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Twitter rival Threads crosses 10 mn users within hours of launch

More than 10 million people have signed up to Threads, Meta's rival to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the company's...

Facebook owner Meta announces launch of Twitter-like ‘Threads’ app

WASHINGTON, USA—Facebook owner Meta’s new Threads app, meant to compete with Twitter, was available for pre-order on mobile app stores on iPhone and Android...

Meta’s Zuckerberg shakes off Apple Vision Pro, pushes metaverse

SAN FRANCISCO, USA—Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday told employees that while Apple’s mixed reality gear may be nice, it is not his vision...

WhatsApp launches new offering: one-to-many broadcasting ‘Channels’

SAN FRANCISCO, USA—WhatsApp on Thursday began letting select organizations try a new feature called “Channels” that lets them broadcast to followers on the popular,...

WhatsApp debuts one-to-many broadcasting ‘Channels’

WhatsApp on Thursday began letting select organizations try a new feature called "Channels" that lets them broadcast to followers on the popular, Meta-owned messaging...

Meta earnings beat expectations after belt tightening

San Francisco, USA—Shares in Facebook parent Meta surged Wednesday after the internet titan reported it made a profit of $5.7 billion in the first...

Meta earnings better than expected after belt tightening

Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday reported it made a profit of $5.7 billion dollars in the first quarter of this year, beating forecasts after a...

Meta issues framework to ‘kill’ online deception campaigns

San Francisco, United States—Meta on Thursday released a framework for exposing and combating malicious online campaigns from election lies to terrorist recruitment. A paper authored...

Meta announces 10,000 job cuts amid downsizing

WASHINGTON, United States—Facebook owner Meta announced a fresh wave of job cuts on Tuesday, part of what CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the company’s “year...

Meta working on new platform, potential Twitter rival

SAN FRANCISCO, United States—Facebook owner Meta is working on a new “text sharing” social media platform, it said Friday, in a project seen as...

Facebook-owner Meta unveils more cautious approach to ChatGPT frenzy

SAN FRANCISCO, United States—Facebook-owner Meta on Friday unveiled its own version of the artificial intelligence behind apps such as ChatGPT, saying it would give...

Meta rolls out paid services in Australia, NZ

Sydney, Australia—Facebook and Instagram began a week-long rollout of their first paid verification service on Friday, testing users’ willingness to pay for social media...

Meta subscriber plan risks digital divide—critics

PARIS, France—Years after Facebook quietly removed a slogan that declared the site was “free and always will be”, parent company Meta announced on Sunday...

Facebook owner Meta to roll out paid subscription, follows Twitter’s move

By Julie Jammot SAN FRANCISCO—Facebook, the social network that was supposed to stay free “always,” and its stablemate Instagram launched on Sunday a paid subscription...
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