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Meta reportedly laid off 60 technical program managers at Instagram
According to Business Insider, Meta recently told at least 60 of its employees at Instagram that it's eliminating their position altogether.
Watch Qualcomm's CES 2024 keynote on its highly anticipated AI chip
Qualcomm's keynote, which will detail more about what’s new for its anticipated AI-powered chip, will happen on January 10 at 5pm ET.
Meta will hide topics like self-harm and eating disorders from teens
As part of a new privacy update, Meta will hide content related to self-harm, eating disorders and other topics from teens on Instagram and Facebook.
Instagram head Adam Mosseri says sorry for all those trashy Threads recommendations
In a video on Friday responding to questions from an Ask Me Anything post, Adam Mosseri said Threads is aware of issues with "low-quality recommendations" and is "working on improving it." Users have been complaining in recent weeks about a rise in hateful content.
Opting into 'link history' on Facebook and Instagram means agreeing to (more) ad targeting
Link history allows users to keep track of all of the links they visit via Facebook and Instagram’s in-app browsers. It also aids Meta's targeted advertising.
Meta's Quest 2 VR headset is about to get even cheaper
Meta is permanently cutting the price of its Quest 2 VR headset to $250 following the launch of the Quest 3.
The biggest winners in tech in 2023
The Engadget team's verdict on tech's biggest winners in 2023.
Meta says a bug briefly blocked news for Canadian users on Threads
Meta has fixed a bug that temporarily prevented some Threads users in Canada from reading and sharing news on the app.
Meta's automated tools removed Israel-Hamas war content that didn't break its rules
Meta's Oversight Board has published its decision for its first-ever expedited review, which focused on content surrounding the Israel-Hamas war.
TikTok upgrades its app experience for tablets and foldables
TikTok, which is traditionally mobile-forward, will video feeds to bigger screens with “enhanced clarity.”
Microsoft Office apps arrive on Meta Quest VR headsets
Users can now download Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint from the Meta Quest store for free.
Instagram rolls out new customizable Story templates
Instagram is rolling out a feature that allows users to create their own templates for Stories using text, GIFs and images. Other users will be able to riff on and add to someone else's template.
Elizabeth Warren is demanding more transparency from Meta on how it's handling content about Palestine on Instagram
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is the latest public figure to question how Meta is moderating content during the Israel-Hamas war.
Threads’ new hashless tags have opened the door for the silliest form of trolling
Threads last week rolled out searchable topic tags, which work like hashtags but have some key differences. They don't start with the # symbol, and they can contain spaces and special characters. In some cases, they may not stand out as obvious tags, which is exactly what makes this trick work.
Instagram now offers AI-generated backgrounds on Stories
The tool, backdrop, is available for US users.
Threads finally launches in Europe
Threads has finally arrived in Europe over five months after it launched in the US, UK and elsewhere around the world.
Instagram is making it easier to remove spammy followers
Meta is rolling out a suite of new tools on Instagram that give users more control over how much spam content and bots they will see on their feeds.
Instagram Notes can now include two-second looping videos
Instagram is adding two-second looping videos and direct replies to Notes, the status update-like feature that lives at the top of users’ inboxes.
Meta tests making Threads posts available on Mastodon and other fediverse apps
A new test will make some Threads content available on Mastodon and other apps for the first time.
Meta is going to fact-check content on the Threads app
Threads is going to make an effort to moderate more of the user-generated content on the platform.