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UAE buyers can now order Meta’s newest AI glasses

Meta Glasses debut in UAE alongside new Ray-Ban model priced from Dh1,960

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Meta launches new AI glasses in UAE with prices starting at Dh1,160

Meta’s child-safety deal exposes a privacy problem

Age checks could make every account holder surrender more personal data

Meta’s settlement establishes that child-safety restrictions are technically possible. It does not settle how age should be verified, which features cause harm or how much control parents should hold.

Meta’s teen curfew plan hits a major roadblock

The settlement gives the company one year to identify users aged 13 to 17

Meta's new teen restrictions could require ID checks, selfies or activity-based age estimates.

Meta tests new AI tool to detect scams on WhatsApp

‘Scam Alert’ feature alerts users to potentially fraudulent chats and offers quick actions

Users can block, report or continue chats when the new ‘Scam Alert’ feature detects suspicious activity.

Instagram’s new wordmark: Can Gen Z still read cursive?

Redesigned ‘r’ fuels ‘Instagzam’ jokes as users split over Instagram’s new look

Meta pulls Instagram AI feature after backlash

Company reverses course after privacy concerns and criticism spread across social media

The feature aimed to make AI image generation feel more personal.

India summons Meta: Inside Instagram ads controversy

India summons Meta over Instagram ads allegedly promoting child sexual abuse content

Indian government orders Instagram to remove CSAM-linked ads, seeks report in seven days

WhatsApp says phone numbers no longer needed to chat

The new privacy feature lets users chat without sharing numbers

The messaging giant says usernames are about privacy, not advertising or social media growth.

Meta’s new AI glasses: Price, features, what’s changed

Meta’s $299 AI glasses drop Ray-Ban branding to push in-house design

Screen-free Meta Glasses bring AI assistant, camera and open-ear audio to wearers

Instagram's newest feature rolls out carousel update

The new feature lets users add separate captions to each photo or video in a carousel

New Instagram update finally lets users add unique captions to every carousel slide and creators are thrilled

UAE bans kids from social media: Every country so far

From UAE to Australia, nations move to lock children out of major platforms

UAE latest country to ban social media for under-15s: Full list of nations leading the crackdown

The Social Network sequel: Here's everything we know

Jeremy Strong steps into the role of Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin's new chapter

Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg in 'The Social Reckoning'

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