Category: Social

WhatsApp for Android might be getting a new feature which will make video calls and capturing images within the app more fun. As per a feature tracker, the instant messaging platform is testing camera effects. The new feature is said to add filters, backgrounds, and other effects to users’ faces when capturing an image or […]

Meta announced that it’s testing facial recognition technology to detect scam ads and assist users in faster account recovery on Monday. The social media giant is specifically targeting “celeb-bait” ad scams, where scammers use images of celebrities and public figures to lure users into interacting with the ad and clicking malicious links. Additionally, the Menlo […]

WhatsApp for Android might be getting a new feature for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Meta AI. As per a feature tracker, the instant messaging platform is adding a new chat memory feature that will let users ask the AI to remember specific information about themselves. Once a piece of information has been saved in […]

Facebook owner Meta said on Friday it was releasing a batch of new AI models from its research division, including a “Self-Taught Evaluator” that may offer a path toward less human involvement in the AI development process. The release follows Meta’s introduction of the tool in an August paper, which detailed how it relies upon […]

Threads — Instagram’s microblogging platform and a competitor to X (formerly Twitter) — is rolling out a new feature that lets users see if others are online. Similar functionality is already present on Meta’s other social media apps such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, and Threads is the latest in line to add it. Like […]

Instagram has announced a new feature for creators that makes it easier and more fun for them to share their profiles with others. They can now create a two-sided digital card on the Meta-owned social media platform which matches their style courtesy of multiple customisable options, depending on their preference. Notably, this development comes after […]

The U.S. National Labor Relations board accused Apple of interfering with workers’ rights to collectively advocate for better working conditions by restricting their use of social media and workplace messaging app Slack, the agency said on Friday. The NLRB complaint, issued on Thursday, accuses the iPhone maker of maintaining unlawful work rules around the acceptable […]

YouTube might be hiding the “skip button” that appears on its ad interface. Some users have reported that the skip button is entirely missing, whereas others have found it appearing after the countdown duration has passed. The video-streaming giant has reportedly stated that the skip button is not being tampered with. However, the company is […]

Brazil’s government on Thursday recommended a reform to its competition law that would allow antitrust authority CADE to designate certain digital platforms as systemically relevant, subjecting them to new obligations if necessary. Why Its Important Brazil’s Finance Ministry says that local legislation needs to be equipped with more tools to address a new reality where […]

Social media platform TikTok is laying off hundreds of employees from its global workforce, including a large number of staff in Malaysia, the company said on Friday, as it shifts focus towards a greater use of AI in content moderation. Two sources familiar with the matter earlier told Reuters that more than 700 jobs were […]

Meta announced the expansion of Meta AI, the company’s in-house artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, to six new countries on Wednesday. The UK has been included in the list of countries which are getting access to the AI chatbot now. The social media giant also highlighted that the AI platform will be expanded to 15 more […]

Threads was launched a year ago as Meta’s direct micro-blogging rival to Elon Musk’s X (formerly known as Twitter). As the platform continues to grow, Meta is eyeing to add a range of fresh functionalities to the app. The social media giant seems to be working on a new feature to let users post Instagram […]

Facebook will soon get a new video tab on its platform which will play all types of video formats in the same place. This announcement was made by Meta at the Advertising Week event on Tuesday. Alongside, the social media giant also introduced several new artificial intelligence (AI) tools for video-based ad creation and deployment. […]

Brazil’s Supreme Court cleared X to resume service in the country on Tuesday, after the social media platform reversed course and started complying with court rulings billionaire owner Elon Musk had previously vowed to resist. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who had been locked in a months-long feud with Musk, gave X the green […]

Snapchat has announced that it will begin testing advertisement placements in two places in its app, improving customer relationship management (CRM) system integrations. It is partnering with two dining franchises and an entertainment company whose ads will be visible on the app, enabling businesses to visually engage with consumers. Users will be able to interact […]

