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Meta is killing off the external Facebook Like button
Next year will see the end arrive for two of Facebook's external social plugins.
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Meta is shutting down its desktop Messenger app
The desktop Messenger app is being retired, but chats will still be accessible through Facebook and Messenger on the web.
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Meta now has a feed for AI slop
The Vibes feed is a home for AI-generated short-form videos in the Meta AI app and website.
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Discord will launch a native Meta Quest app next year
In addition to new hardware announcements, Meta had software news to share during its Connect conference today.
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Meta approves massive bonuses for executives after broad layoffs
Meta has approved large bonus options for executives, up to 200 percent in some cases. It has also decreased stock awards for regular employees.
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The Morning After: Meta is reportedly offering millions to get Hollywood voices into its AI projects
The biggest news stories this morning: OpenAI is looking into text watermarking for ChatGPT, which could expose cheating students, Nintendo profits fall 55 percent as people save their cash for the Switch 2.
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Meta is reportedly offering millions to use Hollywood voices in AI projects
According to Bloomberg and The New York Times, the company is in talks with Awkwafina, Judi Dench and Keegan-Michael Key, among other celebrities.
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Meta's Threads has 200 million users
The Threads app has passed the 200 million user mark, according to Meta exec Adam Mosseri.
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Meta explains why its AI claimed Trump's assassination attempt didn't happen
Meta has explained why its AI chatbot didn't want to respond to inquiries about the assassination attempt on Trump and then, in some cases, denied that the event took place.
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Meta will pay $1.4 billion to Texas, settling biometric data collection suit
Meta to pay $1.4 billion to settle lawsuit involving the use of facial-recognition technology without consent. The company was accused of collecting the biometric data of millions of Texans.
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The Morning After: Mark Zuckerberg is surprisingly angry about closed platforms
The biggest news stories this morning: Apple Intelligence is here, as part of the iOS 18.1 developer beta, Border agents can't search cellphones of NYC visitors without a warrant, Instagram creators can now make AI doppelgangers to chat with their followers.
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Mark Zuckerberg says ‘f*ck that’ to closed platforms
During a live streamed conversation with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemed to veer a little more off script than he intended.
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Meta needs updated rules for sexually explicit deepfakes, Oversight Board says
Meta's Oversight Board is urging the company to update its rules around sexually explicit deepfakes.
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Meta takes down 63,000 Instagram accounts linked to extortion scams
Meta has taken down tens of thousands of Instagram accounts from Nigeria as part of a massive crackdown on sextortion scams.
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Meta AI is now available in Spanish, Portugese, French and more
Meta AI gets new tools and languages in latest update.
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Llama 3.1 is Meta's latest salvo in the battle for AI dominance
Meta said that the new model, called Llama 3.1 405B, is the first openly available model that can compete available rivals in general knowledge, math skills and translating across multiple languages.
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Meta's AI assistant is coming to Quest headsets in the US and Canada
The experimental version of Meta AI will be available on Quest headsets starting next month.
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EU officials say Meta may be violating consumer laws with paid 'ad-free' plan
Meta is facing further scrutiny from the EU over its "pay or consent" advertising model in Europe. Officials say the company may have broken consumer laws with its "misleading" approach.
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Meta will withhold multimodal AI models from the EU amid regulatory uncertainty
Meta's move follows a similar decision by Apple, which recently announced it would not release its Apple Intelligence features in Europe due to regulatory concerns.
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The Morning After: Meta may hold back its next-gen AI models from the EU
The biggest news stories this morning: EA Sports FC 25 brings women's soccer to the career modes for the first time, Fallout's Emmy nominations show that successful gaming adaptations are no longer a fluke, Dyson ditches the air purifier in its new headphones.
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Meta gives researchers access to Instagram data for teen mental health study
Meta is letting a group of researchers examine Instagram data to determine if there's a link between social media and the state of a teenager's mental well-being.
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Meta rolls back restrictions on Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts
Meta announced it removed all of its extra guardrails on President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts.
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What Meta should change about Threads, one year in
Threads has grown to 175 million users, but it's still not really clear what it's actually for.
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Meta is changing its policy for the most-moderated word on its platforms
Meta is changing a long-running policy regarding the Arabic word "shaheed," which has been described as the most-moderated word on the company's platform.
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Meta changes its labels for AI-generated images after complaints from photographers
Meta is updating its "Made with AI" labels after widespread complaints from photographers that the company was mistakenly flagging non-AI-generated content.
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Meta could get slapped with a massive fine for violating the EU's Digital Markets Act
The EU could issue Meta a fine for using a "consent to pay" data collection model.
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Meta's Oversight Board made just 53 decisions in 2023
The Oversight Board has published its latest annual report looking at its influence on Meta and ability to shift the policies that govern Facebook and Instagram.
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