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The Latest Breaking News from Meta

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Benzinga

WhatsApp rolls out new features for Beta users, including personalised ‘avatars’

The messaging app regularly soft launches new features among its Beta users to iron out any bugs before general release

Evening Standard

What time did WhatsApp go down on Tuesday?

Users all across the globe had begun reporting issues at roughly the same time this morning

Manchester Evening News

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Deepfakes could get super advanced (and weird) thanks to these breakthroughs

New models from Google and Meta can turn text into detailed videos with the help of AI, raising questions of more advanced and possibly dangerous future deepfakes.

Inverse

WhatsApp down: How long will the application be out of service?

WhatsApp's outage was first reported before 8.30am on Tuesday

Wales Online

Meta says WhatsApp outage fixed after users affected around the world

US tech giant Meta said Tuesday it had fixed a global outage affecting its messaging service WhatsApp after users around the world complained that they were unable to send or receive messages

France 24

Thousands of Irish users impacted amid major Whatsapp outage

People began reporting issues with sending and receiving messages on just before 8am on Tuesday morning

Irish Mirror

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WhatsApp goes down globally

WhatsApp, the instant messaging service owned by Meta Platforms Inc, appears to be experiencing a widespread outage, with thousands of users reporting issues.

Bangkok Post

WhatsApp down with users unable to send or receive messages

Reports of problems have come from across the UK and the globe

Wales Online

Oh MAMAA! Apple, Microsoft And 3 More Of The Largest Companies In Jim Cramer's FAANG Replacement Are Reporting This Week

Five of the largest technology companies in the world by market capitalization will report quarterly earnings this week.

Benzinga

Smart Glasses Week: Comparing the best from Amazon, Meta, and more

One idea about computers has stayed consistent: we’re going to wear them on our faces. This week, Inverse is seeing just how far smart glasses have come.

Inverse

Technology: Facebook's Bitmoji-Style Avatars Now Coming To WhatsApp

Social media giant Facebook's Bitmoji-style avatars, which earlier invaded Instagram and Messenger, are now also coming to Whatsapp. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Is the metaverse really the future of work?

According to Mark Zuckerberg, the “metaverse” – which the Meta founder describes as “an embodied internet, where instead of just viewing content – you are in it” – will radically change our lives.

The Conversation

From dance videos to global sensation: what you need to know about TikTok’s rise

The app has grown at breakneck speed from a simple lip sync platform to surpassing the internet behemoths in downloads

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Newslaundry

TMR 2022: Sophie Zhang on not being allowed to testify before India's parliament

After two years of being hosted online, The Media Rumble 2022 took place in Delhi on October 14 and 15 where leading media professionals, policymakers, and tech innovators got together to discuss the future of news, tech and policy.

The Independent UK

Facebook and TikTok are approving ads with ‘blatant’ misinformation about voting in midterms, researchers say

YouTube was the only platform tested that rejected all of the disinformation ads

Reason

The U.K. Competition Authority 'Wins,' but Consumers Lose

U.K. regulators shut down Meta/GIPHY deal in favor of their own “approved buyer.”

The Independent UK

Social media platforms brace for midterm elections mayhem

Social media platforms like Facebook, TikTok and Twitter say they're taking steps to prevent the spread of misinformation about voting and elections ahead of next month's midterms

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The Conversation

Corporate spending in state politics and elections can affect everything from your wallet to your health

Political spending by corporations is big business.

Newslaundry

India’s domestic spy agency bought NSO hardware that matches Pegasus specifications

India’s Intelligence Bureau, the country’s main domestic intelligence agency, bought hardware from the Israeli spyware firm NSO Group that matches the description of equipment used elsewhere to deploy the company’s flagship Pegasus software, import documents show.

Newslaundry

Expert take: Why was the Wire compelled to pull down its Meta stories?

After insisting for over a week that its reporting supposedly exposing how Meta allowed BJP leaders to censor content on its platforms was solid, the Wire on Tuesday pulled down the work pending a “thorough internal review of all material and documents and sources”.

Tribune News Service

Nokia’s vision of the future is a world where the metaverse replaces smartphones

It’s hard to imagine a world untethered from your cellphone. Unless you work for Nokia.

Wales Online

Molly Russell's dad said jailing executives at 'unsafe' social media platforms should be an option

Ian Russell said it would "refocus their minds" if senior social media executives faced a prison sentence for not protecting users of their platform properly after the death of his daughter Molly, 14

The Independent UK

Ian Russell says jail option for ‘unsafe’ social media execs would ‘focus minds’

Mr Russell, the father of teenager Molly Russell, said he ‘can’t wait’ to see responses to a Prevention of Future Deaths report.

Benzinga

SpaceX Starlink's New In-Flight Connectivity Service, Amazon's NY Workers Reject Union, Celsius Network Faces Several Federal Investigations: Top Stories Wednesday, Oct. 19

Reuters US Lawmakers Plan Hearing On Kroger, Albertsons' $25B Merger

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