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Meta separates groups from Facebook and launches a new app

Meta is disconnecting one of the central and most popular features on the social network. The new app, Forum, will concentrate all group activity in one place.

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“Meta is unifying Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and more into a single account system, allowing users to manage all services from one place and sign in securely using one password or Passkey technology.”

Meta to lay off 100 in Israel, reassign 200 to AI

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WhatsApp adds an intriguing new mode

(ILLUSTRATIVE) A logo of Meta AI sits outside the Meta House on the opening day of the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2025.

Meta employees launch protest against mouse-tracking tech at US offices


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Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 (Illustrative) EFRAIM ZUROFF, former director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Israel Office, watches a procession commemorating the Latvian Waffen SS unit, also known as the Legionnaires, in Riga in 2010.

The next generation of artificial intelligence: Meta unveils Llama 4

The tech giant introduces two new artificial intelligence models capable of understanding and processing texts and images, performing complex inferences, and working with exceptionally long contexts.

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Meta must ban Students for Justice in Palestine - opinion

Students for Justice in Palestine, the vociferously antisemitic student activist group with hundreds of chapters throughout North America, is one of many extremist networks that must be dealt with.

 PROTESTERS SUPPORTING Palestinians in Gaza gather at UCLA in May.

Meta must label Al Jazeera as state media. Here's why - opinion

This is the time for Meta to start labeling Al Jazeera and AJ+, so it will be a little harder for anyone to get away with quoting them and saying “Facebook says it’s true.”

 AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

Meta and Ray-Ban’s AI glasses arrive in Israel

The glasses offer photography and voice control, language translation, and hands-free calls, integrating artificial intelligence into the design of standard sunglasses.

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AI trailblazer Joelle Pineau leaves Meta after eight years at AI research

She said in a LinkedIn post that she will be taking some time to observe and to reflect before jumping into a new adventure.

 Joëlle Pineau at the Canada Science and Technology Museum.

Fighting fake: Meta begins testing Community Notes tool

Meta announced it will begin testing a new Community Notes tool on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads in the U.S., allowing users to add and rank notes that provide additional context to content.

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Whistleblower alleges Meta considering to share user information with China

Meta Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg had been seen attempting to appease the Chinese government as early as 2014.

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Meta blocks Gazan influencer Saleh Al Jafarawi's Instagram account

Throughout the Israel-Hamas War, Al Jafarawi has used his social media prominence to post about the Gaza war, lauding Hamas and praising the October 7 massacre. 

 Saleh Al Jafarawi.

WhatsApp down, cutting off tens-of-thousands of users

Most users complained of having connectivity issues and claimed the app failed to send messages.

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