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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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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

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Batman: Arkham Shadow review: the Bat’s best game since Arkham Asylum

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Meta to use facial recognition to crack down on celebrity scam ads

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Apple is hoping to one-up Meta with its own smart glasses

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Google AI helped researchers win two Nobel Prizes this week

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From Open AI to hacked smart glasses, here are the 5 biggest AI headlines this week

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Who needs Sora when you’ve got Meta Movie Gen?

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Meta and Google made AI news this week. Here were the biggest announcements

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Meta reveals Orion, its first fully holographic AR glasses and ‘neural interface’

Zuckerberg debuting natural voice interactions

Meta rolls out its own version of Advanced Voice Mode at Connect 2024

Alan Truly lays back and enjoys watching a movie in the Meta Quest 3 headset.

The Quest 3 may undergo a significant pricing change

Meta AI can generate images within a chat in about five seconds.

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.
Meta AI's Dungeon Master looks like Snoop Dogg.

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.
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Meta’s new AI model can turn text into 3D images in under a minute

Meta's new "3D Gen" model is a "state-of-the-art, fast pipeline" for transforming input text into high-fidelity 3D images in under a minute.
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Apple Intelligence+ could be coming, and it won’t be free

Select premium Apple Intelligence features could eventually be paywalled, Bloomberg reports.
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Zuckerberg says holographic AR glasses are coming

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his thoughts and Meta's plans for future smart glasses, AR holographic, and neural interfaces.
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Social media should be treated like cigarettes, says surgeon general

The U.S. surgeon general is calling on Congress to implement a tobacco-style warning label on social media platforms.
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The creator of the Oculus Rift is working on a mysterious new VR headset

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey is working on a new VR headset, and the VR industry is excited about what this innovator will create.
A profile shot shows Alan Truly wearing the Meta Quest 3.

How to cast Meta Quest 3 to a TV

There are plenty of reasons you may want to cast your Quest 3 to a television, and it's luckily a quick and easy process. Here's exactly how to do it.
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Why Llama 3 is changing everything in the world of AI

Llama 3 isn't just the latest version of Meta's AI -- it's a revolution in capabilities and accessibility. Here's why it could be the big AI of the future.
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How to download a video from Facebook

You can download Facebook videos to your PC or mobile device, but the process is a bit involved. Here’s a guide on how to pull this off.
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Meta has a bold new strategy for VR

Meta just announced Horizon OS, a mixed reality operating system that Lenovo, and Asus will use in new VR headsets.
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Meta’s ChatGPT killer is taking over your favorite apps

Step aside, ChatGPT. Meta's AI assistant is here, and it's coming to apps like Instagram, WhatsApp, and more.
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Meta Quest 4: here’s everything we know so far

Meta's Quest 4 VR headset could bring an even bigger leap in quality than the popular Quest 3 thanks to generative AI, sharper displays, and a faster chip.
First Encounter is the perfect introduction to mixed reality on Quest 3.

Your Quest 3 just got so much better — for free

Meta has brought big improvements to the Quest 3 VR headset, making mixed reality better than ever and adding a few upgrades to the Quest 2 and Pro as well.