Supernatural isn’t dead after all
A few months ago, Meta effectively handed Supernatural, a popular VR fitness game on the Meta Quest, a death sentence. As part of overarching VR layoffs, the company announced the game would…
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Zuckerberg reportedly wants a Polymarket clone — but without real money
…Should Meta’s app launch publicly, it would be just the latest example of Meta taking a popular idea from another company and building its own version, like it did when it…
Facebook’s new AI Mode search gets its info from public posts
Your public Facebook posts could help inform AI-generated results in Meta’s new AI Mode. When you search on Facebook, the “AI Mode” option will appear alongside the usual search modes…
All the ways Instagram and Facebook are changing for teens
…In four months, Facebook and Instagram must give teens the “reasonably accessible” option of a default feed that isn’t personalized by Meta’s recommendation engine. Meta will occasionally send teens reminders…
Instagram and Facebook will likely require a redesign after EU rules they’re ‘addictive’
…The European Commission said Meta “did not adequately assess the risks of its addictive design on the physical and mental wellbeing of users, including minors and vulnerable adults.” It singled out features…
WhatsApp head Will Cathcart is stepping down after seven years
Will Cathcart, who led WhatsApp for the past seven years, is stepping down from his role as Meta appoints a new leader. On Monday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Facebook that…
WhatsApp ordered to host rival AI assistants for free
…It follows the launch of a formal investigation in December 2025 into whether Meta was abusing its market dominance by banning third-party AI chatbots from its WhatsApp messaging platform. Meta later…
Mark Zuckerberg is planning a big push into personal AI agents
…And Meta is dealing with a different creep problem right now with smart glasses, and general distrust toward Meta might make people unwilling to use its agents. The company will have more…
Half a billion people are using Threads every month
Threads has surpassed 500 million monthly active users, Meta announced on Tuesday, hitting the milestone just shy of the platform’s third birthday. Threads got off to a hot start in 2023…
Facebook launches a ‘Plus’ subscription that gives you extra features
After announcing tests of premium subscriptions for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp earlier this year, TechCrunch and Bloomberg report that Meta is launching a global rollout over the next few weeks and is also…