The upcoming app will maintain a Twitter-like centralized feed, allowing users to view content such as text, images and videos shared by followers and recommended accounts. In a secret meeting with select creators, Instagram’s parent company, Meta, reportedly revealed its plan to launch a text-based conversation app. The leaked screenshots of the alleged upcoming app…
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The Twitter chief alleged Microsoft scraped information from the platform to train its AI and sell the data to others. Microsoft has been threatened with a lawsuit from Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who claimed the Big Tech firm “illegally” trained its artificial intelligence on Twitter data. On April 19, Musk tweeted that it…
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U.S. tech giant Meta is giving up on operations with non-fungible tokens (NFTs) amid ongoing turbulence in the crypto space. The company allowed creators to share digital collectibles on its leading social media platforms last year. Meta Platforms Cutting Off Support for Non-Fungible Tokens California-based technology conglomerate Meta is winding down support for digital collectibles…
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Senior representatives of Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced that the company will be shutting down the ability to buy and sell non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on both platforms, less than a year after the feature was introduced. Stephane Kasriel, the head of commerce and financial technologies at Meta, said in a tweet: ……
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The short-lived NFT features were first launched in May 2022, but Meta’s financial technology lead said it’s “winding down” the tools to focus elsewhere. Big Tech firm Meta is scrapping its nonfungible token (NFT) feature across its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram just under a year after it launched. Stephane Kasriel, Meta’s head of…
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The Canadian rapper and singer Drake lost $400,000 in bitcoin after betting that the YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul would beat Tommy Fury by knockout. Drake could have potentially raked in a $1.44 million bitcoin payout, but Fury won the fight in a split-decision victory. Drake Loses $400K Bitcoin Bet on Jake Paul’s Bout On Feb. 26,…
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Meta, the company that owns Whatsapp, Instagram, and Facebook, is reportedly preparing to announce a new round of layoffs in the coming days. According to reports, the company is delaying the finalization of the budget for each one of its teams, causing operational delays and affecting the output of employees of the company. Meta to…
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Meta, the company that owns Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has shared its fourth quarter results, reporting better numbers than expected. While the company beat revenue estimates, CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared 2023 a “Year of Efficiency,” hinting at a further restructuration of the company to focus on its AI (artificial intelligence) and metaverse projects in the…
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While Twitter users may be more crypto-native, that doesn’t mean they’re going to win in the NFT arena. The nonfungible token (NFT) industry has experienced some market turbulence over the past few months, but this hasn’t stopped both Twitter and Instagram from making moves into an industry that some estimate could be worth $231 billion…
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Polygon (MATIC) surpassed expectations with regards to its trading price as it ended up being the top gainer in a seven-day period right now among the top 15 cryptocurrencies in terms of market capitalization. Trading at $1.11 according to latest tracking from Coingecko at press time, the altcoin managed to climb by 26% for the…
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