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How Meta prepares for the 2024 elections

Meta will be activating a unique election operations center to identify potential threats while placing mitigating factors in place ahead of the elections. Part…

Labelling AI generated images, the catch up strategy and the reason

Labeling AI-generated images is long overdue as some users tend to create realistic images of prominent people without markers, we need labels and we…

Is this the end of social media? 50% users likely to abandon social media – report

Due to a decay in the quality of content on several platforms including the arrival and use of bots on several others, a study…

Facebook Link History, the hidden catch and the pros

Facebook introduced Link History as a security feature to create a special repository of all links that were clicked while in the Facebook mobile…

Threads has a web, desktop version, is it giving?

Meta’s presumed Twitter competition Threads is now available as a web desktop version. On July 6, Meta introduced Threads, the social commentary app that…

WhatsApp Channels: Now you can create your own, here’s how

Meta officially launched their broadcast platform known as WhatsApp channels. We understand it’s a platform to assist creatives broadcast their content to a larger…

Make payments, what’s new from Meta, WhatsApp Flows, Meta verified

In a Meta conversations media round table Meta confirmed an incoming lineup of features that will most likely impact any user’s space. WhatsApp Flows…

Meta launches free Llama 2, is it better than ChatGPT and Google’s Bard?

Facebook parent company Meta has introduced a free for all artificial intelligence large language model (LLM) named LLaMA 2. LLaMA 2 is an open-source…

Meta Quest Plus VR subscription service: How much, why its necessary

Facebook parent company Meta has launched an online gaming subscription service for its virtual reality product line. Meta in a bid to drive VR…

Here’s the real reason behind Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg cage fight

A possible UFC bout is in play as two tech bosses butt heads to discuss the possibility of a cage fight. Elon Musk’s cage…

Did you get a random Facebook friend request?

Meta has apologized for an issue where users received unwarranted friend requests when secretly viewing other user profiles. The issue has been addressed according…

Meta lays off another 10 000 in second round of job cuts

In a second round of layoffs, Meta is reported to be slashing another 10 000 jobs with no plan to fill the current around…

Influencers in trouble as Meta stops paying for Reels

Facebook and Instagram influencers will no longer be paid for posting reels, short videos. Previously Instagram and Facebook launched an investment of around $1…

Facebook, Instagram launch Take it Down to stop child and revenge porn

Meta has announced the launch of a global platform run by the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) aimed at fighting the…

WATCH: NationalShutDown trends, for this reason, this week

In a buzz on social media the hashtag NationalShutDown has trended for over a week, a hashtag that could spell trouble for most businesses…

How Pick n Pay, the Smart Shopper ‘hun’ distracted SA from load shedding

You become that which you hate is an old phrase that means the more you dislike someone or something, the more it has influence…

Make a statement with WhatsApp avatars that look like you

Smile, dab, send a heart reaction with an avatar that looks almost as cute as your are, with this incoming feature from WhatsApp which…

Here’s what Kanye West lost out on following his new suspension on Twitter

Kanye West, now legally known as Ye has been suspended again on Twitter. This was shortly after the rap, turned-fashion icon posted an image…

Here’s one hacked Facebook account, three signs your account is hacked

Losing access to your social media account has to be one of the most frustrating outcomes to date, especially with all the memories backed…

Tech layoffs continue as Facebook, others count down to mega staff cuts

With fallen stock levels and mounting expenses this year, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is planning large-scale layoffs, come Wednesday. In an effort to follow Twitter’s…

Instagram tests schedule tool, spells trouble for some third-party apps

Good news for Instagram content creators, as Instagram is currently testing its very own schedule tool for both posts and reels. This will mean…

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