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The latest Facebook news and guides, all in one place. Navigating one of the largest social media networks and keeping up with everything Mark Zuckerberg up to is no easy task, but Digital Trends offers in-depth coverage to help keep you informed. Here’s everything you need to know about Facebook.

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Meta’s next big bet might be AI humanoid robots for at-home chores

Meta is reportedly moving forward with AI-powered humanoid robots. They will be developed by the same division that is behind its AI and wearable efforts.
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WhatsApp’s upcoming translation tool is a boon for non-obvious reasons

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Meta faces lawsuit for training AI with pirated books

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Threads takes a page from BlueSky with sharable custom feeds

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Apple preps smart glasses with visionOS and a Meta Ray-Ban rival

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Meta’s Oakley smartglasses could be the next big wearable trendsetter

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Zuckerberg vents at Apple over iPhone but forgets Facebook’s flops

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The latest Meta Quest update has been bricking headsets

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Generative-AI-powered video editing is coming to Instagram

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​​OpenAI spills tea on Musk as Meta seeks block on for-profit dreams

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Meta Quest 3S or PSVR2? Which headset to buy during Cyber Week

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Samsung is eyeing smart glasses that could shake up the market

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Instagram finally ends the most vexing side of its content feed

Ever launched Instagram, started viewing the first piece of content you see, and then suddenly the feed is refreshed midway? Instagram no longer does that.
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The humble bumblebee just messed things up for Meta

The humble bumblebee has reportedly played a part in obstructing an ambitious construction project by tech giant Meta.
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Batman: Arkham Shadow review: the Bat’s best game since Arkham Asylum

Batman: Arkham Shadow proves the VR doubters wrong by delivering the best Batman game since Rocksteady's Arkham Asylum.
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Meta to use facial recognition to crack down on celebrity scam ads

Meta is bringing back facial recognition technology, this time as a way to crack down on celebrity scam ads on Facebook and Instagram.
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Apple is hoping to one-up Meta with its own smart glasses

Meta wowed the world with its Orion AR glasses a few weeks ago. Apple's Vision Products Group is now working on own take.
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Google AI helped researchers win two Nobel Prizes this week

While AI was helping win multiple Nobel Prizes this week, we saw the release of Google's Imagen 3, Zoom's AI Companion, and Amazon's Shopping Guides.
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From Open AI to hacked smart glasses, here are the 5 biggest AI headlines this week

Between OpenAI's $6.6 million funding round and some privacy-invading Meta Smart Glasses, we saw a scary number of developments in the AI space this week.
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Who needs Sora when you’ve got Meta Movie Gen?

Meta unveiled its Movie Gen video AI on Friday, which can create 16 second videos complete with sound effects and ambient noise.
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Meta and Google made AI news this week. Here were the biggest announcements

This week's top AI headlines included: Google built an AI to design computer chips, Meta debuted its conversational AI system, and more.
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Meta reveals Orion, its first fully holographic AR glasses and ‘neural interface’

At the end of the Meta Connect keynote, Meta shared an exclusive look at its first fully functioning prototype of "Orion" — fully holographic AR glasses.
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Meta rolls out its own version of Advanced Voice Mode at Connect 2024

Meta announced Natural Voice Interactions at its Connect 2024 event. It's a new feature that will allow users to speak directly with the company's chatbot.
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The Quest 3 may undergo a significant pricing change

With Meta Connect just a day away, leaks suggest that the launch of the Quest 3S could have major effects on the Quest 3 models.
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A new definition of ‘open source’ could spell trouble for Big AI

The Open Source Initiative announced an update to what constitutes an open source AI.
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What does meta mean in gaming?

Meta isn't just a company, but a term used quite often in competitive gaming. But what does this word mean and is it something you should be concerned about?
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Meta may have canceled its high-end Apple Vision Pro competitor

Rumors have been circling for a while about Meta's answer to the Vision Pro, but according to two employees, the project was officially scrapped this week.
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Meta shuts down Ready at Dawn, one of its biggest VR studios

Meta has shut down Ready at Dawn, one of its biggest first-party VR studios.
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Apparently, no one wanted to talk to Meta’s ‘creepy’ AI celebrities

If you hadn't noticed the end of Meta's celebrity chatbot program, don't worry, neither did anyone else.
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Meta’s next AI model to require nearly 10 times the power to train

Mark Zuckerberg expects the compute requirements for next year's Llama 4 to be "10 times" that of last month's Llama 3.
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Meta unveils Llama 3.1, its biggest and best open source model yet

The new LLM will be available in three sizes — 8B, 70B, and 405B parameters, with the latter being the largest open-source AI built to date
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We’ve got an early look at a pair of prototype smart glasses

We may have got an interesting early look at a pair of prototype smart glasses that are coming soon from Meta via a pixelated image shared on social media.
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The future of the Meta Quest headsets just leaked out

New reports suggest Meta is working on three mixed-reality headsets and considering a multibillion-dollar investment for smart glasses.
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This is the perfect moment to buy a Meta Quest 3 for gaming

The Meta Quest 3 is discounted this Prime Day, and it's worth buying for the headset's recent VR gaming hits.