Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has unveiled a research paper that outlines their new “Meta 3D Gen AI” system. This advanced system is designed to generate 3D models from text prompts, producing high-quality 3D assets complete with high-resolution textures and material maps in under a minute. The paper, authored by Meta’s…
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…
Today, Meta is beginning to test a Threads experience that is similar to TweetDeck. It would enable Threads users to design bespoke web feeds arranged in a column format, much like TweetDeck did prior to turning into a premium service and changing its name to X Pro last year. A representative for Meta, Seine Kim,…
Instagram revealed on Friday that both Threads and Instagram will no longer actively recommend political content. In a press statement, the social networking site stated, “We want Instagram and Threads to be a great experience for everyone.” It continued, “If you decide to follow accounts that post political content, we don’t want to get between…
Over the past few weeks, WhatsApp has been releasing an number of features. The feature to send voice messages with the option to “view once” was introduced recently. WhatsApp pinned messages, which allow users to pin particular messages, have just been released by the messaging service. In the past, WhatsApp users could easily view the entire…
With WhatsApp’s recent addition of the “View Once” audio message capability, users can now send voice messages that vanish after they are heard. WhatsApp revealed the new functionality in a blog post, comparing it to the View Once function that was unveiled for images and videos in 2021. The purpose of the disappearing voice notes…
According to reports, Meta, the parent company of well-known social media sites including Instagram and WhatsApp, is working on an integration function for these two platforms. If it works, users might soon be able to post updates from WhatsApp straight to Instagram stories. This new feature, which is still in the early stages of development,…
Similar to YouTube’s playback controls, WhatsApp is now testing a new feature that will give users more control over how videos play within the app. It appears like Meta is putting more of a focus on giving people what they want with the most recent WhatsApp improvements. These features, which range from permitting 31 persons…
For a few years after its launch, WhatsApp depended on its recognizable trademark features to set it apart from the competition. It implemented a number of new features over time to keep up with the constantly changing user needs as rival encrypted messengers eventually caught up. Although the messaging service provided by Meta initially felt…
As there was no option for users to deactivate their Threads account without also deleting their Instagram account, Meta came under criticism after introducing its text-based social network Threads in July. By December, the company plans to launch a separate account deactivation for Threads. Michel Protti, Meta’s chief privacy officer for product, stated at TechCrunch…