WhatsApp’s New Update: Username Feature and Interoperability with Other Apps

WhatsApp’s New Update: Username Feature and Interoperability with Other Apps

The WhatsApp messaging service will change forever. In the short term, the new software update will allow the use of usernames, something that already happens in competing applications, such as Telegram, making it no longer necessary to share the associated cell phone number. But the big change is something else. Another new feature announced for … Read more

Meta Announces New Policy to Limit Recommendations for Political Content on Instagram and Threads

Meta Announces New Policy to Limit Recommendations for Political Content on Instagram and Threads

Meta, the company that oversees social media Instagram and Threads, announced a new policy that will limit recommendations for political content from accounts that users do not follow. “Our goal is to preserve people’s ability to choose to interact with political content, while respecting each person’s taste for it,” said Adam Mosseri, Head of Instagram, … Read more

Meta CEO Zuckerberg Apology to Child Victims of Sexual Exploitation on Social Media

Meta CEO Zuckerberg Apology to Child Victims of Sexual Exploitation on Social Media

Washington: Meta CEO Zuckerberg apologized to the families of children who were victims of sexual exploitation on social media. Zuckerberg apologized during a hearing in the US Senate on complaints that 100,000 children are sexually abused by Facebook and Instagram users every day. At the trial, the Meta CEO stated that he apologized for all … Read more

Artificial Intelligence Drives Chip Stocks to Record Highs, S&P 500 Hits New Closing Record

Artificial Intelligence Drives Chip Stocks to Record Highs, S&P 500 Hits New Closing Record

Centered on the optimism about artificial intelligence (AI), chip stocks continued to lead the upward trend. AMD and Meta hit record highs. The main U.S. stock indexes all rose on Friday (19th). The S&P rose more than 1% to close at 4,839.81 points, breaking 2022 The closing record since January this year, setting a new … Read more

Outgoing Minister Dilan Yesilgöz and Tech Giants Win Big Brother Awards for Privacy Violations

Outgoing Minister Dilan Yesilgöz and Tech Giants Win Big Brother Awards for Privacy Violations

By Tim Wijkman-van Aalst Jan 15, 2024 at 7:30 PM Outgoing Minister Dilan Yesilgöz (Justice and Security) and the platforms Meta, X and Telegram won a Big Brother Award on Monday. Civil rights organization Bits of Freedom awards the prizes annually to “the biggest privacy violators in the Netherlands”. Yesilgöz received the audience award for … Read more

Meta Avatar SDK Update: Legs Added and Graphics Improved for VR Avatars

Meta Avatar SDK Update: Legs Added and Graphics Improved for VR Avatars

Up until now, Meta’s VR avatars have only included the upper body, and the omission of the legs has received a cold reception from both the tech industry and the general public. Finally, legs will be added to Meta’s VR avatar. 【PR】 In addition to adding legs, the detailed graphics have also been improved! image:UploadVR … Read more

WhatsApp New Feature Rumors: Channel Status Appearance Change and More Updates

WhatsApp New Feature Rumors: Channel Status Appearance Change and More Updates

TYPE, JAKARTA – WhatsApp’s parent company, Meta, is currently developing new features on their chat platform. WhatsApp is rumored to be changing its appearance when users share Channel statuses to their status page. Quoted from WABetaInfo, Wednesday (27/12/2023). This information was revealed via WhatsApp beta for Android (v.2.24.1.6). However, currently this feature is still available … Read more

Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, and Meta Quest Pro Users Can Now Play Xbox Cloud Games Through Headset with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Subscription

Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, and Meta Quest Pro Users Can Now Play Xbox Cloud Games Through Headset with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Subscription

Meta has promised to bring Xbox cloud games to the Meta Quest headset for some time, and now Meta Quest 2, Quest 3 and Meta Quest Pro users can finally play Xbox cloud games through the headset. But before you jump in, in addition to having a high-speed Internet connection, the latest Quest software update, … Read more

WhatsApp Launches New Feature to Pin Messages for Easier Search – Step by Step Guide

WhatsApp Launches New Feature to Pin Messages for Easier Search – Step by Step Guide

TYPE, JAKARTA – The message sharing application made by Meta, WhatsApp has launched another new feature to improve the user experience. The new embedded feature is the ability to pin messages or pin message. With this feature, users can mark important messages in group and private chats. This will certainly make it easier for you … Read more