Photo: Lino Mirgeler/picture alliance (Getty Images) Sheryl Sandberg, original girlboss and longtime fixture at Facebook, is formally stepping down from her position on Meta’s board. Sandberg announced her transition away from the company on Wednesday in a post that she made, appropriately, on Facebook. Russian Court Says Meta Is “Extremist Organization” “With a heart filled … Read more
Ernest Cline, the bestselling author of Ready Player One, apparently never learned the lesson of his own book. The novelist—whose sci-fi hit depicts a dystopian world in which people forego societal engagement for the illusory pleasures of a Matrix-like video game world—has decided to launch his own “metaverse” platform that will be used to recycle … Read more
Meta made a quiet policy update last year allowing advertisers on Facebook and Instagram to say the 2020 election was rigged. The company has made one thing clear: you can’t use their ad systems to question the legitimacy of the American election system — unless you have a credit card, in which case they’re happy … Read more
Image: rafapress (Shutterstock) Threads search is blocking terms like “Covid,” “vaccines,” “long Covid,” and others, but it is reportedly only temporary according to Instagram’s head, Adam Mosseri. This comes a week after he said the app would not “amplify news.” Threads Needs These Five Missing Features to Be a Twitter Killer When Thread users input … Read more
Meta’s bread and butter has long been its user-centric targeted ad business, but European regulations are forcing the company to rethink how it can monetize its ostensibly free social platforms. The answer? Make users pay up if they prefer not to let their data be used to sell them products. Nobody’s Really Watching Reels Last … Read more
Watching the Meta Quest 3 being announced by Meta made me realize something – the hardware available for virtual, augmented and mixed reality is finally catching up with the big idea pitches everyone had about this concept called the “metaverse” a couple of years ago. What Will VR Solve, Anyway? Seeing this $500 headset, part … Read more
Picture: Pan Xunbin (Shutterstock) Meta’s resolution to block information in Canada has seemingly been met with a shrug by its person base. Knowledge exhibits that Fb’s customers have remained regular though the social media platform has banned information hyperlinks. Meta’s Obvious Firing Goof Canada’s On-line Information Act would power Huge Tech to pay information retailers for … Read more
Meta has unveiled a set of recent security instruments supposed to offer dad and mom extra oversight of their teen’s exercise on Messenger and Instagram DMs. Beginning at this time, dad and mom and guardians can view how a lot time their teen spends on Messenger, obtain updates on modifications to their contact lists and … Read more