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Meta Unveils Llama 2: Facebook-Owner’s Answer to ChatGPT and Google’s Bard
Meta and Microsoft have introduced Llama 2, announced on Tuesday, the open-source large language model is free for commercial use.…
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Meta’s Threads ‘Bombs’ as Daily Active Users Halved
The hype surrounding “Threads,” the new social network launched by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, has collapsed. Threads has unravelled so…
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The Smiling Face Of Censorship: Welcome To Zuckerberg’s Vision of Internet “Kindness”
Meta CEO Zuckerberg is continuing to market his new text-based app Threads with the pitch that he is “definitely focusing on…
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Elon Musk Calls Zuckerberg A ‘Cuck’, Challenges Him To Dick-Measuring Contest
Twitter owner Elon Musk had some fun on the platform Sunday, in the week when Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta revealed its…
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Threads: Ten million join Meta’s Twitter rival, Zuckerberg says
Ten million users signed up for Meta’s newly-launched Threads app in its first seven hours, the company’s chief Mark Zuckerberg…
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Meta Releases AI Model That Can Identify Items Within Images
Facebook-owner Meta published an artificial intelligence model on Wednesday that can pick out individual objects from within an image, along…
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Meta Rolls Out Long-Sought Tools To Separate Ads From Harmful Content
Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) said on Thursday it is now rolling out a long-promised system for advertisers to determine where…
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Meta Introduces New Whatsapp App for Windows
Meta has come up with a new WhatsApp app for Windows that is similar to the mobile version of the…
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Meta fined $277m for leak of half a billion users
Meta Platforms was fined with EUR265m ($277m) fine for failing to prevent the leak of the personal data of more…
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Zuckerberg responds to questions about extra holidays, ‘visibly frustrated’
Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg appeared visibly irritated during an employee Q&A after an employee inquired about the company’s vacation…
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Facebook users to be able to have up to five profiles
Meta Platforms will start letting more users create multiple profiles with their Facebook accounts, the company’s latest attempt to encourage…
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WhatsApp brings huge updates on voice notes
WhatsApp has announced a range of changes to its app, intended to improve the experience of sending voice messages. Voice…
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Facebook to allow kids’ Instagram time to be tracked by parents
Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) will allow parents to track how much time their children are spending on Instagram…
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US, Russia faceoff over crypto; Australia sues Facebook
US Democrats introduced a bill aiming to curb Russian crypto use and Russia’s central bank gave Sberbank a license to…
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UN reacts to Facebook allowing ‘Hate Speech’ against Russians
The United Nations (UN) criticized Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms Inc. for abruptly changing their hate speech policy and allowing calls…
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Facebook’s user count drops for first time in history
Facebook’s user numbers declined for the first time in its history last quarter. It lost roughly 1 million daily active users…
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Meta bans surveillance-for-hire firms for targeting users in 100 countries
Facebook parent Meta on Thursday banned a series of “cyber mercenary” groups and began alerting some 50,000 people likely targeted…
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Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data
Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing…
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Facebook changes name to ‘Meta’
Facebook Inc (FB.O) is now called Meta, the company said on Thursday, in a rebrand that focuses on investing in…
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