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Facial recognition code has been found in the Meta AI app for smart glasses
By James Rogerson published
The Meta AI app has quietly had facial recognition code added to it, which could one day allow the company's smart glasses to identify people.

Instagram Plus launches globally with new subscription features
By James Rogerson published
Instagram Plus bulks up the app with numerous new and improved features for those prepared to pay, and early reactions haven't been positive.

'We have heard your concerns': Meta workers can request pauses in computer activity tracking, but only in temporary, half-hour increments
By Craig Hale published
Workers can ask Meta to pause monitoring software, but only if they think the data on screen should be hidden.

Meta's AI Business Agent is a small and medium businesses guru – and it is now available directly through WhatsApp
By Craig Hale published
After around two years in testing, Meta's AI Business Agent is now rolling out across WhatsApp, Instagram DMs and more.

Meta, Starlink and Microsoft team up with the FBI to delete over 1.4 million accounts and seize millions in cryptocurrency related to huge scam networks targeting Americans
By Sead Fadilpašić published
The FBI arrested 63 people in connection to the scam network, while Microsoft disabled 20,000 accounts.

The Trump White House is ready to regulate AI, but it's exactly the wrong body to do so, and its control could become a problem
By Lance Ulanoff published
Donald Trump just signed an executive order that gives the US Government unprecedented control over future AI frontier models. This could be a recipe for disaster

How a former Facebook whistleblower is being silenced 'regardless of whether what she says is true'
By Craig Hale published
Former Facebook exec and whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams was silenced from promoting her book at 2026 Hay Festival.

Meta is rumored to be working on an AI pendant and new smart glasses
By David Nield published
We've got a couple of Meta hardware rumors to sort through, and AI is of course central to them.

Meta's subscription plans are the tip of a terrible pay-to-engage iceberg and may be the beginning of the end for social media as we know it
By Lance Ulanoff published
Meta's Plus subscription plan is probably the worst thing to happen to social media since the dislike button.
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