Meta is holding its annual ‘Connect’ conference this week, focusing on all things metaverse. Not to mention a Snoop Dogg AI.
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Meta’s Horizon Worlds starts its expansion beyond VR headsets
Talking of virtual worlds… Meta has announced that its Horizon Worlds is expanding beyond VR headsets to web and mobile.
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Instagram and Facebook may get paid, ad-free plans in the EU
As Elon Musk is finding out, persuading people to pay to use a big social-media platform is hard work.
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Meta adds non-algorithmic feeds to Facebook and Instagram in Europe
“Meta welcomes the principles of transparency, accountability and user empowerment at the heart of the DSA,” blogged Meta’s Nick Clegg.
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Tips Industries reveals non-renewal of its Meta licensing deal
Indian music company Tips Industries has not renewed its licensing deal with Meta, according to chairman and managing director Kumar Taurani.
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Olivia Rodrigo is first to test Instagram’s new music feature
Instagram is expanding its music features, with users now able to add tracks from its licensed library to their carousel ‘grid posts’.
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Meta expands its AI music experiments with AudioCraft
Earlier this year, Meta released MusicGen, a musical AI model that could use text prompts to create 12-second samples.
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Meta says Reels videos are now watched 200bn times a day
“Reels plays exceed 200 billion per day across Facebook and Instagram, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told analysts during Meta’s earnings call.
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Facebook renames ‘Watch’ tab as ‘Video’ with editing features
Meta has announced some notable changes to the way videos are created and found on Facebook, including renaming its ‘Watch’ tab.
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Roblox to launch on Meta’s Quest VR headsets in open beta
Roblox is launching an open beta for the Meta Quest headsets in the coming weeks, marking its expansion into the world of VR.
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Authors sue OpenAI and Meta in latest generative AI lawsuit
The latest front in the legal debates around generative AI is a pair of copyright infringement lawsuits filed by three authors in the US.
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Seven tech giants are ‘gatekeepers’ under EU’s new rules
The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) sets new rules for digital services that are considered to be ‘gatekeepers’.