Meta has upgraded its AI assistant with task planning, app integration, research and presentation features, expanding its ability to complete tasks for users. The American technology company announced the upgrade in a statement on Monday, describing it as a major enhancement to its AI assistant’s capabilities. Meta said the new …
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Tinubu orders investigation of Google, Meta, X, others
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, to investigate top 1global technology companies and Generative Artificial Intelligence, AI, platforms over allegations of anti-competitive practices and unlawful exploitation of the content of Nigerian media organisations. This followed a joint petition submitted to the Presidency by …
Read More »Meta to cut 8,000 jobs globally over AI efficiency drive
Meta Platforms Inc., has started notifying employees across its global operations of job cuts affecting about 8,000 roles, as part of a broader restructuring tied to its push into artificial intelligence and cost optimisation. The layoffs, which began on Wednesday morning, were first communicated to staff in Asia around 4 …
Read More »NPAN Approves Imposition of $220m fine on Meta
THE Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria has endorsed the imposition of a $220 million fine on Meta Platforms operating in Nigeria. Meta Platforms Incorporated is the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram. Meta was dragged by the FCCPC through the Consumer Protection Tribunal for unauthorised data sharing and discriminatory …
Read More »Meta threatens to Cut off Facebook in Nigeria Over Huge Fines
PEOPLE in Nigeria may lose access to Facebook and Instagram after parent company Meta said it faced large fines and “unrealistic” regulatory demands from the Nigerian authorities. Last year, three Nigerian oversight agencies imposed fines on the US-based social media giant totalling more than $290m (£218m) for violating various laws …
Read More »Meta, MTN Partner to Enhance Voice, Video Calling Quality
Meta and MTN Group have announced a groundbreaking partnership to enhance the quality of voice and video calls on real-time communication platforms, including WhatsApp, across 12 MTN markets. This is contained in a statement by the company on Tuesday in Lagos. Diego Mari, the Head of Network Ecosystem Engineering, Meta …
Read More »Meta to Replace Fact-checks With X-style Community Notes
META has announced it will abandon its fact-checking programme, starting in the United States. It was aimed at preventing the spread of online lies among more than 3 billion people who use Meta’s social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Threads. In a video, the company’s chief, Mark Zuckerberg, said …
Read More »Meta Plans $10billion Subsea Cable Project to Transform Global Connectivity
MARK Zuckerberg’s Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is reportedly planning to invest over $10 billion in a massive subsea cable project spanning more than 40,000 kilometers. This ambitious undertaking, still in its early stages, would mark the company’s first fully owned and operated subsea cable, according …
Read More »Meta Bans Accounts Tracking Private jets of Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg
META has banned a series of accounts that post location updates on private jets belonging to some of the world’s richest and most powerful people, including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and former President Donald Trump. Those accounts have been deleted from Threads and Instagram, and corresponding Facebook accounts will be …
Read More »Meta to Pay Texas $1.4bn for Biometric Data Breach
Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook, has agreed to pay $1.4bn to settle a lawsuit filed by the state of Texas over the illegal use of facial-recognition technology to collect biometric data of millions of Texans without their consent. This landmark agreement, reported by Reuters on Tuesday, is the largest …
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