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ZDNET floating in the middle of a virtual environment Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNETMany OS vendors offer early public previews of operating system releases. Microsoft does it. Apple does it. And Meta does it for the Quest operating system. Also: Meta Quest headsets now support spatial video playbackThis became an issue for me when I tried to preview Apple spatial videos on my Quest 3 Also: Meta Quest headsets now support spatial video playback - ahead of Vision Pro launchThis image sort of shows that. I'm still…

Image Source : FILE Representational Image (Meta Quest 3 vs Apple Vision Pro) In the world of mixed-reality headsets, Meta is a key competitor to Apple, offering the budget-friendly Quest lineup. Despite a major price difference—Meta Quest 3 at $499 compared to Apple's entry-level Vision Pro at $3,499—people naturally compare the two. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently…

Meta's Threads is now rolling out a new trending feature, similar to what users are used to seeing on X (formerly Twitter). Notably, users have been asking…

Meta is considering expanding and “revisiting” its hate speech policy around the term “Zionist”, the Guardian has confirmed. The company reached out to and met with more than 10 Arab, Muslim and pro-Palestinian organizations on Friday to discuss the company’s plans to review the policy to ensure the term “Zionist” is not being used as a proxy for Jewish or Israeli people, according to an email the Guardian reviewed.The policy as it exists allows “Zionist” to be used in “political discourse but removed when it’s used…

Chinese online social media platform TikTok has challenged a supervisory fee amounting to 0.05% of its annual worldwide net income to cover EU regulators' costs of monitoring compliance with new EU rules, the second company to do so after Meta Platforms.Under the Digital Services Act (DSA), 20 very large online platforms, including TikTok, Meta, Google, Apple and two very large online search engines are required to pay the annual charge.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering…

Threads app was launched in 2023 as Twitter rival (now X) which gained much popularity in the initial months. However, the app lacked many features that users deemed necessary and they have been demanding many of these for a long time. One such feature is the “bookmark feature” which lets users save posts and reels on Instagram. Now, Threads revealed that the app has started testing the bookmark feature for their app. Notably, after the initial surge to 100 million and an equally surprising fall thereafter, Meta CEO Mark…

Most scams reported to finance app Revolut Ltd. in the UK last year started their journey on Meta Platforms Inc. social media, with most money lost to “get-rich-quick” investment schemes. The London-based fintech found 60% of UK scam cases came from Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, dwarfing other platforms and frauds conducted by telephone. Revolut found a similar trend across Europe, where 61% of scams originated on Meta services.Woody Malouf, Revolut's head of financial crime, said Meta platforms were “being used as a…

Threads is beginning a bookmarking feature to allow users to save posts, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. The update is beginning as a “limited test,” but the “heavily requested” feature will eventually have a permanent place on the service, the company .According to screenshots shared by Meta, the “save” button on Threads will look very similar to Instagram’s version of the feature. Users will be able to access their bookmarked posts from the “save” section of the app’s settings.While the ability to save posts…

Meta announced on Tuesday it’s taking steps to label AI-generated content, including misinformation and deepfakes, on its Facebook, Instagram, and Threads social platforms. But its mitigation strategy has some major holes, and it’s arriving long after the threat of deepfakes has become real.Meta said that “in the coming months” (when we’re in the thick of the 2024 presidential election), it will be able to detect AI-generated content on its platforms created by tools from the likes of Adobe and Microsoft. It’ll rely on…

The Oversight Board is urging Meta to update its manipulated media policy, calling the current rules “incoherent.” The admonishment comes in a closely watched decision about a video of President Joe Biden.The board ultimately sided with Meta regarding its decision to not remove the clip at the center of the case. The video featured footage from October 2022, when the president accompanied his granddaughter who was voting in person for the first time. News footage that after voting, he placed an “I voted” sticker on her…