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- Instagram and Facebook cross messaging is coming to an end - The Vergewww.theverge.com Instagram and Facebook cross messaging is coming to an end
A little over three years after the service first launched.
- Meta thinks app stores should control online age verification - The Vergewww.theverge.com Meta doesn’t want to control how teens use the internet — it wants to make app stores do it
Meta says existing age verification methods are inconsistent.
- Meta appeals against EU gatekeeper status for Messenger, Marketplacewww.reuters.com Meta appeals against EU gatekeeper status for Messenger, Marketplace
Meta on Wednesday appealed against "gatekeeper" designations for its Messenger and Marketplace platforms, the first Big Tech company to challenge new European Union rules setting out dos and don'ts for the online services.
- Meta faces EU ban on Facebook, Instagram targeted advertisingwww.bleepingcomputer.com Meta faces EU ban on Facebook, Instagram targeted advertising
The European Data Protection Board has extended the temporary ban on targeted advertising on Facebook and Instagram, imposed by the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA) in July.
- Meta is investigating Quest 3 controllers amid tracking complaints - The Vergewww.theverge.com Meta is investigating Quest 3 issues after controller tracking complaints
Improvements are expected in “upcoming releases”
- Meta’s AI research head wants open source licensing to change - The Vergewww.theverge.com Meta’s AI research head wants open source licensing to change
Meta believes openly sharing research will push the technology forward.
- Meta announces paid ad-free tiers for Facebook and Instagram - GSMArena.com newswww.gsmarena.com Meta announces paid ad-free tiers for Facebook and Instagram
The ad-supported experience will still be available for users on both platforms. There’s an old saying “if you're not paying for the product, then you’re...
- Android Developers Blog: Meta built threads in only 5 months using Jetpack Composeandroid-developers.googleblog.com Meta built threads in only 5 months using Jetpack Compose
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
- Meta wants Threads to be the ‘de facto platform’ for online public conversations - The Vergewww.theverge.com Meta wants Threads to be the “de facto platform” for online public conversations
Threads already has nearly 100 million monthly active users.
- It’s a “fake PR stunt”: Artists hate Meta’s AI data deletion processarstechnica.com It’s a “fake PR stunt”: Artists hate Meta’s AI data deletion process
There's no way to opt out, leading artists to believe Meta's system is badly broken.
- Meta Reports Third Quarter 2023 Resultsinvestor.fb.com Meta Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Nasdaq: META) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2023. "We had a good quarter for our community and business," said Mark Zuckerberg, Meta founder and CEO. "I'm proud of the work our teams have done to advance AI and mixed reality with the ...
- Dozens of states sue Meta over youth mental health crisis - The Vergewww.theverge.com Dozens of states sue Meta over youth mental health crisis
They accuse the company of putting profit ahead of safety.
- Meta Quest 3 Lite: Rumors, specs, and what we want to seewww.androidcentral.com Meta Quest 3 Lite: Rumors, specs, and what we want to see
The $200 virtual reality headset is getting more real.
- Meta now lets you block Instagram from collecting your data - SamMobilewww.sammobile.com You can now block Facebook and Instagram from collecting your data
Meta has added a new feature that allows Instagram users from blocking apps and websites from collecting personal data.
- Meta negotiations with moderators in Kenya over labor dispute collapsetechcrunch.com Meta negotiations with moderators in Kenya over labor dispute collapse | TechCrunch
The court was briefed on the outcome of the mediation today, coming after it allowed the parties to settle the case out of court in August.
- Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses review: Keep your phone in your pocket - Android Centralwww.androidcentral.com Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses review: Keep your phone in your pocket
These smart glasses give you a phone's camera, watch's assistant, and earbuds' audio, but they aren't without their issues as an all-in-one tech solution.
- Meta Made Llama 2 AI Model Open-Source Because 'Zuck Has Balls'www.businessinsider.com Meta made its Llama 2 AI model open-source because 'Zuck has balls,' a former top Facebook engineer says
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a big risk by making its powerful AI model Llama 2 mostly open source, according to Replit CEO Amjad Masad.
