The price for Meta had just hit an all-time record when its biggest social media was hit with a major outage.
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Facebook, founded by Mark Zuckerberg on Feb. 4, 2004, started as a Harvard-exclusive social network. Quickly expanding to other universities, it became available to the public in 2006. Facebook was initially a platform for students to connect, share and build social networks, but its user-friendly design and rapid expansion led to its global dominance, fundamentally reshaping how people interact online.
In 2019, Facebook unveiled a white paper outlining its Libra stablecoin project. However, faced with intense regulatory scrutiny, the project underwent a name change to Diem in December 2020. Despite these efforts, the initiative was eventually terminated in January 2022. This development marked a significant setback for Meta’s cryptocurrency and digital payment ambitions.
Facebook, the company that owns platforms including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, rebranded as Meta on Oct. 28, 2021. Meta is dedicated to constructing the metaverse, a virtual space combining augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) experiences. This transformation showcases Meta’s forward-looking approach, aiming to redefine online interactions, work and socialization beyond conventional social media platforms.
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The company says “AI-generated content is also eligible to be fact-checked.”
1870During a recent earnings call, Meta chief financial officer Susan Li said the company expects Reality Labs’ losses to “increase meaningfully year-over-year.”
7416Sam Blackshear, the creator of Move, spoke with Cointelegraph to give the inside story on the language of Aptos and Sui.
1457Social media platforms have become data refineries, extracting user information with little regard for privacy or fairness. Pop Social flips the script by putting data ownership firmly in the hands of users, who can use it to unlock exclusive benefits and personalize their experiences.
11908The United States congresswoman wants to know what Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is planning to do with its five crypto-related trademark filings lodged with the USPTO.
2866Meta will make use of a deep-learning model to apply watermarks to images generated with its AI tool, which would be invisible to the human eye.
2912Recipients need to download a Coinbase Wallet to receive the funds, but the crypto exchange says they’ve simplified the process for less tech-savvy users.
10558Social media company Meta is developing new artificial intelligence-based tools for Facebook and Instagram users.
9391Tech stocks face trillion-dollar losses as bond yields soar, but their $596 billion cash positions favor alternative hedges, including Bitcoin.
9206A Thai fortune teller once purportedly predicted when the crypto market would recover last year, claiming they were told by the god of the dead.
7496The new AI assistant, Meta AI, will be initially available from Sept. 27 for a limited group of U.S.-based users.
13338Facebook was the worst thing to happen to user privacy over the last two decades. Artificial intelligence could be the worst thing to happen in the days ahead.
1155User ownership and control are among the cornerstones of Web3. SocialFi reinforces this approach with projects that attract users with innovative features.
12167Decentralized social network Friend.tech may have risen quickly, but execs argue decentralized social media apps still have an onboarding and retention issue to fix.
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