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Meta has made new agreements with international media so that its artificial intelligence can better present relevant news about world events. This is stated in the company's announcement.
Meta has signed a multimillion-dollar licensing agreement in the field of artificial intelligence with News Corp. The agreement involves using The Wall Street Journal content and other media holding brands for Meta AI chatbot responses and company model training.
Meta simplifies integration between its social networks: now posts from Threads can be published in Instagram Stories without leaving the app. The new feature was launched to more actively engage Instagram's audience with its service, which competes with X.
Meta is closing the separate Messenger site. It will cease operations in April. Meanwhile, the service itself is not disappearing. Users will still be able to send and receive messages via Facebook in a browser or the Messenger mobile app.
The Threads social network by Meta has turned the humorous posts 'Dear algo' into a tool for controlling the feed. Users complained about irrelevant recommendations from the first days of launch, and eventually began publishing posts, asking the algorithm to show more cats or less content about sick animals.
The initiative was supported by a majority of deputies and the President of France. The final word rests with the Senate
The social network Threads by Meta has surpassed Elon Musk's X for the first time in terms of the number of daily active mobile users worldwide. According to the analytics company Similarweb, in January Threads averaged 143 million users daily, while X had 126 million.
Meta has started the global rollout of new personalization tools in Instagram, which allow users to better control the topics recommended to them by the Reels algorithm. The new feature is now available to all English-speaking users worldwide.
Meta has officially closed its three internal VR studios — Armature, Sanzaru, and Twisted Pixel as part of further downsizing investments in the metaverse. Additionally, the fitness app Supernatural will no longer receive new content.
The social network Instagram recorded a large number of password reset requests sent via email. Many users received several such messages at once, which raised suspicions about a potential data leak.
Instagram may have fallen victim to a major data breach affecting around 17.5 million users. This is reported by the cybersecurity company Malwarebytes, which discovered the data during a darknet check.
In the European Union, WhatsApp may fall under the Digital Services Act (DSA), reports Reuters. The reason is the growing popularity of the WhatsApp Channels feature, which allows channel owners to publish messages for an unlimited number of subscribers.
At CES 2026, Disney announced that throughout the year a new format will appear on the Disney+ service — short vertical videos. The platform, following TikTok and Instagram Reels, seeks to increase daily user engagement.
The state governor hopes to improve the mental safety of children
Meta is working on two new artificial intelligence models for processing images and videos, as well as generating text. According to The Wall Street Journal, based on internal Q&A, the company plans to release the models in the first half of 2026.
