Meta to reduce 5 percent of lowest performing global workforce
Jan 15, 2025, at 09:23 am
Meta, the owner of popular social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, is preparing to slash 5 percent of the global workforce, media reports said on Wednesday.
Mark Zuckerberg says best is yet to come as his Facebook turns 20
Feb 05, 2024, at 04:22 pm
Facebook, perhaps one of the most powerful social media platforms connecting people and organizations across the globe, turned 20 on Sunday with its founder Mark Zuckerberg celebrating the moment by sharing a collage video showcasing the path he walked in developing it over the years.
Meta is planning to develop new high-powered AI model: Reports
Sep 11, 2023, at 10:21 pm
Meta Platforms, Inc. is developing a new, more powerful model of artificial intelligence (AI), The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on Monday, citing sources.
Your Messenger Lite will no longer be available after this date, know the reason behind it
Aug 26, 2023, at 12:27 am
Meta has decided to kill its messaging service Messenger Lite in September.
Meta's rival to Twitter drops on app store, expected to launch on July 6
Jul 04, 2023, at 02:40 pm
Washington: Meta appears ready to launch Threads, a micro-blogging application designed to rival Twitter, on July 6, according to its App Store listing.
Facebook fined 1.2 billion euro over mishandling of users' data
May 22, 2023, at 11:39 pm
Brussels: Following the EDPB’s binding dispute resolution decision of Apr 13, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (Meta IE) was issued a 1.2 billion euro fine following an inquiry into its Facebook service, by the Irish Data Protection Authority (IE DPA).
Meta announces its own paid 'blue badge' subscription service for Facebook, Instagram users
Feb 20, 2023, at 02:56 pm
Facebook to stop face recognition system amid privacy concerns
Nov 03, 2021, at 08:04 am
Facebook is removing its facial recognition system and deleting a billion faceprints, its parent company said Tuesday, heeding serious concerns over privacy.
Leading social media services WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram inaccessible to many users
Dec 11, 2020, at 07:10 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Top social media platforms like WhatsApp, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook are down for several days and outage tracking platforms have also noted rise in outage periods, said media reports.
Study dispels notion that social media displaces human contact
Feb 16, 2018, at 09:20 pm
New York, Feb 16 (IBNS): Echoing concerns that grew with the Internet itself a decade earlier, the rise of social media has stoked fears of “social displacement” — the alienation of people from friends and family in favor of Facebook and Twitter.
Why we underestimate time when we’re on Facebook, finds study
Feb 08, 2017, at 11:25 pm
London, Feb 8 (IBNS): New research from psychologists at the University suggests that people who are using Facebook or surfing the web suffer impaired perception of time, the University of Kent said.