent's acquisition of Within would tend to create a monopoly in the market with regard to virtual reality (VR) fitness apps.
At least 12% of all unique user data found in cyber crime marketplaces belonged to Indians. Data of Indian users topped the chart with over 6 lakh users found in popular bot market databases. Data includes passwords, financial information and even cookies stored on a device. The data includes stolen login information of Google, Microsoft and Facebook accounts.
Ben Mezrich is writing a book called Breaking Twitter about Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter. The author said Musk is one of the most complex characters in society. He has published 25 books, including The Antisocial Network, and The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook — A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal.
Twitter, Meta (erstwhile Facebook), Google and Amazon are compensating their employees while terminating their services. The idea behind making this payment is to ensure that the employees have enough to survive on before they get employed at any other place. The taxability of the severance pay would be determined on the basis of the assessee’s employment tenure.
Facebook Dating is updating its dating app to detect if users are lying about being younger than 18. Users can either upload a form of ID, such as a driver’s license, or upload a video selfie. A third party, Yoti, uses AI technology to verify age based on a users’ facial features. The company claims it doesn’t identify users save for the selfie.
Surbhi Gupta, an engineer from India, was among the thousands of employees sacked by Facebook's parent company Meta. She appeared on the popular Netflix show Indian Matchmaking, hosted by Mumbai-based matchmaker Sima Taparia. Gupta won the Miss Bharat-California pageant in 2018 and was crowned by her idol Sushmita Sen.
The Resolution Games Showcase will have news about several game announcements and updates. It’ll stream live on YouTube and Facebook. The studio is coming off of the success of several games, such as Demeo and Blaston. As a present to its users, it’s releasing the title Reign of Madness as a present.
A video of a man proposing to his girlfriend has gone viral on social media. Scott Clyne lost control of the ring box and it dropped into the ocean during the proposal. He jumped into the water without even waiting a second and came out the other side holding the ring. The video of the proposal has garnered nearly 4 lakh views on Facebook.
Meghalaya government has extended internet suspension for another 48 hours in seven districts of the state. The internet suspension in the said districts will begin from 10:30 am on November 26. Police stated that social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, YouTube, etc. Have the potential to cause a serious breakdown of the law and order in the areas.
A restaurant in Haryana's Hisar shared a vintage restaurant bill from the year 1985 on Facebook. The bill shows Shahi Paneer being priced at Rs 8 and a bowl of Dal Makhni costing only Rs 5.30. After tax, which was only Rs 2, the whole meal cost Rs 26.30 in the bill dated December 20, 1985.
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms has responded to the German cartel office's concerns by allowing the use of its virtual reality headset without a Facebook account. The cartel office has been closely watching Meta since May when it declared it was of paramount significance for competition across markets, a classification that gives the regulator more scope to curb digital companies' market power.
Jennifer Lopez's Instagram account mysteriously went dark on Wednesday. Fans have noticed that all her posts, including wedding pictures with Ben Affleck and her profile picture, were wiped clean and her Instagram handle was reportedly blacked out. As for Twitter, while her tweets remained, the display picture and profile banner turned black. Her Facebook profile projected a similar picture.
Lazeez Restaurant & Hotel, an eatery in Haryana, originally shared the old bill from 1985 through a Facebook post in 2013. It mentioned low prices of not just Dal Makhani but Shahi Paneer, Raita, and Roti as well. The post has gone viral now as internet users are left in shock at the difference in prices between 1985 and 2022.
The cost of four dishes, including dal makhani, raita, shahi paneer, and roti, cost only ₹26.30! Isn't that surprising? This post was shared on Facebook by Lazeez Restaurant & Hotel in Delhi.
Financial literacy and investing have been garnering an increasing share of India’s digital public discourse. Discussions around financial literacy were up by a massive 185% within a year, a Twitter report said. A lot of these conversations were being led by financial influencers or ‘finfluencers’ This trend was not restricted to just Twitter, influencers have been dishing out advice to a keen audience across platforms like YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
Meta has been told it was wrong to take down a drill music video at the behest of Scotland Yard. Met Police expressed concerns the clips could lead to ‘retaliatory violence’ from London gangs. But an independent panel set up by Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, has said removing the posts was a mistake.
Restaurant bill from 1985 goes viral, netizens in shock after seeing low price of the bill. The post, which was shared originally on August 12, 2013, on Facebook, has gone viral again. The customer had ordered a plate of Shahi Paneer, Dal Makhni, Raita and a few chapatis.
A 37-year-old food bill from a restaurant, which has gone viral on social media, has stunned the internet. The bill, originally shared on 12 August 2013 on Facebook by Lazeez Restaurant & Hotel, is dated 20 December 1985. Internet users have reacted to the viral food bill of 1985 with shock.
The Walking Dead: Last Mile's first season is over. The zombie apocalypse sim series was an interactive live event on Facebook. The teams behind the series have shared an infographic with GameSpot. The infographic reveals how players invested their time and influence points in the series. Silent Hill: Ascension will use similar underlying cloud technology to allow players to influence a new story.
