Now playing Next Tech News Safer Internet Day: How parents can protect their children online A global survey reveals children want tech companies to do more to protect them online but the “smoke and mirrors” promises by tech titans may not be enough. 06/02/2024
Now playing Next Culture news Facebook at 20: Is the social media platform really dying? Once a way to keep in touch with college friends, the Franken-platform now has very little resemblance to the Facebook of yesteryear. Can it still claim to be culturally-relevant? 05/02/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Meta lays out its ‘future roadmap’ for human-like AI At the heart of the project is Llama 3, a large language model (LLM) which is the technology that can comprehend and generate human language text. 19/01/2024
Now playing Next Tech News Meta's Threads is finally available to users in the EU The EU's Digital Markets Act is reportedly the reason why it took five months longer for the platform to launch in Europe. 14/12/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Israel-Hamas war threatens to derail Meta’s ad revenue turnaround Meta is enjoying a profit turnaround. But the Israel-Hamas war could dampen that as it experiments in augmented and virtual reality. 26/10/2023
Now playing Next Culture news X-games: Which Italian towns could host the Musk-Zuckerberg showdown? Italian towns, cities and regions are vying to host the potential fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. 17/08/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Musk vs Zuck: The ego cage fight of the century (but not in Rome) Musk vs Zuckerberg: The cage fight of the century? (But not in Rome, says Italian Culture minister.) 11/08/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Why is Threads, Meta’s Twitter rival, not launching in the EU? Meta’s new app has been listed in the US and the UK, but has no foreseeable launch date in the EU yet as the company worries about the bloc’s privacy regulations. 06/07/2023
Now playing Next Culture news Twitter erupts as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg talk up cage fight Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, two of the richest men in the world are doing battle on social media about the prospect of a cage fight. Yes, you read that right. 22/06/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Meta follows Twitter in charging users for their blue tick Following in the footsteps of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram users in the UK have become the first in Europe to pay for verification status. 17/05/2023
Now playing Next Tech News A new paid subscription service is coming to Facebook and Instagram Meta Verified for Facebook and Instagram will require users to submit a government ID to get a blue verification badge. 20/02/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Meta under fire for VIP treatment of Facebook users like Trump The former US president was on a list of users that had special treatment, alongside Mark Zuckerberg and Brazilian football star Neymar. 06/12/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Facebook parent company Meta to lay off more than 11,000 employees “Today I’m sharing some of the most difficult changes we’ve made in Meta’s history,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a letter to staff. 09/11/2022
Now playing Next Tech News The four new features coming to WhatsApp you need to know about Users will be able to leave chats silently, choose who can see them when they’re online, and prevent screenshots of "view once" messages being taken. 10/08/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Meta’s new AI chatbot is not a fan of Mark Zuckerberg or Facebook Meta has released its latest AI chatbot to the world. And of course, people immediately started asking what it thinks about Mark Zuckerberg. 08/08/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Sheryl Sandberg to leave Facebook parent Meta after 14 years Her departure marks the end of an era for the social media giant. Javier Olivan will take over as chief operating officer. 02/06/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Meta’s first quarter profits exceed expectations despite slow growth Facebook parent Meta posted better than expected first quarter financial results following a bumpy year for the tech giant. 28/04/2022
Now playing Next Money Meta to move into finance with 'Zuck bucks' and 'creator coins' Meta is reportedly working on Facebook NFTs and 'reputation tokens' but likely won't move into crypto. 07/04/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Meta watchdog urges crackdown on disinformation around Ukraine war Tech giants and policymakers must do more to fight online disinformation raging around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Meta’s Oversight Board tells Euronews Next. 01/03/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Meta warns it may shut down Facebook and Instagram in Europe The drama continues for Mark Zuckerberg whose company last week reported it lost daily active users for the first time in its history. 07/02/2022
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