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Instagram won’t ever be Instagram again

It’s hard to remember the last time a trend took off on Facebook or Instagram. This summer’s hits—Pink Sauce,...

Meta looks to the metaverse as it struggles in the present

While Zuck foil-surfs toward the metaverse—an immersive internet that could be built over the next 10+ years—Meta’s losing its...

Facebook wants to be TikTok so badly

If your great-aunt wants her garden photos at the top of your feed, she’s going to have to learn...

Forget You Ever Tagged Me – Facebook

Facebook is shutting down its decade-old facial recognition software, the company announced yesterday. As part of the change, the newly minted Meta will delete the facial scan data of more than 1 billion users from its social network.

WhatsApp extends deadline for new privacy policy after people fled

WhatsApp on Friday announced that it will be extending the deadline of its confusing policy implementation by three months....

Why people are hating WhatsApp – a BlanCorp spiel…

Facebook’s mobile app theoretically could listen in on you, at least while you have it open. It even has a public feature that will try to recognize any audio in the background, like music or TV—but only while you’re entering a status update, and only if you’ve opted in

WhatsApp Will Delete Your Account If You Don’t Agree Sharing Data With Facebook

WhatsApp Will Delete Your Account If You Don't Agree Sharing Data With Facebook "Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA," opens WhatsApp's privacy policy. "Since we started WhatsApp, we've aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind." But come February 8, 2021, this opening statement [...]

This Week in Apps: Conservative apps surge, Instagram redesigned, TikTok gets ghosted

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and...

Messenger Rooms are Facebook’s answer to Zoom and Houseparty for the pandemic

Facebook is rolling out a suite of new products to expand its capabilities in video chat. The company today...