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AI, swords, headsets and Indian wedding for Mark Zuckerberg’s Asia tour
26Feb By adminNo Comments
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AI, swords, headsets and Indian wedding for Mark Zuckerberg’s Asia tour

[ad_1] Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg was in Japan on Monday on a mini-Asia tour involving sword-making, mixed-reality headsets in Seoul and reportedly also lavish pre-wedding celebrations for an Indian multi-billionaire's son. Zuckerberg posted footage on Sunday on social media of a "special afternoon learning about making katanas" with a sword master, including of him hammering molten metal and swinging a blade.The 39-year-old had been skiing in Japan with his family and was due to meet with Facebook developers in Tokyo on Monday and Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported. Zuckerberg was then expected to travel to South Korea where he is lining up meetings with President Yoon Suk Yeol and leaders of tech titans Samsung and LG, according to South Korean media. "Mark is planning a brief visit to ...
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Meta’s Pricey Bet on AI Comes With New Custom Chips, Coder Tools
19May By adminNo Comments
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Meta’s Pricey Bet on AI Comes With New Custom Chips, Coder Tools

[ad_1] In Meta Platforms Inc.'s year of cost cutting and layoffs, there's one area that's seeing record spending: an update of the social media giant's infrastructure to keep pace in the artificial intelligence arms race. On Thursday, the Facebook owner unveiled a slew of new technologies, including a new chip developed in-house to help train AI faster, and a tool that helps coders get suggestions for how to build their products. The company is also revamping its data centers to make it easier to deploy AI technology. “This work reflects long term efforts that will enable even more advances and better use of this technology across everything we do,” Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said in an emailed statement. The custom accelerator chip will help speed up the recommendation a...
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Instagram is testing songs in photo carousels
30Apr By adminNo Comments
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Instagram is testing songs in photo carousels

[ad_1] Instagram may come up with an update that will make your photo carousels more attractive. As per The Verge, the company is testing a new feature that will let you add songs to the photo carousels you post to the platform. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the news on his Instagram broadcast channel, noting that it's already available in a "few countries with more to come." Aside from that, Zuckerberg also mentioned that Instagram is testing a way to add music to Notes, the AIM-like feature that lets you share status with friends. This comes days after Instagram rolled out a redesigned video editor for Reels along with other creator features. Also, users can now add up to five links in their bio along with their titles. "This makes it easier to align and time elements of your r...
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Meta Urged to Halt Plans Allowing Minors Into the Metaverse
15Apr By adminNo Comments
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Meta Urged to Halt Plans Allowing Minors Into the Metaverse

[ad_1] Dozens of advocacy organizations and children's safety experts are calling on Meta Platforms Inc. to terminate its plans to allow minors into its new virtual reality world.Meta is planning to invite teenagers and young adults to join its metaverse app, Horizon Worlds, in the coming months. But the groups and experts that signed the letter, which was sent to Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg on Friday, argue that minors will face harassment and privacy violations on the virtual reality app, which is only in its early stages. “Meta must wait for more peer-reviewed research on the potential risks of the metaverse to be certain that children and teens would be safe,” wrote the groups, led by online safety groups including Fairplay, the Center for Countering Digital Hate, C...
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New Year: Mark Zuckerberg shares photo with pregnant wife, says love coming in 2023
2Jan By adminNo Comments
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New Year: Mark Zuckerberg shares photo with pregnant wife, says love coming in 2023

[ad_1] 2023 is going to be a special year for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg as he and his wife Priscilla Chan are expecting their third child. 2023 is going to be a special year for Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg as he and his wife Priscilla Chan are all set to embrace parenthood for the third time soon. On Sunday, Mark wished everyone a happy new year with an adorable picture in which his wife is seen flaunting her baby bump. Mark can be seen caressing his wife's bump and looking at her. "Happy New Year! Here's to all of the adventures and love coming in 2023," he captioned the post. Mark also shared a candid moment with his daughter. Netizens flooded the comment section with heartfelt wishes. "Adorable picture," a social media user wrote. "How cute. Congratulations in advance," anoth...
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Facebook Parent Meta LayOffs Set To Start, WSJ Says
7Nov By adminNo Comments
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Facebook Parent Meta LayOffs Set To Start, WSJ Says

[ad_1] Facebook parent Meta Platforms is planning to begin layoffs that will affect thousands of workers from this week, Wall Street Journal reported. Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to begin layoffs that will affect thousands of workers from this week, Wall Street Journal reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The job cuts could come as early as Wednesday, the newspaper said. The company has already told employees to cancel non-essential travel from this week, according to the report. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg in September outlined plans to reorganize teams and reduce headcount for the first time, following a sharp slowdown in growth at the parent of Facebook and Instagram. Zuckerberg said then that Meta will likely be smaller in 2023...
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