Meta and Universal Music Group (UMG) have strengthened their existing licensing partnership, broadening the scope of UMG’s music rights across Meta’s platforms. This updated agreement, announced today, extends UMG’s music rights to include WhatsApp for the first time, in addition to Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Horizon, and Threads. The expanded deal […]
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is facing backlash from digital rights groups over its plan to use personal data, including public posts and images from its platforms, to train its AI tools. Meta recently informed users in the UK and Europe that, starting June 26, publicly shared […]
Meta, the company behind Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, has expanded its AI service, “Meta AI,” to 12 countries outside the United States, including Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Canada, Australia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. The rollout, currently available in English, aims to enhance connections and equip users with new creative, expressive, […]
Meta has expressed its dedication to fostering the digital advancement of creators in Nigeria. The company recognizes Nigeria’s vibrant creator ecosystem, which wields significant global cultural influence, and sees an opportunity to assist these creators in their paths and professional endeavors. Moon Baz, the Creator Partnerships Lead for Africa, the […]
The president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, and former vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, are among the 30 million users who have joined Meta’s new platform, Threads. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, aims to reach one billion users in the near future. Threads, launched in over 100 […]
WhatsApp has introduced a new feature in response to complaints from users in India regarding an increase in unsolicited calls. Mark Zuckerberg announced the feature will allows users to automatically silence incoming calls from unknown numbers along with a new privacy checkup option. Users can go to Settings > Privacy […]
Facebook parent company Meta has started notifying staff for another round of layoffs. Mark Zuckerberg had said the layoffs are part of his plans to ensure a “year of efficiency” in 2023 and enable the firm to invest in the future. Meta, which also owns Instagram and WhatsApp, has been […]
Meta has announced a second round of layoff with 10,000 employees affected and 5,000 vacancies withdrawn as the Big Tech industry awaits deep economic downturn. Co-founder and CEO of Meta Mark Zuckerberg also revealed that the company will cancel lower priority projects, as the indirect costs of these […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms Inc., Facebook and Instagram’s parent company is exploring strategies to create a new social media app in its effort to dislodge Twitter as the world’s “digital town square” which will be built on a parallel structure that powers Mastodon, a Twitter-like service that was launched in […]
With the massive layoff of big Tech companies in 2022, there are reasons that things may worsen which has surpass the level of recession the world has experienced. According to data by global outplacement and career transitioning firm global outplacement & career transitioning firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, in […]