TikTok launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) platform on Monday to help advertisers easily create and deploy ads on the app. Dubbed Smart+, the AI-powered platform automates the entire ad campaign journey starting from the creative development to delivering the ad to the right audience. The platform is focused towards performance marketing and lets clients […]

WhatsApp might soon roll out a new customisation feature for iOS users. According to a feature tracker, the instant messaging platform has now started shipping a chat theme feature that will let them select from multiple options of chat colours and wallpapers to add some variety to their messaging experience. This feature was first spotted […]

Facebook owner Meta’s Movie Gen AI model lets users edit videos using text promptsPhoto Credit: Meta Videos created by Movie Gen can be up to 16 seconds long, while audio can be up to 45 seconds long, Meta said. It shared data showing blind tests indicating that the model performs favorably compared with offerings from […]

WhatsApp has introduced a new set of features for status updates. The Meta-owned instant messaging platform is rolling out new status likes and private mentions features for Android and iOS users. Likes on Status is a new way to acknowledge a contact’s status update by tapping the heart emoji. With private mentions, users can now […]

Snapchat has begun rolling out a new feature for iOS users which lets them keep track of all the places they have explored and sent snaps from. The feature, dubbed Footsteps, only works when the Ghost Mode is not enabled on Snapchat for iPhone. In addition to counting new places the user travels to, it […]

In a major climbdown, Elon Musk’s X told Brazil’s Supreme Court it had complied with orders to stop the spread of misinformation and asked a judge to lift a ban on the platform, according to a document seen by Reuters. The billionaire had held out for more than five months against what he called “censorship” in a feud with a […]

LinkedIn is reportedly removing artificial intelligence (AI) prompts it was previously displaying on its platform. These AI prompts would appear on the feed of Premium users, nudging them to use the service’s AI features. However, several users have stated that these prompts have not been visible on the service for a while. The company has […]

Meta AI features were a major highlight during the company’s annual Meta Connect event on Wednesday. The company introduced the new voice chat feature and added new artificial intelligence features to the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The social media giant also expanded the experimental ‘Imagine’ feature to Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. The feature was unveiled […]

Meta AI voice chat feature was finally introduced on Wednesday, after rumours about it appeared earlier this week. The social media giant announced multiple new artificial intelligence (AI) features for its native chatbot at the Meta Connect 2024, among which the voice chat feature was a major highlight. It will allow users to have a […]

Snapchat has partnered with Google Cloud to bring the capabilities of its artificial intelligence (AI) model Gemini to My AI. Announced on Tuesday, the strategic partnership has allowed the social media platform to add computer vision capabilities as well as improved processing of text, audio, and code. As per the Mountain View-based tech giant, Snapchat’s […]

WhatsApp for Android is now testing a feature that lets users mark all chats as read at once. In recent months, this feature was said to be in development but remained inaccessible to beta testers. However, the instant messaging platform’s latest beta update for Android changes things and makes it available to several beta testers. […]

X (formerly Twitter) is said to be developing a new functionality that will enable users to view posts even from the people they have blocked. At the moment, users are unable to see the posts, replies, media and followers of the person they have been blocked by, this might change soon, according to Elon Musk […]

Meta is reportedly planning to announce a new voice mode feature for the native Meta AI chatbot. The feature is believed to work similarly to the voice mode on OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot and allows users to have two-way conversations with the AI. However, the social media giant is said to have partnered with various celebrities and […]

Messaging app Telegram will provide users’ IP addresses and phone numbers to relevant authorities in response to valid legal requests, according to Chief Executive Officer Pavel Durov. The platform changed its terms of service to deter criminals from abusing it, Durov said in a post on Telegram Monday. The move comes less than a month after […]

WhatsApp has begun rolling out an update to beta testers along with a new feature designed to keep users safe from unwanted messages sent from unknown accounts. A feature tracker spotted a new feature that automatically protects users from unidentified senders, by filtering out messages under specific circumstances. The feature is already available to some […]