Video of Southwest Airlines' customer service video went viral on social media. Airline posted it on Facebook with a hashtag of World Kindness Day. The video features ground staff jumping to grab the phone of a passenger who had left it at the terminal during the boarding procedure. The clip has garnered a whopping 587,000 views and over 1400 comments.
Rumors related to Alan Jackson's death are mysteriously floating on the internet. Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are filled with posts about the singer and songwriter being dead. Jackson is not dead, as there are no authentic reports that claim the same. The singer was active on social media until November 16, 2022, which happens to be just a day before the rumors went viral.
Elon Musk tweeted Saturday that Twitter was the top generator of referrals to other websites. Twitter generated 7.7% of referrals in January, with 74.1% for Facebook, per Datareportal. The site's new owner was widely mocked in the replies by users rejecting his claim.
A meta-owned social networking platform has recently implemented a new option that allows users to remove personal information like phone numbers and email addresses from Facebook's database. You can request that Facebook remove the data and place you on a block list, preventing other users from uploading your data in the future. On the Edit Friends page, you can find the friends you want to delete.
Twitter's market share has surged by 55.8 per cent in 2022 amid Elon Musk's takeover. Facebook’s share plunged by 11.86 per cent till November across desktop and mobile devices worldwide, a new report has revealed. According to data compiled by Finbold, Facebook began the year at 76.85 per cent while in November, the value stood at 67.73 per cent.
This week, Meta – the company that owns Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram – declared it will sack 11,000 employees, or more than 13% of its staff. Last week, Twitter’s new owner, Elon Musk, got rid of half the workforce. In august, Snap, the parent firm of Snapchat, reduced staff by 20%.
A new report suggests that trafficking of wild and endangered species is common in Mexico. The Center for Biological Diversity says it contacted people through Facebook groups in Mexico selling protected species like howler monkeys and toucans. Facebook parent company says it has a policy of removing content and accounts that violate its ban on selling endangered animals.
A u.s. Environmental group says it has filed a complaint to prosecutors. The report argues that toothless regulation is allowing illegal wildlife trafficking to threaten species in one of the world's most biodiverse countries. Animals such as toucans, monkeys, bears and jaguars are openly and increasingly sold on platforms including Meta Platforms Inc's Facebook and Instagram.
The planned layoffs would be the first broad head-count reductions to occur in the company's 18-year history. The facebook and Instagram parent company reported over 87,000 employees.
The two majors combined paid Rs 2,277 crore out of the total Rs 3,900 crore that the revenue department collected in FY22. The equalisation levy is a 6% tax on global companies that generate online advertisements from Indian residents or non-resident companies with a permanent establishment (PE) in India.
Smartphones have become an essential part of everyone’s lives. But social media apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram have made addicted to their devices.
The Meta Quest 2 is a virtual reality headset – and will soon have a successor Credit: Meta2. It follows the meta Quest 2, which was originally launched as the Oculus Qest 2 by Facebook (now Meta) the standard line is supposed to be a more budget-friendly VR headset.
The company had agreed to buy Within Unlimited in October 2021 for an undisclosed sum. In a court document filed with US District Court Northern District Of California, the FTC listed 18 witnesses it plans to question.
The telecast will be available on the newly revamped www.bTtv.iN website as well as the channel’s YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn pages. The 90-minute broadcast of the auspicious Muhurat Trading begins at 6pm on Diwali.
A new report shows that barely anyone is spending much time in Horizon Worlds at all, with most user-created worlds going completely unvisited. The company initially hoped to have 500,000 monthly active users visiting these various virtual worlds. Only about nine percent of the users in the game are visited by more than 50 players.
Nick Kyrgios says he loves Andrew and Tristan Tate. He was recently banned from twitter, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. The 27-year-old has indicated that he does not plan to play professional tennis.
Federal Trade Commission is suing to block Facebook parent Meta's proposed acquisition of virtual-reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural. FTC says the deal would hurt competition and violate antitrust laws. Meta struck back Thursday, asking a federal court in San Jose, California, to dismiss the FTC's July request for an injunction against the acquisition.
Stickers are available on WhatsApp, Facebook, Telegram and Facebook. Pre-made stickers for Karwachauth aren’t available for Telegram. So, you’ll have to download some stickers from the internet and then send it as an attachment. Do note that third-party stickers are not available on iOS devices.
Facebook CEO said that unlike the upcoming Apple’s virtual reality platform, Meta’s “metaverse is meant to be ‘open’ for all” in an interview with The Verge, he remarked that although the closed ecosystem (Apple’s) has won in mobile, but in next generation of computing, we need to make sure that the open ecosystem wins again.
Mark Zuckerberg slams Apple's plans for metaverse, lauds Meta's work. Zuckerberg also suggested that Apple's holier-than-thou attitude may not be as extreme as it seems. Apple has always been outspoken in its criticism of Facebook's handling of user data and privacy.
Meta — the parent company that owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Quest — held its annual Connect 2022 conference which puts an emphasis on the next generation of AR and VR products. Meta showcased its upcoming mixed reality headset Quest Pro at the event. It also announced the release of new gaming titles coming to its older Quest 2 VR headset. Here’s a look at the new titles coming for the Quest 2.
