Facebook’s parent company Meta’s second-quarter results came in slightly below market estimates, but it downgraded its revenue estimates for the next quarter. Specifically, Meta reported earnings of $2.46 per share, while analysts were expecting $2.59, according to Refinitiv data. At the same time, it saw revenue for the quarter at 28.82 billion euros against an […]
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Meta’s new AI system can translate 200 languages
Meta, the owner of Facebook, has announced that it has created a new artificial intelligence model that can translate 200 different languages. The company even claims that the system with the characteristic name “No Language Left Behind – NLLB 200” not only translates more languages than corresponding systems of its competitors (Google Translate translates 133 […]
USA-Meta: 30% fewer engineers will be hired this year
Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has cut its plans to hire engineers this year by at least 30%, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees yesterday as he warned them to prepare for a deep decline in the economy. Meta has cut its 2022 engineer hiring goal by about 6,000-7,000 below its original plan to hire about […]
These 10 shares of the S&P 500 ‘burned’ 4.1 trillion. investment money in the first half of 2022
The first half of 2022 ends today and investors say goodbye to it with relief, as they are not expected to miss it: during it, the S&P 500 index fell by 21.4%. But which of his shares suffered the heaviest losses, along with those that held them in their portfolio? The following are the 10 […]
Russia: Navalny blames Google and Meta for helping Putin
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Thursday blamed Google and Meta Platforms Inc. for cutting advertising, a move he said undermined the opposition and was therefore a gift to President Vladimir Putin. Navalny, by far the most important leader of the Russian opposition, portrays Putin’s Russia as a dystopian state ruled by thieves and […]
What was discussed at the Mitsotakis meetings with senior executives of Google and Meta
Kyriakos Mitsotakis met this afternoon with the President of Google for activities in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Matt Brittin. The meeting discussed the prospect of increasing Google’s investments in our country, the wider utilization of tools that Google already has in Greece for digital training and entrepreneurship programs, especially in the field […]
Meta to Launch Pilot to Integrate Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) on Instagram
CoinDesk, citing its own sources, reports that Meta (recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) will launch a pilot project to integrate non-fungible tokens (NFTs) into the Instagram social network next week. According to the publication, Meta plans to add support for NFTs released on Ethereum, Polygon, Solana and Flow to Instagram. It […]
WhatsApp launches Reactions for all users
Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook (owned by Meta, which is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia), announced the launch of a new feature in the popular WhatsApp messenger. According to the source, from today on WhatsApp users will have the so-called Reactions (Reactions). The feature was originally announced on April 14 along with […]
WhatsApp can finally run on two smartphones at once
Last July, the popular WhatsApp team introduced one of the most requested features: support for multiple devices with the same account. While this feature finally allowed WhatsApp users to access the instant messaging app on up to four devices, there was one catch: you couldn’t connect another smartphone this way. Single account support only works […]
This is not an Apple Store. This is Meta Store
Meta (recognized as an extremist organization in the Russian Federation) – the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is developing a new line of work for itself as an offline retail store. On Monday, Meta announced the opening of the Meta Store, which will be the company’s first attempt to sell its physical products, including […]