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Instagram's AI age detection goes global, putting millions more teens in Teen Accounts

Meta is expanding the AI that spots teens who gave an adult birthday to Instagram users worldwide, moving them into Teen Account protections automatically.

November 9, 2026

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WhatsApp lets you invite friends to events, even without the app

WhatsApp Events now sends invites to people who have no WhatsApp account, and a new Events Home in Settings keeps every event and RSVP in one list.

November 6, 2026

Meta launches a $35 billion stock sale and plans $60 billion more for AI

Meta filed for $35 billion of new stock offerings and plans a $60 billion at-the-market program, with Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom signaling interest in up to $5 billion of shares.

October 26, 2026

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Meta creates a new class of non-voting shares to fund its AI push

Meta will pay a one-time Class C stock dividend from January 2027, giving it a new way to raise money for AI, deals and pay while Mark Zuckerberg keeps control.

October 21, 2026

Meta pauses Muse chat sharing after 6,800 links surface in DNS

Security firm Claroc found that Muse's share links could be listed through public DNS records. Meta has paused sharing while it reviews the design.

October 21, 2026

Meta's new business terms let it crawl sites tied to business accounts

Starting October 30, businesses that use Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp agree that Meta may crawl their websites and use the content to train its AI. Legal experts say that includes news publishers.

October 16, 2026

TechnologyOctober 14, 2026
WhatsApp now lets anyone join a call from a browser, no account needed
WhatsApp's new guest calling lets you send a link to anyone, and they can join your voice or video call from a computer browser after you let them in.
AIOctober 13, 2026
Meta releases Muse Wonder, its first frontier AI models
Meta launched Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, two models it says match the best from OpenAI and Anthropic, with memory built for personal agents.
TechnologyOctober 6, 2026
UK regulator Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram's disappearing-photo feature Instants
Ofcom wants to know whether Meta properly assessed the risks of illegal content and harm to children before launching Instants in May. Meta says it briefed the regulator several times.
AIOctober 1, 2026
Meta's new AI glasses get a bigger camera, a longer battery, and a Bollywood star as their face in India
Meta named Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh as the first brand ambassador for Ray-Ban and Ray-Ban Meta in India, alongside updates to its third-generation AI glasses covering camera, battery, and audio.
TechnologyOctober 1, 2026
WhatsApp will now tell parents when their teen joins a group, but not what's said in it
WhatsApp launched optional parental controls for teen accounts, alerting parents when their teen joins or leaves groups while keeping actual messages end-to-end encrypted.
AISeptember 30, 2026
Instagram's new AI tool won't edit your videos, it'll just tell you why they flopped
Instagram rolled out a conversational AI assistant inside Edits, its CapCut competitor, that analyzes your account's performance instead of doing the actual editing for you.

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