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The UK's CMA closes its antitrust probe into Google and Meta's alleged Jedi Blue deal on online ads, following a similar decision made by its EU counterparts (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

March 10, 2023

[ad_1] Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: The UK’s CMA closes its antitrust probe into Google and Meta’s alleged Jedi Blue deal…

As tech giants cut back, staff working on big bets and moonshots, like Amazon's Alexa and Google's X, were heavily impacted; Meta's Reality Labs is an exception (New York Times)

March 8, 2023

[ad_1] New York Times: As tech giants cut back, staff working on big bets and moonshots, like Amazon’s Alexa and…

Some marketers worry that Meta's AI-based Advantage+ ad tool, added after Apple's ATT to automatically generate multiple ads, forces them to relinquish control (Financial Times)

February 28, 2023

[ad_1] Financial Times: Some marketers worry that Meta’s AI-based Advantage+ ad tool, added after Apple’s ATT to automatically generate multiple…

An analysis of Meta's Journalism Project: investments in 564 organizations totaling $29.4M through 17 grant programs since 2018, 43% received just $5K, and more (Gabby Miller/Columbia Journalism Review)

February 27, 2023

[ad_1] Gabby Miller / Columbia Journalism Review: An analysis of Meta’s Journalism Project: investments in 564 organizations totaling $29.4M through…

The US FTC drops its administrative trial to block Meta's acquisition of Within less than a month after its federal court loss, handing a final victory to Meta (Jan Wolfe/Wall Street Journal)

February 25, 2023

[ad_1] Jan Wolfe / Wall Street Journal: The US FTC drops its administrative trial to block Meta’s acquisition of Within…

Meta's Quest v50 update adds Direct Touch, an experimental setting that lets users "touch" virtual buttons and keyboards directly instead of via a pinch gesture (Jay Peters/The Verge)

February 22, 2023

[ad_1] Jay Peters / The Verge: Meta’s Quest v50 update adds Direct Touch, an experimental setting that lets users “touch”…

A look at Meta's "The Cube", a cubicle made of felt-like recycled PET plastic that absorbs sound and blocks distractions, rolling out to Meta's offices globally (Wall Street Journal)

February 20, 2023

[ad_1] Wall Street Journal: A look at Meta’s “The Cube”, a cubicle made of felt-like recycled PET plastic that absorbs…

Sex educators, adult stars, and sex workers complain about Instagram, saying Meta's moderation has gotten more punitive and less predictable since SESTA-FOSTA (Kat Tenbarge/NBC News)

February 13, 2023

[ad_1] Kat Tenbarge / NBC News: Sex educators, adult stars, and sex workers complain about Instagram, saying Meta’s moderation has…

IDC: Pico, owned by ByteDance, gained ~15% of the global VR market share by Q3 2022, a 3x gain YoY; Meta's market share fell from 90% to ~75% in the same period (Wall Street Journal)

February 13, 2023

[ad_1] Wall Street Journal: IDC: Pico, owned by ByteDance, gained ~15% of the global VR market share by Q3 2022,…

Meta's limited ad targeting options and Amazon's ad product investments are leading brands to shift their budgets to Amazon; Amazon's ad business grew 19% in Q4 (Jonathan Vanian/CNBC)

February 12, 2023

[ad_1] Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Meta’s limited ad targeting options and Amazon’s ad product investments are leading brands to shift…