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Facebook groups are getting new features, including support for Reels

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Facebook has announced several new improvements to the Groups feature aimed at helping users engage more deeply and making managing groups an easier task for admins. One such attempt is an apparent attempt to combat fake news – moderators will soon be able to filter out flagged posts in groups. Perhaps the most important and easily noticeable change in this feature dump is the addition of reels to groups. Community members can now share videos related to the group topic to engage and interact on a deeper level. “Imagine people…

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Meta accepts UK request to sell Giphy after antitrust battle

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Britain’s competition regulator Meta ordered Facebook owner Meta to sell motion picture platform Giphy on Tuesday after a court in the summer upheld its view that the acquisition had curtailed innovation in the advertising market. Meta said it would accept the CMA’s order to cancel the 2020 deal. “We are disappointed with the CMA’s decision but accept today’s ruling as the last word on the matter,” a Meta spokesperson said in a statement. “We will work closely with the CMA to divest Giphy.” The UK regulator blocked the deal, valued…

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‘Legs’ finally coming to Meta Horizon Worlds avatars? Well, the demo was a hoax

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Avatars are an essential part of the metaverse and Meta is one of many tech companies to bet on these companies in a big way. But an important element is missing from the 3D avatars in Meta Horizon World: legs. Yes, while your avatar in the default meta game Horizon World has a face and an upper body, the lower half is not yet available. But Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, sought to solve that problem at the company’s Connect 2022 keynote, which was held earlier this week. Zuckerberg called…

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Between Us VR to Walking Dead: All new games announced for Meta Quest 2

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Meta – the parent company that owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Quest – held its annual Connect 2022 conference focused on the next generation of AR and VR products. While Meta showcased its upcoming Quest Pro mixed reality headset at the event, it also announced the launch of new gaming titles in its old Quest 2 VR headset. It’s no surprise to see Meta stress VR gaming, given how the company is betting on the Metaverse. Here’s a look at the new titles coming to Quest 2. VR . BETWEEN…

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Facebook is ending its newsletter service

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Facebook has shut down its Bulletin subscription service, ending its attempt to compete with Substack and other newsletter services. Facebook, which is now part of parent company Meta, contacted writers within the program to tell them that the Bulletin platform will be shutting down early next year. “Bulletin allowed us to learn about the relationship between creators and their audiences and how to best support them in building their community on Facebook,” the company confirmed in a statement on Tuesday. “While this product ends outside of the platform itself, we…

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Meta to cut headcount for the first time, cut budgets across teams

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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc. , announced sweeping plans to reorganize teams and reduce headcount for the first time ever, calling for an end to an era of rapid growth at the social media giant. In the first major budget cut since Facebook’s founding in 2004, Zuckerberg said the company would freeze hiring and restructure some teams to cut expenses and realign priorities. He said he will likely be younger dead in 2023 than he was this year. The freeze was announced during a weekly question-and-answer session with…

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YouTube, META will expand policy and research to combat online extremism

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Big tech companies committed Thursday to taking new steps to combat online extremism by removing the most violent content and promoting a media culture with young users, as part of the White House Summit to Combat Violence That Feeds Hate. Platforms like Facebook’s Alphabet’s YouTube and Meta Platforms have come under fire for years from critics who say companies have allowed hate speech, lies and violent speech to thrive on their services. US President Joe Biden earlier on Thursday called on Americans to combat racism and extremism during a White…

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Project Cambria: What is known about the upcoming mixed reality headset from Meta

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Meta has announced that it will host the annual Connect event on October 11th. The conference will be closely watched as Meta is expected to showcase its next generation AR/VR headset codenamed Project Cambria at the event. In October last year, the company shared a short video indicating that it was working on a new VR headset and said it plans to release it in 2022. Here’s what we know so far about Project Cambria from Meta. It is codenamed Project Cambria, A Bloomberg A report recently indicated that the…

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Meta announces Connect event on October 11th, releases new version of VR headset

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Meta Platforms Inc will host its annual event on October 11 to showcase augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) shows, and possibly launch a VR headset dubbed Project Cambria. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday the date of the event with a photo of him wearing a VR headset, hinting at the long-awaited release of the headset. Meta did not respond to a Reuters query for confirmation on the release of the new product. Zuckerberg said, in an audio broadcast last month, that the new headset will…

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Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram will soon get paid features

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Since Apple introduced app tracking transparency for iOS devices and updated its privacy policy, Meta ad revenue on Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram has fallen dramatically, with a report by Bloomberg Which indicates that the year is going to get worse for the company. It now appears that Meta is planning to offset some of that decline with a strategy of “paid” features across its core products. It was this First reported by The Verge And according to an internal memo sent to employees, it appears the company has started working…

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