Tag: Meta
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Giving Teens and Parents More Ways to Manage Their Time on Our Apps
Meta Blog – 6.27.23 Today, we’re announcing parental supervision tools on Messenger. Now parents and guardians can access Messenger supervision tools and resources from leading experts to support their teens through the Meta Family Center. Parental Supervision on Messenger is available in the US, UK, and Canada today, with plans to expand to more countries around…
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New WhatsApp Privacy Features: Silence Unknown Callers and Privacy Checkup
Meta Blog – 6.20.23 Protecting the privacy of your messages remains the driving force behind what we’re building at WhatsApp. While End-to-end encryption is the foundation to ensure your calls and messages are secure, we continue to add more layers of privacy on top including the recently launched Chat Lock to protect sensitive chats behind…
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Introducing Voicebox: The Most Versatile AI for Speech Generation
Meta Blog – 6.16.23 Today, we’re announcing a breakthrough in generative AI for speech. We’ve developed Voicebox, a state of the art AI model that can perform speech generation tasks — like editing, sampling and stylizing — that it wasn’t specifically trained to do through in-context learning. Source: Introducing Voicebox: The Most Versatile AI for…
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Helping Creators Get Discovered and Earn Money on Facebook
Meta Blog – 6.14.23 Today we’re sharing our latest updates for creators, making it easier than ever to create Reels, build an audience with professional mode for profile and earn a steady income on Facebook. Source: Helping Creators Get Discovered and Earn Money on Facebook | Meta
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Meta Quest 3 Coming This Fall + Lower Prices for Quest 2
Meta Blog – 6.1.23 Mark Zuckerberg just announced Meta Quest 3, our next-generation virtual and mixed reality headset, which launches later this year. It features higher resolution, stronger performance, breakthrough Meta Reality technology, and a slimmer, more comfortable form factor. Quest 3 will ship in all countries where Meta Quest is currently supported this fall. The 128GB headset starts at…
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Meta’s Q1 2023 Security Reports: Protecting People and Businesses
Meta Blog – 5.3.23 We know that safety and security are top of mind for people using our apps, including businesses and advertisers. Today, as part of our quarterly integrity reporting, we’re sharing updates on our work to combat a range of threats, including covert influence operations, cyber espionage and malware campaigns. Source: Meta’s Q1 2023 Security Reports: Protecting…
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New Updates to Help Prevent the Spread of Young People’s Intimate Images Online
Meta Blog – 2.28.23 (2.28.23) Today, we’re announcing that Instagram and Facebook are founding members of Take It Down — a new platform by NCMEC to help prevent young people’s intimate images from being posted online in the future. Source: New Updates to Help Prevent the Spread of Young People’s Intimate Images Online | Meta
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Ray-Ban Stories: How We Built Our First Smart Glasses | Meta
Meta Blog – 2.16.23 Ray-Ban Stories let you capture video and photos, share your life’s moments and listen to music or take calls hands-free. But building these smart glasses required us to get creative to balance complex engineering with stylish, comfortable eyewear. Source: Ray-Ban Stories: How We Built Our First Smart Glasses | Meta
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Enabling a Safer and Inclusive Internet for Everyone
Meta Blog – 2.7.23 Over the years, we have made significant investments in building various age-appropriate measures and tools to ensure young people, women, parents and children continue to feel safe online. As part of Safer Internet Day, we are taking another step in strengthening our commitment to people’s safety. Source: Enabling a Safer and…
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Introducing New WhatsApp Status Features
Meta Blog – 2.7.23 Status on WhatsApp is a popular way to share updates with friends and close contacts. Every status disappears in 24 hours and may include photos, videos, GIFs, text and more. Just like your personal chats and calls, your WhatsApp status is protected by end-to-end encryption so you can share privately and…