Meta launches ‘Threads’, the new Twitter rival
Elon Musk faces a new threat from Mark Zuckerberg: Meta has launched Threads, Twitter’s new rival.
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Zuckerberg announces paid subscription service for Facebook and Instagram
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the new product via his Instagram channel. The option will be available on both Facebook and Instagram, but will be separate subscriptions.
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Meta, owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, will lay off 11,000 workers, 13% of its workforce
The U.S. tech company Meta, owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, plans to lay off about 11,000 workers, 13 percent of its workforce, according to a statement published Tuesday on its website and signed by Mark Zuckerberg himself. These layoffs, according to the head of Meta, aim to achieve a more agile and efficient company […]
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Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Reveals Company’s New Name Will be ‘Meta’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed on Thursday that the company would be renamed Meta and would begin to focus its efforts on the metaverse instead of its social media platforms. Zuckerberg revealed the details at the annual Facebook Connect conference. Meta will start trading under the new ticker “MVRS” on December 1. “We’re going to […]
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Zuckerberg claims Facebook is victim of ‘coordinated media effort’ to tarnish its image with leaked documents
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against the recent slew of bad press about the tech giant, blaming a “coordinated effort” by the media to “paint a false picture” of the company by “selectively [using] leaked documents.” During Facebook’s third-quarter earnings call on Monday, Zuckerberg told investors that the ongoing spate of reportage based on […]
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Hacker threatened to delete Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page
On September 27, a Facebooker who goes by the name Chang Chi-yuan threatened to gain unauthorised access to the page of Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook. Writing in a Facebook post to his 26,000 followers, he promised to delete the Facebook founder’s account, and broadcast himself doing so on Facebook Live on Sunday. Chang […]
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Instagram Co-Founders Leave the Company Amid Reported Tensions With Zuckerberg
Instagram creators Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have said that they were excited for the future of their social network and its current parent company Facebook despite their decision to leave. Systrom and Krieger have resigned and intend to leave the company in the coming weeks, as they announced their decision to Facebook, Inc. “We’re […]
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Mark Zuckerberg Has No Plans to Visit Thailand or Prayuth: Facebook
BANGKOK — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not traveling to Thailand to meet junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha, the social media giant said Wednesday. Two days after the government announced the news, a Facebook Thailand spokesperson told Khaosod English that no such meeting was planned. Full story: khaosodenglish.com By Khaosod English
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