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Meta’s AR glasses will only be available to developers in first release
San Francisco : Meta, formerly Facebook, has reportedly decided to not sell the first version of its full-fledged AR glasses, codenamed Orion, and will instead distribute them to developers.A person familiar with the matter told The Verge…
Meta rolls out new ‘Calls’ tab to Messenger
San Francisco : Meta is rolling out a dedicated tab for audio and video calls to the function bar at the bottom of the Messenger app. The new tab will appear alongside "Chats", "Stories" and "People", and open up to a list of the user's…
Facebook’s dark mode interface disappears for iOS users
San Francisco : Meta-owned Facebook's dark mode interface for iOS platform has reportedly disappeared for several users.According to 9to5Mac, the dark mode option in Facebook for iOS has disappeared without explanation. While this is likely…
Don’t discuss abortion at work, Meta warns employees
San Francisco : Meta (formerly Facebook) has banned using the word 'abortion' at its internal employee messaging platform called Workplace, citing it "an increased risk" that the social media platform can be seen as a "hostile work…
Meta freezes hiring for several verticals, Mark Zuckerberg says no job cuts
San Francisco : Meta (formerly Facebook) has paused hirings for several verticals, like shopping and Messenger Kids, which has triggered the fear of lay offs among employees. According to The Verge, Meta has frozen hirings for a number of…
Meta tests end-to-end encryption for Quest’s VR Messenger app
New Delhi : Meta (formerly Facebook) is now testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) features on its Quest virtual reality (VR) Messenger headsets. With the new v40 software update, Meta is testing optional E2EE for Messenger's one-on-one…
Facebook Pay becomes Meta Pay in metaverse era
New Delhi : Meta has announced to rename its digital payments platform Facebook Pay as Meta Pay, as the company doubles down on metaverse. The company said that metaverse has the potential to unlock even more commerce opportunities and make…
Facebook to discontinue some location-tracking features
San Francisco : Due to "low usage", Facebook is reportedly discontinuing several services that tracked your real-time location, including Nearby Friends, location history and background location. In a notification sent to people who have…
Meta to pay creators up to $4K for original content in Facebook Reels
New Delhi : Meta has announced to enable creators on its short-video making platform Reels on Facebook, which is a rival to TikTok, earn up to $4,000 per month for original content. The company is introducing "Challenges" on Facebook, a new…
Meta took down over 27 mn pieces of bad content in India in March
New Delhi : Meta formerly Facebook took down 24.6 million pieces of content across 13 policies for Facebook and over 2.7 million pieces of content across 12 policies for Instagram in the month of March, in accordance with the IT Rules 2021.…