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Meta Connect 2023 is being held on September 27th, showcasing Meta Quest 3 and more. Here's how to tune in.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed that other countries are quietly supporting Canada's Online News Act, also known as C-18, which passed the House of Commons in June. The legislation mandates that tech giants Google and Meta pay Canadian media outlets for news content shared or repurposed on their platforms. Meta has already removed news and...

Meta Horizon Worlds, the virtual reality (VR) platform from Facebook, has begun its expansion to mobile and web interfaces. The company has initiated early access to its first Meta Horizon world, Super Rumble, via the Meta Quest app on Android devices. iOS support is expected to be introduced in the coming weeks, while early access...

Instagram's newly introduced search functionality on Threads, its text-based social platform, quickly faced controversy after users discovered blocked search terms related to "covid" and "long covid." Upon attempting these searches, a blank screen appeared with a pop-up directing users to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's website, reports The Washington Post. Parent company Meta...

According to Steve Moser from The Tape Drive, Meta is in the process of introducing AI chat capabilities into WhatsApp. Code strings discovered within the mobile application hint at users having the ability to engage in conversations with various AI personalities. The codes read: "We'll let you know when you can talk to different characters...

Meta is reportedly developing a new artificial intelligence (AI) system to rival OpenAI's most advanced model, reports the Wall Street Journal. This development comes in the wake of OpenAI's success with ChatGPT, backed by Microsoft. The forthcoming AI model from Meta, set for a potential unveiling next year, is projected to surpass the capabilities of...

Canada's Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pascale St. Onge, announced on Friday proposed regulations to implement the Online News Act, aiming to ensure fair compensation for Canadian news organizations when their work appears on major digital platforms. However, the regulations were met with resistance from Meta, the parent company of Facebook, who dismissed the legislation as...

Meta is offering Facebook users the ability to manage personal information that may contribute to the training of generative artificial intelligence models.

Despite being blasted by the federal government including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Meta's recent decision to block news links in Canada seems to have had little impact on the daily active users and overall time spent on the Facebook platform in the country. This insight comes from data provided by digital analytics companies, bolstering Meta's...

After announcing a web version of Threads was rolling out this week, as of today it’s now live (well, except for users in the EU). The news was shared by Instagram head Adam Mosseri. “Threads.net goes live today! This is definitely one of the most requested features over the last few weeks,” said Mosseri. "Still...

Today marks a significant leap forward as Meta unveils Code Llama, a cutting-edge large language model capable of generating code from text prompts.

In response to the ongoing wildfire crisis, Catherine Tait, President & CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, has penned an urgent plea to Sir Nick Clegg, President of Global Affairs at Meta, regarding the critical need for timely news distribution on Meta's platforms. Canada's Northern regions, including the Northwest Territories' territorial capital, Yellowknife, and parts of British Columbia,...