Collaborate Disseminate
Meta plans to spend between $60 billion and $65 billion this year to build out AI infrastructure, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Friday, joining a wave of Big Tech firms unveiling hefty investments to capitalize on the technology. From a report: As part o… Continue reading Meta To Spend Up To $65 Billion This Year To Power AI Goals
Meta will soon allow WhatsApp users to share their ephemeral status updates as “Stories” on their Instagram and Facebook accounts.
The post WhatsApp Users Will Soon Be Able to Share Status Updates as Facebook and Instagram Stories appeared first on Thu… Continue reading WhatsApp Users Will Soon Be Able to Share Status Updates as Facebook and Instagram Stories
Meta announced a new video editing app called Edits to fill the gap left by ByteDance’s CapCut editor, which was temporarily removed from the App Store and Google Play Store as part of the TikTok ban. While the ban was lifted, the new app serves to cap… Continue reading Meta Announces a New CapCut Rival Called Edits
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: A Russian organization linked to the Kremlin’s covert influence campaigns posted more than 8,000 political advertisements on Facebook despite European and American restrictions barring compan… Continue reading Russian Disinformation Campaigns Eluded Meta’s Efforts To Block Them
Meta is planning a wave of performance-based job cuts that will reportedly impact around 5% of the company’s workforce.
The post Meta is Reportedly Laying Off 5% Of Its Workforce appeared first on Thurrott.com.
Continue reading Meta is Reportedly Laying Off 5% Of Its Workforce
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CoinTelegraph: Social media platform Meta has confirmed that its fact-checking feature on Facebook, Instagram and Threads will only be removed in the US for now, according to a Jan. 13 letter sent to Brazil’s go… Continue reading Meta Says It Isn’t Ending Fact-Checks Outside US ‘At This Time’
Meta is cutting roughly 5% of its staff through performance-based eliminations and plans to hire new people to fill their roles this year, according to a company memo. From a report: As of September, Meta employed about 72,000 people, so a 5% reduction… Continue reading Meta To Cut 3,600 Jobs, Targeting Lowest Performers
Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized, open-source Instagram competitor, labeling them as “spam” on Facebook and removing them immediately. 404 Media reports: Pixelfed is an open-source, community funded and decentralized image sharing pl… Continue reading Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, in an appearance on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, criticized the Biden administration for pushing for censorship around COVID-19 vaccines, the media for hounding Facebook to … Continue reading Zuckerberg On Rogan: Facebook’s Censorship Was ‘Something Out of 1984’
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is terminating major DEI programs, effective immediately — including for hiring, training and picking suppliers. Axios: Meta said it was changing course because the “legal and policy landscape surrounding diversity, equity and i… Continue reading Meta Kills DEI Programs