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The latest Facebook news and guides, all in one place. Navigating one of the largest social media networks and keeping up with everything Mark Zuckerberg up to is no easy task, but Digital Trends offers in-depth coverage to help keep you informed. Here’s everything you need to know about Facebook.

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Meta’s latest AI model is Muse Spark 1.1 and it can run your computer for you

Meta is doubling down on AI agents with Muse Spark 1.1, a model that doesn't just answer questions — it can use apps, browse the web, and even operate your computer to complete tasks on your behalf.
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AI image generators have escaped nightmare fingers and entered the fake premium era

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Meta could be working on always-seeing, always-hearing smart glasses with AI super sensing

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Meta will disable the camera on AI smart glasses if you tamper or cover the indicator light

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Meta’s new AI can generate images of you from your Instagram, and you’re opted in 

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Meta’s new image and video AI tools let you turn Instagram into your creative mood board

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Meta under scrutiny after Instagram approved child abuse advertisements in India

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Meta just launched a vibe-coding app for games, and it’s called Pocket

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Meta will now charge you for the best AI feature on its smart glasses, and there’s a limit even if you pay

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Meta’s Brain2Qwerty v2 turns thoughts into text, and it doesn’t need brain implants

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Meta was sneakily tracking its employees, but soon shut it down after an internal leak

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Meta launches its own smart glasses and one of them is designed by Kylie Jenner

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The race to make smart glasses look less awkward has begun, and I love what I see

An Italian startup called Lorika just launched Ontop, brightly colored clip-on covers that make your Ray-Ban Meta glasses pop.
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Instagram lands on Samsung TVs, with episodic series and live TV coming to your screen soon

Meta is testing interest-based channels, phone-to-TV casting, and a horizontal video hub as Instagram for TV expands beyond Samsung's launch.
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A US state wants to ban smart glasses while driving, and it could open Pandora’s box

Smart glasses are rapidly evolving from niche gadgets into mainstream consumer technology. Devices from companies such as Meta, Google, Apple, and Snap are increasingly capable of displaying notifications, providing navigation, recording video, and even running AI-powered assistants directly in a user’s field of view. But one U.S. state is already asking an important question: Should […]
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Threads makes it easier to find your community and tune out what you don’t want to see

Threads is rolling out upgrades to its Communities feature and a new feed personalization tool called Your Algo.
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Facebook now has an answering genie for all your burning questions, just like Google Search

Meta is rolling out AI Mode on Facebook, a new feature that uses Meta AI to answer questions by pulling from public content across Meta apps, rather than returning standard search results.
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Meta is testing smart glass facial recognition tech that’s also used by police and military: Report

An investigative report reveals that Meta licensed face recognition from Rank One, a Pentagon contractor, and built a system called NameTag into an app on 50 million phones before deleting it.
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Meta employees are revolting against its AI rules and it’s a lesson for us all

Meta’s AI restructuring has sparked employee frustration, petitions, and public outbursts, highlighting the growing tension between rapid AI development and workplace morale.
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Meta’s creepy smart glasses just found their best use case yet

The gadget often criticized for seeing too much is about to help thousands of blind veterans see the world a little differently.
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Facebook and Messenger outage sparks logout panic as Meta services stumble

A brief Meta outage logged users out of Facebook and Messenger, sent Downdetector complaints surging, and also affected Instagram while Threads remained less clear in available reports.
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WhatsApp’s new iPhone update makes juggling two accounts much less annoying

WhatsApp is rolling out multiple accounts on iPhone, letting users add a second number in the main app while keeping chats, calls, notifications, and settings separate.
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Instagram’s new voice message effects let you sound like a pirate, a grandma, or a World Cup fan

Instagram is expanding its AI-powered effects for voice notes to more users, growing the feature from eight effects at its India launch in March to 15, including a new Goal! filter tied to the FIFA World Cup.
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The Social Reckoning trailer is out, and Jeremy Strong feels like the perfect choice to play Mark Zuckerberg

Aaron Sorkin returns with The Social Reckoning, a companion piece to The Social Network centered on the Facebook whistleblower scandal and Jeremy Strong as Zuckerberg.
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Meta denied face scanning tech on AI smartglasses, and then silently wiped the evidence

Dormant face-recognition code reportedly appeared in Meta’s smart glasses app, then disappeared after scrutiny. That has put Meta’s AI eyewear plans back under the privacy spotlight.
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Meta’s AI feed is starting to sound like a late-night internet rabbit hole

Meta’s AI app is reportedly being flooded with clickbait, fake stories, and engagement-driven AI-generated posts as the company pushes toward a more social AI experience.
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Snap sent alerts to students during class hours despite knowing the risk of distraction

Internal documents from lawsuits filed by 1,400+ school districts reveal how Meta, Snap, TikTok, and YouTube deliberately targeted students, even during school hours.
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Facebook’s new AI Creator Assistant wants to be your personal content strategist

Meta has launched Creator Assistant, a conversational AI tool built into the Facebook creator dashboard that analyzes your content performance, explains why it worked, and suggests new ideas based on trending content.
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Meta accused of preparing facial recognition features for AI smart glasses

A WIRED investigation claims Meta quietly embedded facial recognition technology into its smart glasses ecosystem, reviving privacy concerns around biometric surveillance and wearable AI.
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Don’t hold your breath for Meta’s Muse Spark AI to pop up in your phone apps anytime soon

Meta’s next big AI model may not be arriving as quickly as the company originally hoped. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Meta has repeatedly delayed the release of its upcoming flagship AI model, internally known as “Muse Spark,” raising fresh questions about the company’s AI ambitions and readiness. The delays reportedly […]
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Instagram will stop bombarding teens with the same kind of obsessively unhealthy content

Meta is testing a new Instagram feature to prevent teens from being repeatedly served the same content, as it expands 13+ content settings globally.
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It’s not just you. Research says people don’t like overtly friendly AI chatbots

New research suggests users prefer AI chatbots that match their personality instead of assistants that sound excessively cheerful or emotionally exaggerated.
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After smart glasses, Meta apparently wants you to wear its all-listening AI pendant

After putting AI in glasses, Meta reportedly wants to bring it even closer. Not everyone will be comfortable with the idea.
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Instagram Plus may tempt creators, but WhatsApp Plus is an easier skip

Meta is bringing paid features to Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. Instagram Plus may appeal to creators and heavy users, while WhatsApp Plus looks harder to justify.
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Google, Meta and Microsoft are getting worker data from sneaky bossware tools, report says

The software tracking your work hours may also be feeding data to Big Tech. A new Northeastern study shows how bossware is becoming a wider privacy problem.
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Meta built a Reddit rival out of Facebook Groups

Meta’s new Forum app turns Facebook Groups into a standalone hub for questions, recommendations, and AI-powered search, giving the company a Reddit-like test built from communities it already owns.
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Meta’s Ray-Ban Display now types messages from your finger movements

Meta's latest update brings Neural Handwriting to all Ray-Ban Display owners, which unlocks typing messages via subtle finger movements using the included Neural Band.
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Wowed by computer-use AI agents? Research says they’re “digital disasters” even for routine tasks

New research from UC Riverside found computer-use AI agents often push ahead with unsafe or irrational tasks, raising questions about whether today’s desktop agents are ready for sensitive everyday workflows.