All traces of WhatsApp – the world’s most popular messaging app, with more than 2 billion monthly active users in 2023 – and Threads, which has soared in popularity on the mainland since its launch last July, are now gone from the domestic App Store, according to a search by the Post on Friday. Chinese …
TOPEKA — Facebook’s unrefined artificial intelligence misclassified a Kansas Reflector article about climate change as a security risk, and in a cascade of failures blocked the domains of news sites that published the article, according to technology experts interviewed for this story and Facebook’s public statements. The assessment is consistent with an internal review by …
Image Credits: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto / Getty Images Meta said Thursday that it has started to test two “most requested” features: drafts and in-app camera. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that both features are available to only a small number of people. Users who have access to the draft can save only one post (bummer). You …
Even as the world is hailing the transformative power of generative AI, or GenAI, for its ability to instantly create new articles, images, presentations, videos, and even write simple code with the help of ‘prompts’ in natural languages like English and Hindi, there’s a silent revolution gaining traction, one that may alter the way the …
Every day, there seems to be new generative AI news, and while it can often be serious and quite technical, this time around it’s just plain fun. Instagram has launched a new generative AI-powered tool called backdrop that lets you create a new image in the, yes, background of your Story. Meta’s generative AI lead, …
Earlier this year, in July, Meta launched its text-based social media platform, Threads, but the app has been unavailable in the EU due to compliance issues with the region’s regulations. However, the wait for users in Europe may be over soon, as Meta’s Threads could be launched in the EU this month.The Wall Street Journal …
Meta is continuing to (slowly) untangle some aspects of Threads from Instagram. Threads users are now able to delete their accounts on the app without also deleting their Instagram, the app’s top exec, Adam Mosseri, said in . Users can remove their profile from the Threads app via Settings -> Account -> Delete or deactivate …
A UK-based software company called Threads Software Limited is threatening legal action against Meta over its use of the . The company, which says it’s owned the “Threads” trademark since 2012, makes an “intelligent message hub” that uses AI to help businesses keep track of phone calls, emails and other messages. Threads Software Limited claims …
X’s owner, Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino recently addressed an all-hands meeting with employees. In the meeting the duo reportedly talked about what changes the platform, which was previously known as Twitter, has undergone in the last year, as well as the vision that Musk has for the company. One of the things was …
Threads was missing a lot of features users would expect from a service similar to Twitter’s (now X’s) when it launched. Over the past few months, however, it has been been rolling out more and more new features to give users a more robust experience, including polls, an easy way to post GIFs and the …