Replit CEO Amjad Masad said Mark Zuckerberg took a big risk making the model open-source.
- Meta Quest 3 Teardown: What Are You Sacrificing for Savings? - YouTube
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- Meta killed metaverse yoga app due to Apple talks: Lawsuitfortune.com Meta killed a metaverse yoga app upon learning its developer also talked with Apple, a lawsuit alleges
"It was hell working on it," says Andre Elijah, the miffed developer of the AEI Fitness app.
- Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #398 [YouTube]m.youtube.com Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #398
Mark Zuckerberg is CEO of Meta.Thank you for listening ❤ Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:- LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get fr...
I found this quite eerie with those virtual avatars.
- Meta Quest 3 review: almost the one we’ve been waiting for - The Vergewww.theverge.com Meta Quest 3 review: almost the one we’ve been waiting for
Three years after the Quest 2, the new headset is a big improvement. But it’s not the mixed reality winner Meta hoped.
Three years after the Quest 2, the new headset is a big improvement. But it’s not the mixed reality winner Meta hoped.
- Exclusive: Meta to lay off employees in metaverse silicon unit on Wednesdaywww.reuters.com Exclusive: Meta to lay off employees in metaverse silicon unit on Wednesday
Meta is planning to lay off employees on Wednesday in the unit of its metaverse-oriented Reality Labs division focused on creating custom silicon, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
- Meta’s head of news relations, Campbell Brown, has stepped down - The Vergewww.theverge.com Meta’s head of news relations, Campbell Brown, has stepped down
Meta continues to back away from news on its platforms.
- The Meta Quest 3 is sharper, more powerful, and still trying to make mixed reality happen
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- Meta Quest 3 Revealed: Meta Connect 2023 Keynote Livestream - YouTube (IGN)www.youtube.com Meta Quest 3 Revealed: Meta Connect 2023 Keynote Livestream
Tune in for the kickoff of what Meta bills as "a two-day virtual event focused on AI and virtual, mixed and augmented realities." As part of the livestream, ...
- Meta Avatars in Horizon Worlds finally have legsmixed-news.com Meta Avatars in Horizon Worlds finally have legs
Avatars in Meta's proto-metaverse Horizon Worlds now have legs. However, the representation is done with limitations.
- Senate AI meeting draws Google, Meta and other tech executives - The Washington Postwww.washingtonpost.com Tech leaders including Musk, Zuckerberg call for government action on AI
X’s Elon Musk, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai and OpenAI’s Sam Altman were among the tech leaders on Capitol Hill discussing AI regulation.
Meta opening remarks: https://about.fb.com/news/2023/09/mark-zuckerbergs-remarks-at-ai-forum/
- Meta’s Horizon Worlds social platform is finally coming to mobile and the web - The Vergewww.theverge.com Meta’s Horizon Worlds social platform is finally coming to mobile and the web
Horizon Worlds is coming out of virtual reality.
- SMS is no longer available on Android Facebook Messenger app as early as Sept 28
> As early as September 28, 2023, SMS messages will no longer be available when you update your Messenger app.
Was anybody actually using this?
- NodeStealer 2.0 takes over Facebook Business accountssecurityaffairs.com NodeStealer 2.0 takes over Facebook Business accounts
Researchers spotted a Python variant of the NodeStealer that was designed to take over Facebook business accounts and cryptocurrency wallets.
Researchers spotted a Python variant of the NodeStealer that was designed to take over Facebook business accounts and cryptocurrency wallets.
- The strange, improbable rise of Mark Zuckerberg 3.0 - INSIDERwww.businessinsider.com 'He is in war time': Mark Zuckerberg's desperate, last-ditch attempt to remake himself — and Meta
Mark Zuckerberg is making a push to rebrand and remake Meta, Facebook, and himself. How he transformed into a profit-chasing, jiu jitsu-fighting CEO.
"Mark Zuckerberg's new persona is a survival response to the most turbulent period in Meta's 20-year history. "He was scared," said someone who's known him for years."
