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Meta Platforms' Threads has reached 500 million monthly active users, marking the halfway point to its long-term goal. Supported by strong international growth and high-profile onboarding, user behav…
Meta Platforms faces near-term earnings pressure and free cash flow squeeze due to massive AI capital expenditure hikes. While AI integration drives strong user and advertiser engagement, high valuat…
Meta Platforms announced that Threads has reached 500 million monthly active users, achieving half of its long-term growth target. The platform is experiencing rising direct user engagement, particul…
Meta Platforms is launching its Creator Assistant tool in the US, Canada, and India. This initiative aims to boost creator engagement and platform reach, reflecting the company's strategic focus on s…
Shutterstock's GIPHY division extended its multi-year partnership with Meta, continuing to supply GIFs and stickers across Meta's app ecosystem.
Meta extended its partnership with Giphy to keep GIFs and stickers available across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, reinforcing content engagement for Gen Z and millennial users.
Meta aims to reenter stablecoin payments in H2 2026 via third-party providers, leveraging regulatory progress and growing stablecoin acceptance to boost cross-border payments, creator incentives, and…
Meta launches DEAR ALGO, an AI-driven tool allowing users to customize thread topics temporarily across select English-speaking markets.
Meta surpassed Q4 revenue and earnings estimates driven by strong AI-powered ad demand and user engagement growth, signaling robust near-term prospects despite margin pressure.
Meta is testing a basketball mini-game within Threads chats to boost engagement and compete with platforms like X and Apple's Messages, though the feature remains in early development with no public …
Wells Fargo raises Meta's price target to $837, citing increased Facebook video watch time and enhancements to its Reels recommendations engine driving user engagement.
Meta Platforms enhances Facebook Reels with improved recommendations, friend bubbles, and social features to boost engagement and video watch time.
Meta upgrades its recommendations engine to better learn user interests and displays newer, more relevant reels with added friend bubbles on reels and feed.
Meta’s Instagram reaches 3 billion users, reinforcing its dominance. Despite TikTok’s growing threat amplified by a US ownership shift, markets remain calm as Meta pivots Instagram towards TikTok-lik…
Meta is rolling out a feature letting users attach up to 10,000 characters of text to a post, aiming to increase content flexibility and user engagement.