Andy Boxall / Digital Trends I wear glasses so I can see what I’m doing. This means I have to wear them all the time, so they have to be light, comfortable, and stylish. Smart glasses made over the past few years have never really ticked all these boxes, and getting prescription lenses in them … Read more
Tehran: Iran has condemned the US-based tech giant Meta’s decision to remove the Facebook and Instagram accounts of its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling it a “violation of freedom of expression,” as reported by The Times of Israel on Sunday. Instagram and Facebook are among the most popular social media platforms for Iranians, but … Read more
Like Twitter and Instagram, Instagram Threads allows users to become verified to confirm their identities and access some exclusive features. Similar to Twitter’s verification process, you’ll need to pay a monthly fee to be verified on Threads, so keep that price in mind as you get your verified Threads account set up. So, without further … Read more
Instagram users who regret sending that poorly worded direct message can now breathe a sigh of relief. Engineers at parent company Meta Platforms Inc. have enabled a feature allowing Instagram users to edit their DMs within a 15-minute window after hitting the send button, according to the tech behemoth. Instagram users need to press and … Read more
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has decided to discontinue its News tab feature in the United States and Australia, signalling a strategic shift that could reshape how users engage with content on the social media platform. The move is set to take effect in April and is part of Meta’s broader strategy to reallocate … Read more
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday for talks to explore ways to increase cooperation with the US company in artificial intelligence (AI) and digital ecosystems, Yoon’s office said. Yoon said South Korea’s portfolio of smart home appliances, wearable devices and smart cars offered a good platform for Meta’s AI … Read more
Annie Valentina Castanon knows the endless scroll of social media well — one short video on an app like Instagram or TikTok turns into another, she said, and soon a minute turns into hours. The quick rush from flashy entertainment gives way to anxiety as she worries about losing time that should have been spent … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg is not currently planning to jump on the Neuralink bandwagon. Notably, the Meta CEO is cautious about the early adoption of Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface. During his appearance on the “Morning Brew Daily” podcast, Zuckerberg voiced his cautious opinion on brain-computer interfaces. “One of the wilder things that we’re working on is this … Read more
Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends In the fall of 2023 I decided to do a little experiment in the height of the “blue check” hysteria. Twitter had shifted from verifying accounts based (more or less) on merit or importance and instead would let users pay for a blue checkmark. That obviously went (and still goes) … Read more
FACEBOOK boss Mark Zuckerberg has further fuelled rivalry with Apple after slating the company’s new mixed reality headset. The Meta owner, 39, had hardly any positives to say about the flashy Apple Vision Pro, only managing to describe some features as “nice”. 3 Zuckerberg could barely say the Vision Pro was ‘nice’ 3 Facebook owner … Read more