- Meta Connect / Meta Quest 3 Launch Date Confirmed for Sept 27
Nitter link provided. Original URL: https://twitter.com/MetaQuestVR/status/1686421940385337363
- Meta hired consultancy firm Bain & Co. before Mark Zuckerberg's big 'efficiency' push, foreshadowing layoffs and cost-cuttingwww.businessinsider.com Meta hired consultancy firm Bain & Co. before Mark Zuckerberg's big 'efficiency' push, foreshadowing layoffs and cost-cutting
Bain is one of the 'Big Three' business consultancies, frequently working with the world's largest tech companies.
- Chronological feeds won’t fix platform polarization, new Meta-backed research suggestswww.theverge.com Chronological feeds won’t fix platform polarization, new Meta-backed research suggests
Meta partnered with independent academics to research its political effects on users.
Facebook and Instagram users see wildly different political news in their feeds depending on their political beliefs, but chronological feeds won’t fix the problem with polarization, new research published Thursday suggests.
The findings come from four papers produced through a partnership between Meta and more than a dozen outside academics to research the impact of Facebook and Instagram on user behavior during the 2020 election. The company supplied data from around 208 million US-based active users in aggregate, totaling nearly all of the 231 million Facebook and Instagram users nationwide at the time.
- Mark Zuckerberg thinks Threads could be Meta’s next social network with 1 billion userswww.theverge.com Mark Zuckerberg thinks Threads could be Meta’s next social network with 1 billion users
‘I’m highly confident we’re going to be able to pour enough gasoline on this to help it grow,’ he told investors.
>‘I’m highly confident we’re going to be able to pour enough gasoline on this to help it grow,’ the Meta CEO told investors on Wednesday.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has high hopes for Threads, his competitor to the company formerly known as Twitter.
During Meta’s second quarter earnings call with investors on Wednesday, Zuckerberg was asked multiple times about Threads and his expectations for its long-term success. He said it’s a “weird anomaly in the tech industry that there hasn’t been an app like this for text-based convos that has reached 1 billion people,” echoing previous comments he has made both on Threads itself and during a recent interview with the podcaster Lex Fridman.
- Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon have launched their open-source mapping projectwww.theverge.com Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon have launched their open-source mapping project
Watch out, Apple and Google.
>Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, and the mapping company TomTom have launched an initiative to take on Google Maps and Apple Maps. The four companies formed the Overture Maps Foundation last year with the goal of creating interoperable map products — and now, the group has released its first open map dataset. > >With this data, third-party developers can create global mapping or navigation products of their own, allowing them to go head-to-head with Google Maps and Apple Maps. According to Overture, the release includes over 59 million places of interest, along with data on buildings, transportation networks, and administrative boundaries. > >Overture says the data layers have been formatted so developers can “ingest and use map data in a standard, documented way and will be interoperable.” Developers can then use this information on which to build a mapping app or any service that relies on navigation. The dataset is available on Overture’s website. > >“The Places dataset, in particular, represents a major, previously unavailable open dataset, with the potential to map everything from new businesses big and small to pop-up street markets located anywhere in the world,” Marc Prioleau, Overture’s executive director, says in a statement. “Overture plans to build a broad collaboration that can build and maintain an up-to-date, comprehensive database of POIs [places of interest].” > >First formed last year, the Overture Maps Foundation could threaten Google’s and Apple’s thrones when it comes to mapping. Having the data readily available could make it easier — and far cheaper — for developers to make apps. Right now, developers must pay to access Google Maps’ API, while Apple also charges developers who are making non-native apps.
- Microsoft and Meta expand their AI partnership with Llama 2 on Azure and Windows - The Official Microsoft Blogblogs.microsoft.com Microsoft and Meta expand their AI partnership with Llama 2 on Azure and Windows - The Official Microsoft Blog
In recent months, the remarkable strides made in AI innovation have ignited a wave of transformative possibilities, captivating our collective imagination with the promise of reshaping industries and the way we work. Today, at Microsoft Inspire, Meta and Microsoft announced support for the Llama 2 f...
