META O is planning to lay off employees on Wednesday in the unit of its metaverse-oriented Reality Labs division focused on creating custom silicon, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. Employees were informed of the layoffs in a post on Meta’s internal discussion forum Workplace on …
Read More »WhatsApp messaging disruption resolved, Meta says
Meta Platforms (META.O) said it had restored WhatsApp connectivity issues after thousands of users globally reported problems accessing the messaging app on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. “We’re back, happy chatting!” the Whatsapp Twitter account posted in a tweet. The company had earlier said it was experiencing disruptions …
Read More »Meta introduces broadcast tool Channels on WhatsApp
Meta Platforms on Thursday introduced WhatsApp Channels, a feature that the social media giant said would help make the app a “private broadcast messaging product.” Users in Colombia and Singapore will be the first to receive access to Channels. Over the coming months, Meta will expand the availability of the tool …
Read More »In challenge to Meta, Apple expected to unveil mixed-reality headset
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is widely expected to announce a new headset that will blend video of the outside world with the virtual one at its annual software developer conference next week. Apple CEO Tim Cook and Meta Platforms Inc’s (META.O) CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, are jockeying to define how consumers will put to …
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