EU Commissioner Urges Meta to Remove Pro-Hamas Content
Breton asked that Zuckerberg respond to the European Union’s (EU) concerns within the next 24 hours…reports Asian Lite News After warning X
Meta’s Threads may bring X-like trending topics feature
These screenshots showed a numbered list of trending topics plus how many “threads” were actively discussing each item, reports TechCrunch…reports Asian Lite
Meta may charge $14 a month for ad-free Instagram, FB
Those who pay for the subscriptions would not see ads while Meta would also continue to offer free versions of the apps
US Lawmakers Grill Big Tech Leaders on AI Regulation
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai were also present in the meeting…reports Asian
Meta Launches 100-Language Multilingual Speech Translation
Called ‘SeamlessM4T,’ the single model can perform speech-to-text, speech-to-speech, text-to-speech, and text-to-text translations…reports Asian Lite News Heating up the artificial intelligence (AI)
Meta logs 11% revenue growth in Q2
The company reported that Facebook’s daily active users were 2.06 billion on average for June, an increase of 5 per cent year-over-year…reports
Meta reports 11% revenue growth in Q2 2023
Headcount was 71,469 as of June 30, a decrease of 14 per cent year-over-year. Approximately half of the employees impacted by the
Meta’s Threads wanes
Meta executives, however, have said they don’t see the falloff as worrisome and have said they are working on additional features……reports Asian
WhatsApp gets restored after being down for several users
Taking to Twitter, several users reported the issue. While one user asked “is it just me or is WhatsApp down?” another posted:
Meta blocks EU-based users from accessing Threads via VPN
“I am a US citizen, have a US account with a US address and wireless number but staying in Europe for now