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Meta struggles to police rules amid Israel-Gaza war

Meta challenged by Hebrew and Palestinian Arabic dialect, disagreements between Dubai and Israel Meta teams and Muslim anger for monitoring Palestinian content in harsher standards than the Israelis

Yuval Mann | 10.22.23

Facebook, TikTok, show pro-Palestinian content to Israelis

Israeli users on social media platforms report they've been exposed to several pro-Palestinian posts and live broadcasts in recent days following Hamas' attack against Israel

Yuval Mann | 10.13.23

Meta to announce layoffs in metaverse silicon division

Cuts could hurt the company’s ability to build augmented and virtual reality products enabling access to a set of immersive virtual worlds known as the "metaverse"

Reuters | 10.04.23

Quest 3: Zuckerberg's new hope

It will try to compete with Apple's Vision Pro to bring more people into the Metaverse; Meta's new glasses support mixed reality (MR) and allow for the integration of digital elements in the physical environment; Target audience: not only gamers

Yuval Mann, Menlo Park | 10.02.23

Meta pushing WhatsApp update allowing cross-platform messaging

Fresh feature appears in WhatsApp's latest beta version and, while still not active, is expected to become functional in the near future following new EU law

Yuval Mann | 09.12.23

Clash of the tech titans: Musk vs. Zuckerberg faceoff fades into fantasy

Meta CEO cools off excitement over much-hyped fight as he focuses efforts on his new social network Threads, which already lost over half of its user base in the weeks following its launch

Oshrit Gan-El | 07.30.23

Meta to launch subscriptions for platforms in Israel

Tech giant reveals paying users will receive a verified blue check on their accounts and several unique tools to help boost their options for content creation

Oshrit Gan-El | 07.19.23

'Trust me, I'm an AI expert' – A red flag for the future of human intelligence

Analysis: The chief AI scientist of Meta asks us to trust him regarding the safety of artificial intelligence systems, but there are plenty of examples of experts who were absolutely confident in the safety of their developments until they claimed human lives; The stage should not be left solely to technology experts – the stance of social and humanities scientists is equally important

Dr. Erez Firt | 07.18.23

Threads reaches 100 million users in under a week, sets new record

It took only 4 days for Meta's Threads social network to surpass the 100 million users benchmark, setting a new record as the fastest-growing consumer app in history

Yuval Mann | 07.10.23

All you need to know about Threads, Meta's answer to Twitter

Platform bursts out the gate with millions of users signing up within hours of its launch, including some big names, such as Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and Gordon Ramsay; Here’s what you need to know about the new player on the microblogging scene

Yuval Mann | 07.06.23

META launches challenge to Twitter, but holds back in Europe

New microblogging app Threads goes live internationally ramping up the rivalry between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, but release delayed in Europe over EU privacy and data sharing regulations

Reuters, AFP | 07.06.23

ChatGPT killer? Meta shifts gear in fight for AI-dominance

Meta's innovative Image Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (I-JEPA) introduces a fresh approach to how AI will converse with humans, revolutionizing the field and moving away from commonly-found generative AI models like ChatGPT and Google's Bard

Hagar Bohbot, Paris | 06.13.23

Take it back! New WhatsApp feature allows editing messages after sending

The messaging app will allow users to edit messages up to 15 minutes after sending them, as part of a broader introduction of new features to cope with the growing popularity of its competitor, Telegram.

Raphael Kahan | 05.22.23

Whatsapp rolls out new features, check them out!

From getting clearer answers from your group polls, through preserving captions on shared photos all the way to linking your account to multiple devices, here is a list of all new features introduced by the popular messaging app that became an Israeli consensus

Oshrit Gan-El | 05.11.23

How did the biggest tech stocks perform so far in 2023?

After a brutal 2022, tech giants including Alphabet, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, and Intel release financial reports for the first quarter of 2023; Some reported dips in sales, while others faced challenging economic environments

Dan Raban | 05.09.23