Facebook is rolling out updates today in a bid to increase engagement and make the platform more organized for its users. New apps for sellers on Marketplace are on the horizon; a verification system to prove that you are human in services such as Dating, Marketplace and Groups; and a new immersive design for video.
Meta’s latest ad begins with a black-and-white shot of an eye, showing us what someone sees as they read countless panicked headlines about how AI will take our jobs, isolate us, and cause a global crisis. “Some people will have you believe that AI will make us feel less connected. That it will leave us
Over the past year, Meta has funded the construction of at least a dozen natural gas power plants, including a project that alone will burn enough natural gas to generate as much electricity as the entire state of South Dakota uses. Meta is now no longer part of RE100, a corporate renewable energy initiative, after
A day after Snap reached a tentative settlement with the plaintiff in a social media addiction lawsuit, leaving Meta as the only remaining defendant, the case was dropped. In a statement, Meta said the plaintiff decided to drop his case against Meta without receiving any payment. TikTok and Google’s YouTube had previously reached settlement agreements
Glow, a cybersecurity startup founded by former Meta and Snowflake executives, emerged from stealth as a unicorn, betting that artificial intelligence is changing the way companies protect employee devices. The Palo Alto-based startup said Wednesday it raised $180 million in an all-equity Series A funding round that valued it at $1.2 billion, with backing from
Meta is adding parental supervision tools to Threads, the company announced Tuesday. With the new tools, parents and guardians will be able to view the time their teens spend in Threads, set daily time limits, adjust sleep mode, and manage their privacy settings through Family Center, Meta’s hub for parental controls across all of its
