Meta’s Oversight Board takes up permanent bans in landmark case

For the first time, Meta’s Oversight Board is looking for specific policy recommendations around disabled accounts.

Well, there goes the metaverse!

The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that’s not the only thing that went wrong for Meta’s VR ambitions.

Threads overtakes X on mobile, but still lags far behind
Threads overtakes X on mobile, but still lags far behind

After launching almost three years ago, Meta’s Threads is now reportedly attracting more daily mobile users than rival platform X. According to Similarweb data shared by TechCrunch, Threads has 141.5 million daily active iOS and Android global app users as of January 7th, compared to 125 million users for Elon Musk’s mobile platform. Similarweb reports […]

Threads edges out X in daily mobile users, new data shows

Threads’ daily mobile usage has quietly surpassed X as Meta leans on cross-promotion, creator tools and fast feature rollouts — even as X faces fresh controversies

Meta has discontinued its metaverse for work, too
Meta has discontinued its metaverse for work, too

Two months before it changed its name to “Meta,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally introduced us to his metaverse for work: Horizon Workrooms, envisioned as a virtual space for workers to collaborate. Today, the company announced it’s shutting that space down: “Meta has made the decision to discontinue Workrooms as a standalone app, effective February […]

US senators demand answers from X, Meta, Alphabet on sexualized deepfakes

In a letter to the leaders of X, Meta, Alphabet, Snap, Reddit and TikTok, several U.S. senators are demanding the companies provide proof that they have “robust protections and policies” in place, and how they plan to curb the rise of sexualized deepfa…

After Italy, WhatsApp excludes Brazil from rival chatbot ban

WhatsApp is allowing AI providers to continue offering their chatbots to users in Brazil, days after the country’s competition agency ordered the company to suspend its new policy that bars third-party, general-purpose chatbots from the app.

Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia
Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are paying up for ‘enterprise’ access to Wikipedia

Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI have joined Google in paying the Wikimedia Foundation for access to its projects, including Wikipedia’s vast collection of articles. The Wikimedia Foundation announced the news as part of Wikipedia’s 25th anniversary on Thursday. The partnerships are part of Wikimedia Enterprise, an initiative launched in 2021 that gives large […]

Meta to reportedly lay off 10% of Reality Labs staff

Meta is laying off 10% of staff in its Reality Labs division, which is core to developing the company’s VR and metaverse products.

Meta’s VR gaming push is shrinking, and you’ll feel it

Meta’s VR gaming push is shrinking, and you’ll feel it. Reality Labs layoffs and the closure of the studios behind Resident Evil 4 and Deadpool point to fewer big exclusives for Quest owners.
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