Vox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Caleb Luke Lin for Vox Hungry for money, hackers in Vietnam have hacked into thousands of Meta accounts. Jessica Sems was on Facebook at 2 am when hackers struck in a series of attacks. But what happens when someone hijacks your entire Facebook profile? First, she was locked out. The answer is simple: money.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 29, 2023

Meta's security researchers described the campaign as the "largest known cross-platform covert influence operation in the world." The company took down 7,704 Facebook accounts, 954 Pages, 15 Groups, and 15 Instagram accounts. Read Entire Article

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TM Forum

DECEMBER 6, 2022

2Africa Pearls itself is an extension of the 2Africa cable system being built by a consortium comprising China Mobile International, Meta, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, STC, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and West Indian Ocean Cable Company. The two companies aim to address the growing demand by enterprises for cloud-based services in India.

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Vox

APRIL 18, 2023

. | David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images The company plans to lay off employees on Wednesday, according to sources. Meta is expected to conduct another mass round of layoffs on Wednesday, several sources working at the company told Vox. Meta declined to comment.

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The Verge

APRIL 6, 2022

Meta may have given up on its Diem cryptocurrency , but the company is still exploring finance products, according to a new Financial Times report. The parent company of Facebook and Instagram reportedly has a few irons in the fire, including virtual currency employees have apparently taken to calling “Zuck Bucks.”.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 25, 2023

states are seemingly in agreement with the critics, and have now bandied together to sue Facebook's parent company Meta over allegations that it has "profited from children's pain." The attorneys general of dozens of U.S. A joint lawsuit filed by 33 states in a federal court in California on October. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Facebook just announced that it will change its company name to Meta. The new name comes with a new logo, a blue M that looks kind of like a pretzel, and now that logo has replaced the iconic thumbs-up Like icon at the company’s global headquarters in Menlo Park. It seems Meta wants that reminder to stay in place.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Eight European consumer organizations have filed complaints against Facebook parent Meta accusing it of breaching the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) with its so-called “pay-or-consent” policy and opaque internal policies. The organizations are all members of BEUC, the European Consumer Organization.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 28, 2021

New numbers suggest that the Meta Quest 2 was a big holiday seller. It’s the latest sign of big holiday for Meta, the parent company of Oculus and Facebook, which have large engineering operations in the Seattle region. GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop). Credit: Apptopia. That change expected sometime next year.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg addresses Facebook employees in Seattle in 2015. Facebook Photo). The Meta CEO and Facebook founder admitted this explicitly Tuesday morning , announcing the layoff of 13% of Meta’s workforce, or more than 11,000 people. ” It’s the largest cutback in the company’s history.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2023

On the rooftop at Arbor Blocks 333 in Seattle, where Meta is subleasing space. Meta and Microsoft are both giving up office space in the Seattle region amid the shift to hybrid work and broader tech downturn. It’s a rapid reversal from Meta. The company has embraced remote work. east of Seattle.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Inside an early Facebook office in Seattle. Meta, parent company of Facebook, Oculus, WhatsApp, and Instagram, will lay off 419 workers in Seattle and another 307 in nearby Bellevue as part of its broader cutbacks announced last week. GeekWire File Photo).

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The Verge

MARCH 11, 2022

One week after placing a ban on Facebook in Russia , the country’s communications agency Roskomnadzor announced it will ban Instagram, too. Google translated from Russian, the agency’s statement says the following: As you know, on March 11, Meta Platforms Inc. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Facebook says it will stop using facial recognition for photo-tagging. But Meta’s announcement comes with a couple of big caveats. While Meta says that facial recognition isn’t a feature on Instagram and its Portal devices, the company’s new commitment doesn’t apply to its metaverse products, Meta spokesperson Jason Grosse told Recode.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 24, 2023

(Jeremy Zero Photo via Unsplash) Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Tuesday that the state is suing Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, for allegedly targeting and harming young users. He further asks for money, property and data acquired by Meta as a result of the conduct being targeted by the suit.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 13, 2022

The Wall Street Journal reports that during the years before Apple's tracking restrictions hurt Meta's business, the companies floated ideas for Meta – then called Facebook – to share some of its revenue with Apple. Apple's App Store would have been the primary channel for the agreement.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 16, 2024

Meta has introduced the latest iteration of its proprietary chips dedicated to AI tasks. The Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) v2 chips, developed internally, provide twice the processing power and memory bandwidth of their predecessors, the v1 chips. And we’re only at the beginning of this journey.”

