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Meta now lets you create 4 additional personal profiles on FB
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"The ability to create multiple personal profiles is starting to roll out globally today and will continue over the next few months," Meta said in a blogpost on Thursday.
Meta shuts 3 VR games without any explanation
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The tech giant sent an email to existing game owners, informing them that support for the three games will be discontinued on March 15, 2024, reports The Verge.
Meta denies exploring ads in WhatsApp to 'boost revenue'
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Reacting to a Financial Times report which claimed that Meta teams were exploring ads in WhatsApp as the social network “seeks revenue boost, saying “discussions are at an early stage and include possible subscription fee”.
Google, Meta are highest-paying big tech firms for engineers: Study
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According to new data from an anonymous forum for tech employees Blind, Apple and Microsoft pay the least on average for entry-level engineers, but for senior engineers, compensation becomes more comparable across the industry.
Meta launches its own AI code-writing tool
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Code Llama has the potential to be used as a productivity and educational tool to help programmers write more robust, well-documented software. Code Llama is a code-specialized version of Llama 2 that was created by further training Llama 2 on its code-specific datasets, sampling more data from that same dataset for longer. 
Meta shutting down Messenger Lite app for Android
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Currently, users of the app are receiving a message that advises them to “use Messenger to keep chatting", reports TechCrunch. The app has already been removed from the Google Play Store for new users and will no longer be available after September 18 for existing users.
Instagram begins to roll out web version of Threads amid usage fall
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Threads users will be able to post, view their feed, and interact with posts from the desktop, according to the social media platform.
Meta working on code-generating AI tool 'Code Llama': Report
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According to The Information, citing sources, Meta's code-generating artificial intelligence (AI) model -- 'Code Llama', will be open-source and could launch as soon as next week.
Threads rolling out 'Your likes' option
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Users can access this feature by going to Settings > Your Likes. In addition to the ability to view liked posts, Meta has also included a new media upload quality option that allows users to upload higher-quality photos and videos. This option can be found under Settings > Account > Media quality.
Threads to add search, desktop version in next few weeks: Mark Zuckerberg
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"Search and web coming in the next few weeks," Zuckerberg posted on Threads, saying he's "excited about the team's pace of shipping." "A good week for Threads. The community here is on the trajectory I expect to build a vibrant long term app. Lots of work ahead but excited about the team's pace of shipping. Search and web coming in the next few weeks," the Meta CEO said.
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