News Meta announces additional 10,000 job cuts in second round of layoffs Months after it laid off nearly 11,000 employees, world’s largest social media… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 14, 20232 minute read
Business Internet News Meta is ‘pausing’ Reels bonuses for creators in the US Social media company Meta is pausing its Reels Play bonus program in… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 10, 20233 minute read
Business News Meta employees brace for more layoffs Meta, the parent company of popular social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, and… Soumyadeep SarkarMarch 8, 20232 minute read
Business Internet News Meta forms a new AI product team Swift popularity of ChatGPT has opened the floodgates for multiple tech companies… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 28, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Global Internet News Meta backs ‘Take It Down’, a new service that helps prevent spread of minors’ intimate images online Facebook & Instagram parent Meta is pushing further against the circulation of… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 27, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Meta to bring Twitter-like paid subscription named ‘Meta Verified’ to Facebook and Instagram Meta is taking a page out of Twitter’s book and launching a… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 20, 20232 minute read
Business Global News Meta clocks 4% drop in Q4 revenue, Reality Labs continues to bleed, massive buyback sends stock soaring Facebook-parent Meta successfully beat Wall Street estimates for its revenue for the… Soumyadeep SarkarFebruary 2, 20233 minute read
Business Global News Meta fined over $400Mn by Irish privacy regulator for online privacy violation In the latest instance of US Big Tech companies being hit with… Soumyadeep SarkarJanuary 5, 20233 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Linux Foundation teams up with AWS, Meta, Microsoft others to build interoperable maps data Advancements in GPS and related technology have given us digital maps, and… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 16, 20223 minute read
Culture & Policy Global News Meta sued for $2Bn for not taking down hateful content on Ethiopian civil war from Facebook Facebook’s parent company Meta is now on the path to battle a… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 15, 20223 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Meta Oversight Board slams VIP cross-check system, says it gives preferential treatment to select users In October 2021, Facebook-parent Meta had asked its Oversight Board to review… Soumyadeep SarkarDecember 6, 20222 minute read
Culture & Policy News Meta releases transparency report for H1 2022, notes 10.5% rise in global government requests for user data Facebook-parent Meta – which was in recent news for drastically reducing its… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 24, 20223 minute read
Global Internet News Meta introduces new privacy updates to further protect teen users on Facebook and Instagram While the internet remains an unsafe place for teen and underage users,… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 22, 20223 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Meta confirms layoffs, set to reduce headcount by over 11,000 and extend hiring freeze throughout Q1 2023 Confirming earlier reports of Meta laying off in masses, the Facebook-parent has… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 9, 20223 minute read
Business News With growth stalling, Meta now reportedly planning to lay off thousands this week Facebook parent Meta is the latest among US’ BigTech to reportedly look… Soumyadeep SarkarNovember 7, 20222 minute read
Business Global News Meta clocks second consecutive drop in quarterly revenue, Reality Labs continues to lose money in Q3 Investors are far from impressed with the performances of tech enterprises in… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 27, 20222 minute read
Internet News [Now restored] WhatsApp down for several users, India and US most affected Update (3:00 PM IST): WhatsApp now seems to be restored for most.… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalOctober 25, 20221 minute read
Gadgetry News Meta’s newest VR headset, the Quest Pro, set to hit the shelves from October 25 at $1499 Meta continues to double down on AR and VR technology, and the… Soumyadeep SarkarOctober 12, 20223 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News Zuckerberg says Meta will freeze hiring, slash budgets, bring further restructuring: Report After being on the rise for more than a decade or so,… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 30, 20223 minute read
Apps Culture & Policy Internet News Meta taken to court for circumventing Apple’s privacy rules on iOS and tracking users on Facebook One of the biggest concerns for users online, is the ability of… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 23, 20223 minute read
Apps Internet News Creators on Facebook to get Creator Endorsements, ‘Rising Creator’ Labels, and more With the popularity of the creator economy on the rise, social media… Soumyadeep SarkarSeptember 21, 20222 minute read