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Computerworld Vertical IT

MAY 22, 2023

The Irish Data Protection Commission has levied a record-breaking fine against Facebook's parent company, Meta, for transferring data to the US without data privacy safeguards.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Courtesy of Meta Reality Labs. On Tuesday afternoon, Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, made a supposedly exciting announcement: a glove. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with Meta inventing a 21st-century Power Glove that lets you feel digital objects. Meta did not invent haptic clothing.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Last week saw Facebook confirm rumors that it is changing its name. While the social media platform retains the Facebook brand, the company itself is now called Meta, named after the idea of a VR/AR metaverse that Zuckerberg has been talking about for a while.

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TechSpot

MARCH 14, 2023

On Tuesday, Mark Zuckerberg personally announced another round of layoffs through his Facebook page. Meta has been in the middle of a restructuring effort since eliminating about 11,000 positions last November. The CEO says that this time the company is looking to eliminate another 10,000 employees, which is about 13.

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Information Week

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Facebook's parent company Meta is laying off 13% of its workforce, a week after another social media giant, Twitter, laid off half of its employees. What do these moves say about tech trends going forward and the tech labor market in 2023?

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For nearly two decades, top-tier tech companies like Google and Facebook (now Meta) were known for their rapid hiring, luxurious perks , and corporate cultures of abundance. The external economic pressures are real — but it’s also a good excuse for behemoths like Google and Meta to clean house.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has announced an ambitious new AI research project to create translation software that works for “everyone in the world.” The project was announced as part of an event focusing on the broad range of benefits Meta believes AI can offer the company’s metaverse plans. “The

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Computerworld Vertical IT

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Tech companies such Google, Amazon , Meta (Facebook) and others laid off tens of thousands of workers last year as an adjustment to over-hiring during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the firings have not abated in 2024.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

AUGUST 18, 2023

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has doubled down on its return-to-office policy, with the social media giant's Head of People Lori Goler telling workers that a failure to meet the company’s minimum attendance requirements could result in termination.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Facebook… er, Meta, has been working for the past seven years – presumably ever since it purchased virtual reality headset maker Oculus VR for $2 billion in 2014 – to develop gloves capable of bringing the sense of touch to the virtual world… er, metaverse. This week, the company provided.

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ComputerWorld IT Management

AUGUST 18, 2023

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has doubled down on its return-to-office policy, with the social media giant's Head of People Lori Goler telling workers that a failure to meet the company’s minimum attendance requirements could result in termination.

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Vox

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Now Meta and Twitter want your money, too. “If Social media companies can’t make as much money off their free users as they used to. On Sunday, Meta became the latest and largest major social media company to announce a paid version of its products with the “Meta Verified” program.

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Venture Beast

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Facebook rebrands as Meta while the metaverse continues to leave the company behind with platforms like Roblox. Read More.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Meta is launching its TikTok-clone Reels worldwide on Facebook , making the feature available through the service’s iOS and Android apps in more than 150 countries. Most of these features are already available on Facebook Reels in the US and elsewhere and in Instagram Reels in the US and more than 50 countries. Image: Meta.

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TechSpot

JULY 7, 2022

Starting in August, Meta will roll out a new account system for its VR platform, separate from Facebook and Instagram accounts. The company also plans to introduce a new profile system and privacy controls.

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GeekWire

MARCH 14, 2023

Meta offices in Seattle’s South Lake Union. GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Meta announced another round of significant layoffs on Tuesday, as the parent company of Facebook and Instagram said it would cut about 10,000 jobs. The company had 87,000 employees at its peak last year.

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The Verge

JANUARY 31, 2022

Mark Zuckerberg’s lifelike 3D avatar | Meta. Facebook parent company Meta is introducing 3D avatars to Instagram Stories and direct messages and updating the avatars in Facebook and Messenger, the company announced Monday. A look at Mark Zuckerberg’s avatar across Meta’s platforms.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 31, 2023

Gtm Mänôz, a security researcher from Nepal, discovered a bug in a centralized system created by Meta for managing Facebook and Instagram logins. The new Meta Accounts Center, which helps users link all their Meta accounts, did not set a limit of attempts for users entering the 2FA code used to log in to their accounts.

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GeekWire

MARCH 14, 2023

Meta offices in Seattle’s South Lake Union. GeekWire File Photo / Kurt Schlosser) Meta announced another round of significant layoffs on Tuesday, as the parent company of Facebook and Instagram said it would cut about 10,000 jobs. The company had 87,000 employees at its peak last year.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Image: Meta. Microsoft is partnering with Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, to integrate Microsoft Teams into Zuckerberg’s Workplace platform. Facebook Workplace, or Workplace by Meta as it’s now been rebranded, will soon integrate Microsoft Teams to livestream video into Workplace groups.

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