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Meta is launching a trial of its new subscription service, Meta Verified, in Canada. This package is tailored towards helping creators, particularly those on Instagram and Facebook, to more easily establish their online presence and foster their communities. The service will be available in both English and French. The Meta Verified package is a bundle...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has unveiled its Massively Multilingual Speech (MMS) project, introducing advanced speech-to-text, text-to-speech capabilities, and more for over 1,100 languages. This leap forward in AI technology aims to democratize access to information across the globe, even for languages that are at risk of vanishing. Meta's MMS project incorporates their self-supervised...

In response to the record-breaking €1.2 billion ($1.75 billion CAD) fine imposed by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), overseen by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), Meta Platforms has announced its intention to challenge the decision in court. The penalty, related to Meta's data transfer practices between the EU and the US, was branded...

Meta announced on Monday morning its third annual Meta Quest Gaming Showcase, set for June 1 at 10am PT. The 2023 Meta Quest Gaming Showcase will be streamed on Twitch, Facebook, YouTube (including YouTube in Japan), and in Meta Horizon Worlds, featuring over 40 minutes of virtual reality content. https://youtu.be/eejHTa3ZZKc Meta says this Meta Quest Gaming...

Meta has announced that more than 3 billion people now use at least one of their apps daily, as revealed in today’s Q1 earnings release. The company said it plans to launch the next-generation Quest headset later this year and bring new AI experiences to users. Meta has reached significant milestones, including 200 million daily...

The tech giant has been working to overhaul its AI infrastructure and development capabilities after acknowledging a "significant gap" in the area

Summary: Meta plans mass layoffs across various companies such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Reality Labs Around 4,000 jobs are reportedly at risk, say unnamed sources Part of Zuckerberg's 2023 efficiency plan to trim spending Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is preparing for another mass round of layoffs, sources working at the...

Bill C-18 seeks to force companies like Google and Facebook, Instagram parent Meta to pay Canadian news outlets for linking to their content

The newly released Quest Pro is now available for as low as $1,399.99 in Canada, following a steep $900 discount over its launch price

Meta's Chief Marketing Officer, Alex Schultz, warned employees that Apple's "App Tracking Transparency" system remains a major challenge

Instagram is reportedly working on a paid verification system, similar to Twitter Blue, according to discovered code.

Meta's Reality Labs division, home to the company’s virtual reality technologies and projects, posted a $4.28 billion operating loss in the fourth quarter.