Threads, Meta Platforms’ newest social media product, has more than 175 million monthly active users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday, just before its one-year anniversary. A competitor to X, then known as Twitter, Threads debuted on app stores on July 5 of last year, just in time to steal users away from the dominant microblogging…
Several Meta users have expressed frustration on social media over the automatic addition of “Made with AI” labels to their posts by the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. This concern arises even when posts were predominantly crafted by humans or without the use of generative AI models. For instance, a cosplay artist recently shared…
May is approaching. So if you pay any attention to fashion or culture, you know the Met Gala is just around the corner. Maybe you spent the last first Monday of May paying little attention to social media or passively reposting your favorite looks on Tuesday morning. Well, The Met Gala requires a lot of…
Raise your hand if you’ve ever skimmed through the user agreements and legal jargon that pops up when you sign up for new software or services. (If you haven’t raised your hand now, you probably should.) No one enjoys sifting through this dense information. Unfortunately, if you don’t read your service agreement carefully, you can…
Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has been testing a chatbot with artificial intelligence that they may call Meta AI. The chatbot is being tested with a subset of Indian users across its suite of platforms, which includes WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger. Integration of Instagram: Users can engage directly and one-on-one with Meta AI on Instagram by…
Social media’s effect on mental health and wellbeing is a complicated topic with many facets. Social media sites can be detrimental to mental health even if they have many positive aspects, such improving communication, bringing people together, and giving access to knowledge. The following are some ways that social media use may affect one’s mental…
The WhatsApp app, which is owned by Meta, has added several new features in recent months. The messaging app is making efforts to improve user experience, whether it is developing a conversation lock for the web version of WhatsApp or preventing users from taking copies of other people’s selfie images. Furthermore, it has been reported…
Shohei Ohtani, a standout for the Los Angeles Dodgers, revealed his marriage on social media on Thursday. The two-way athlete posted the following in Japanese on Instagram: “The season is approaching but I would like to announce to everyone that I have gotten married.” The star, who signed a record-breaking $700 million contract over ten…
In the next stage of its campaign against toxic social media posts and dodgy e-commerce products, which started last year by focusing on the most well-liked services, the European Union is extending its stringent digital regulations to practically all online platforms within the EU on Saturday. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Amazon, and Wikipedia are just a…
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) deadline is in one month, and WhatsApp is getting ready to let other messaging services use its software. WhatsApp’s engineering director, Dick Brouwer, stated in a Wired interview that the business is prepared to provide interoperability on its more than 2 billion users. “There is a significant conflict between maintaining…