The word "metaverse" is currently meaningless, and mainly serves as a distraction from the problems of some of the companies spearheading it — including Facebook and Epic Games.
Meta, Facebook's parent company, has told staff it is freezing recruitment as its revenues grew less than predicted, in part because of Apple's iOS 14 privacy changes.
Facebook is giving up on podcasts after just a year, with the social network warning podcasters that it will be shuttering the audio content from June 3.
Facebook privacy engineers warn that the company would have a hard time committing to privacy laws as it largely has no idea how its system uses the data it collects.
Apple is torching Meta over the "metaverse" company's plans to charge developers up to 47.5% for virtual goods sold through the Meta Quest store.
Almost 12 months after Apple launched App Tracking Transparency, a new analysis predicts its second year will still see major disruption to advertiser, with Facebook, YouTube and more collectively losing around $16 billion.
Criminal hackers are reportedly using an effective and sneaky technique with purloined law enforcement emails to steal user data from big tech, ISPs, carriers, and social media companies.
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Russia has started to limit the ability for citizens to get Ukraine conflict updates via Twitter and Facebook, with the social media platforms being throttled by ISPs and carriers over claims of censorship.
Meta said that it may have to shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe over data privacy rules — and at least two European politicians think that's a good idea.
Because of intense pressure on revenue after the implementation of new data regulations and Apple privacy features, Meta will rebuild Facebook's ad infrastructure to ensure it can still deliver "high-quality personalized ads."
Amazon and Facebook parent company Meta spent a record amount of money lobbying the federal government in 2021, while Apple actually decreased its lobbying budget during the year.
A federal judge has approved US antitrust regulators' second attempt at a lawsuit to break up Facebook after the FTC refiled an amended complaint.
Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has been named the worst company of 2021, with a survey declaring the controversial social network to be the most upsetting for a wide range of grievances.
A new report is bringing to light additional details on how platforms like Facebook and Snap are working around Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature to collect data.
Instagram's standalone messaging app Threads will shut down by the year's end after failing to gain widespread adoption.
A new report claims that Instagram users will be able to assign a moderator to a video, giving them the ability to approve live comments.
The rivalry between Apple and Meta appears to be mostly about privacy, but competition around augmented reality, wearables, and smart home devices could be brewing between the two tech giants.
Facebook this week announced that it will no longer deploy facial recognition technologies on its platform, but the social network's parent company, Meta, said that the commitment does not apply to its metaverse products
Facebook is rolling out a new tool designed to help content creators earn money on its platform while sidestepping Apple's customary 30% cut of App Store transactions.
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