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Meta has introduced a new tool to protect copyright content in Reels format on Facebook. Its main goal is to detect cases of illegal use of videos by other users without the author's permission. The novelty was named Facebook Content Protection and became part of the company's broader initiative to support original content.
The social network Threads, created by Meta as an alternative to the X platform (formerly Twitter), announced a new development direction: focusing on podcasters and their audience. On Tuesday, the company reported that it is working on implementing new features to help creators more effectively promote their podcasts and for listeners to engage in show discussions.
The number of people using the Threads app from Meta daily has increased to 150 million. This was reported by Mark Zuckerberg in the company's quarterly report.
The regulator has significant concerns about the openness of platform algorithms
Meta announced a new feature for Instagram teenage accounts - the ability to change the app icon to one of six unique themes. This innovation allows young users to personalize the look of Instagram on their smartphone, highlighting their own style and mood.
One of the buyers on Facebook Marketplace accidentally stumbled upon a real rarity — a prototype of the Nvidia GTX 2080 Ti graphics card, which never hit the mass market. For $500, he purchased a PC that contained a modified version of the 2080 Ti with 12 GB of GDDR6 video memory (instead of the standard 11 GB) and increased memory bandwidth.
On Monday, October 20, 2025, at around 9:00 Central European Time, a major failure occurred in the infrastructure of Amazon Web Services (AWS), temporarily disabling a number of popular online platforms. Affected services include Snapchat, Duolingo, Roblox, Fortnite, Clash Royale, Playstation, Zoom, Viber, Clash of Clans, Facebook, Google, as well as other services relying on Amazon's AWS cloud solutions.
Meta has added group chats to Threads—its social network that competes with X. This update allows users to create private conversations with friends or communities without leaving the platform.
Meta has updated the Meta AI app and added a new Vibes tab, a feed where you can create, remix, and share short videos generated by artificial intelligence. To create a video, it is enough to describe what should happen on the screen in text.
At the Meta Connect 2025 conference, Meta presented a new generation of smart glasses created in collaboration with Ray-Ban and Oakley. These devices combine stylish design with augmented reality (AR) functionality. As you can see, the company continues to develop its "meta-universe", no matter what sceptics say.
Since Instagram's launch in October 2010, it has never had a native iPad app, despite the fact that the first iPad was released at the beginning of that year. Since then, a new generation of people has been born, Instagram itself has been bought out by Facebook, but tablets could use either the web version or the non-adapted version for iPhone. In response to numerous requests from users and journalists, the service's management has repeatedly bolted that there are no plans to release a tablet version of the app for any reason, it's just not a priority. What the team has been doing with this higher priority all this time has also never been disclosed.
WhatsApp has introduced Writing Help, a new AI tool that allows you to reword, edit, or change the tone of your message directly in WhatsApp. It's a perfect tool for people who have trouble formulating complex sentences. Parents' chats and porch chats should become like literary evenings.
Australia is expanding a law banning social media for children under 16 to include YouTube. The new law will impose age verification and fines of up to $32.2 million.
