WhatsApp Plus looks a lot like Telegram Premium, and Meta is betting iPhone users will pay less than $3 for things like custom stickers.
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Spoiler alert: It wasn't Liquid Glass. Meta hired Alan Dye away from Apple due to his overlooked work creating a next-gen platform.
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Alan Dye is just one of four top executives who left Apple for Meta this year, all of them vacating crucial roles as part of a larger exodus.
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Social media users responded to big news that Alan Dye will join Meta with Liquid-Glass-focused sarcasm. Is it really such a big loss?
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At long last, WhatsApp for Apple Watch goes live, bringing support for texts, voice notes and calls to your wrist.
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Apple loses another key AI executive: Ke Yang, who was leading the company’s “answer engine” project to improve Siri.
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Meta’s Ray-Ban Display smart glasses house a super-bright in-lens display and ship with a Neural Band for detecting hand movements.
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The new Instagram for iPad app — at last! — emphasizes enjoying Reels, with the short videos playable on a large tablet screen.
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When Apple loses a fourth AI researcher in a month to Meta, not all is well in Cupertino, at least regarding artificial intelligence goals.
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Apple's AI efforts suffer a major setback as Meta successfully poaches Ruoming Pang, a top executive from its foundation models team.
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The inevitable finally happened, with Meta bringing ads to WhatsApp Status, allowing businesses to promote their services or products.
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Meta, Match and Spotify join forces against Apple and Google over app store practices, including who should be saddled with age verification.
A new Meta AI app for iPhone provides easy access to Meta's Llama 4 AI model and an enhanced voice mode for personalized responses.
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In a petty move, Meta blocks access to Apple Intelligence's Writing Tools feature across its apps on iPhone and Mac.
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Meta could release its next-gen smart glasses later this year featuring a built-in display, upgraded cameras, and support for hand gestures.
Meta's first AR glasses may launch in 2027 if the company does not give up on them. It might also launch a smartwatch this year.
Apple's Foundation Model is both the safest in design while highly competitive with both Llama and GPT-4.
The two companies reportedly discussed the possibility of integrating Meta's Llama generative AI model into Apple Intelligence.
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