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Instagram tests Instants to compete with Snapchat
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Instagram is testing a new app called Instants, competing directly with Snapchat.
Facebook adds new AI features to attract users
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Facebook has announced new features supported by AI, designed to allow users to express themselves in more interesting ways on this platform.
Meta brings Close Friends feature to WhatsApp
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Inspired by Instagram, WhatsApp is supplemented by Meta with the Close Friends feature, increasing privacy and a safer sharing experience.
Amazon, Meta lead the wave of technology personnel cuts at the beginning of 2026
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The first month of 2026 began with a large wave of layoffs in the technology industry, when Amazon, Meta, Ericsson and many businesses simultaneously cut staff.
Mark Zuckerberg wants to shape the future of social networks through a $135 billion deal
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Mark Zuckerberg believes AI will reshape media, personalize content and flood social networks with videos and images created by machines.
Meta restructures AI, betting on Avocado model
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With the Avocado model, Meta accelerates AI strategy, recruits talent and builds a large-scale data infrastructure.
Meta loses more than 19 billion USD due to virtual reality technology
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Meta's virtual reality (VR) technology business is not as expected with losses of more than 19 billion USD in 2025.
WhatsApp strengthens user account protection against cyber attacks
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Meta deploys strict Account Setup mode on WhatsApp. This is a security tool to enhance account protection against network attacks.
Meta will test paid subscription packages on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp
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Meta plans to test new paid subscription packages on its applications such as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp.
Meta builds its own AI character version for teenagers
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Meta temporarily blocks teenagers from accessing AI characters, to develop a new version that is safer, more controlled, and with age-appropriate content orientation.
Threads expands advertising to users globally
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Owning 400 million monthly active users, Threads is officially fully integrated into Meta's advertising system.
Threads surpasses X in terms of daily mobile user base
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New data shows that Meta's Threads platform is growing steadily on mobile.
Instagram expands Reels personalization tool for users
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Meta officially expanded the toolkit allowing users to customize topics proposed by the Reels algorithm (short video feature) on Instagram.
Meta restructures metaverse division after investing more than 60 billion USD
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After years of burning tens of billions of USD for metaverse, Meta is restructuring Reality Labs to focus resources and respond to increasingly fierce AI competition.
Meta Compute reveals Zuckerberg's long-term ambitions in the AI era
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Meta will invest tens of gigawatts of electricity in AI, laying the foundation for an unprecedented-scale data center ecosystem.