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> In recent months, the remarkable strides made in AI innovation have ignited a wave of transformative possibilities, captivating our collective imagination with the promise of reshaping industries and the way we work. > > Today, at Microsoft Inspire, Meta and Microsoft announced support for the Llama 2 family of large language models (LLMs) on Azure and Windows. Llama 2 is designed to enable developers and organizations to build generative AI-powered tools and experiences. Meta and Microsoft share a commitment to democratizing AI and its benefits and we are excited that Meta is taking an open approach with Llama 2. We offer developers choice in the types of models they build on, supporting open and frontier models and are thrilled to be Meta's preferred partner as they release their new version of Llama 2 to commercial customers for the first time. > > Now Azure customers can fine-tune and deploy the 7B, 13B, and 70B-parameter Llama 2 models easily and more safely on Azure, the platform for the most widely adopted frontier and open models. In addition, Llama will be optimized to run locally on Windows. Windows developers will be able to use Llama by targeting the DirectML execution provider through the ONNX Runtime, allowing a seamless workflow as they bring generative AI experiences to their applications. > > Our growing partnership with Meta > > Meta and Microsoft have been longtime partners on AI, starting with a collaboration to integrate ONNX Runtime with PyTorch to create a great developer experience for PyTorch on Azure, and Meta's choice of Azure as a strategic cloud provider. Today's announcement builds on our partnership to accelerate innovation in the era of AI and further extends Microsoft's open model ecosystem and position as the world's supercomputing platform for AI. > > Azure's purpose-built AI supercomputing platform is uniquely designed from the facility, hardware and software to support the world's leading AI organizations to build, train and deploy some of the most demanding AI workloads. The availability of the Llama 2 models with Azure AI enables developers to take advantage of Azure AI's powerful tooling for model training, fine-tuning, inference, and particularly the capabilities that support AI safety. > > The inclusion of the Llama 2 models in Windows helps propel Windows as the best place for developers to build AI experiences tailored for their customers' needs and unlock their ability to build using world-class tools like Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), Windows terminal, Microsoft Visual Studio and VS Code. > > Expanding Azure AI model catalog and **Windows availability ** > > Llama 2 is the latest addition to our growing Azure AI model catalog. The model catalog, currently in public preview, serves as a hub of foundation models and empowers developers and machine learning (ML) professionals to easily discover, evaluate, customize and deploy pre-built large AI models at scale. > > The catalog eliminates the need for users to manage all infrastructure dependencies when operationalizing Llama 2. It provides turnkey support for model fine-tuning and evaluation, including powerful optimization techniques such as DeepSpeed and ONNX Runtime, that can significantly enhance the speed of model fine-tuning. > > Windows developers will be able to easily build new experiences using Llama 2 that can be accessed via GitHub Repo. With Windows Subsystem for Linux and highly capable GPUs, developers can fine tune LLMs to meet their specific needs right on their Windows PCs. > > Building responsibly with Azure > > Responsible AI is at the heart of Microsoft's approach to AI and how we partner. For years we've invested heavily in making Azure the place for responsible, cutting-edge AI innovation, whether customers are building their own models or using pre-built and customizable models from Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI and the open-source ecosystem. > > At Microsoft, we mitigate potential risks presented by the use of large language models through an iterative, layered approach that includes experimentation and measurement. Azure AI customers can test Llama 2 with their own sample data to see how it performs for their particular use case. Then, customers can use prompt engineering and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) techniques to develop, evaluate and optimize meta-prompts for their app and deliver safer and more reliable experiences for end users. > > Services like Azure AI Content Safety add another layer of protection, helping ensure a safer online experience with AI apps. Part of our collaboration with Meta led to combining Meta's safety techniques with Azure AI Content Safety so that by default, the deployments of the Llama 2 models in Azure AI come with a layered safety approach. > > Today's expansion of our model catalog with Llama 2 and our partnership with Meta is a big step forward in achieving a responsible, open approach to AI. > > Visit the Azure AI model catalog and start using Llama 2 today.