Meta

• Meta is paying over $17 billion to settle social media lawsuits. What changes can users expect?
• From its storefronts to its feeds, Facebook is becoming more like TikTok

  Meta has announced several changes on Facebook, including a new app for Marketplace sellers and a planned test of "Immersive Video."

  
• Facebook has a new Creator Studio (with AI included, of course)

  The relaunched version of the Facebook Creator Studio includes an AI Assistant that can help generate video ideas.

  
• Meta officially offers perks for paying subscribers across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp

  Facebook Plus, Instagram Plus, and WhatsApp Plus are new paid subscription tiers for Meta's most popular social media apps.

  
• Threads thinks live chats can bring users closer to culture. It’s using the NBA playoffs as a case study.
• Meta, like TikTok, is putting advertisers in the middle of the cultural moments that consume your feed
• After becoming Hollywood’s creator darlings, Racka Racka is coming to a VR headset near you
• On Meta earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg claims Reels “has an annual run rate of over $50 billion”
• Consumers are picking up the AI “Vibes” Meta is putting down
• Meta’s TikTok-ification continues with a new algorithm for Facebook Reels
• Meta is paying developers $2.5 million to make mobile games for Horizon
• Meta’s smart glasses are getting sportier thanks to Oakley. Will the wearables winning streak continue?