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The latest Facebook news and guides, all in one place. Navigating one of the largest social media networks and keeping up with everything Mark Zuckerberg up to is no easy task, but Digital Trends offers in-depth coverage to help keep you informed. Here’s everything you need to know about Facebook.
Meta’s AI feed is starting to sound like a late-night internet rabbit hole
Meta’s AI app is reportedly being flooded with clickbait, fake stories, and engagement-driven AI-generated posts as the company pushes toward a more social AI experience.
Wowed by computer-use AI agents? Research says they’re “digital disasters” even for routine tasks
New research from UC Riverside found computer-use AI agents often push ahead with unsafe or irrational tasks, raising questions about whether today’s desktop agents are ready for sensitive everyday workflows.
Bombshell OpenAI lawsuit claims your ChatGPT convos were shared with Google and Meta
A new class action claims OpenAI shared ChatGPT prompts and user identifiers with Google and Meta trackers, raising fresh privacy concerns around intimate chatbot conversations.
Meta will allow third-party apps for Ray-Ban Display glasses. Your eyes must stay glued to digital reality.
Meta is opening up the Ray-Ban Display glasses to third-party developers, and it could change how useful smart glasses actually are in your daily life.
Meta is testing an AI bot to unleash the same online stupidity that is AskGrok on X
Meta is testing an AI bot on Threads that works just like Grok on X, responding publicly to user mentions in conversations.
You can’t block Meta’s AI bot on Threads. I don’t know what we did to deserve this.
Threads users are furious after discovering Meta's new AI chatbot cannot be blocked like any other account on the platform.
Meta says WhatsApp is now the safest app to chat… with an AI
WhatsApp now has a private incognito mode for Meta AI chats, where messages disappear and even Meta cannot read your conversations with the assistant.
Instagram’s teen crackdown moves from DMs to feeds
Instagram’s new supervision tools will show parents which topics shape teen recommendations, moving Meta’s safety push beyond private messages and deeper into the feed that keeps young users scrolling.
WhatsApp Plus is here, and you can safely ignore this subscription
WhatsApp Plus has arrived on iPhone, but when Telegram Premium offers functional upgrades, and Signal gives everything away free, does Meta's new subscription actually earn its keep?
Meta’s own employees are having a hard time digesting AI. Who would’ve thought?
Meta is tracking employee keystrokes, tying AI usage to performance reviews, and laying off thousands — all at once — and somehow seems surprised that morale is in freefall.
Meta wants an AI agent to go Instagram shopping for you and pull the whole agent stunt
Meta is reportedly building AI tools that can complete everyday tasks, including an Instagram shopping assistant planned for late 2026.
Meta’s AI scans photos for bone structure to catch underage users on Instagram and Facebook
Meta is using AI visual analysis to scan photos and videos for physical indicators like height and bone structure to detect and remove users under 13 from Instagram and Facebook.
How to know if someone blocked you on WhatsApp
Do you suspect you've been blocked on WhatsApp? Here are some ways you can test to see whether you've been blocked by a specific WhatsApp contact.
US tech giants are laying off employees to spend on AI, China says it’s illegal over here
China is aggressively pushing AI adoption and simultaneously letting courts block companies from using it as a layoff excuse. The US isn't even asking the question.
Meta’s creepiest lawsuit in recent years will make you rethink its AI smart glasses
Meta terminated its contract with Kenyan AI training firm Sama shortly after workers alleged they were exposed to graphic footage captured through its smart glasses.
Social media scams caused over two billion dollars in losses to consumers last year
FTC data shows consumers lost $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025, with Facebook driving the highest reported losses and investment, shopping, and romance scams leading the damage.
Meta’s latest outrageous deal is getting solar power beamed even at night from satellites
Meta has signed a deal with startup Overview Energy to receive up to one gigawatt of solar power beamed from a fleet of 1,000 satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
Meta will let parents see children’s chats with AI and intervene before risks spiral
Meta has launched an Insights tab in its supervision hub, letting parents of teens see weekly AI conversation topics across Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram.
Meta’s latest surveillance plans are so dystopian that I am out of words
Meta is tracking its employees' every click and keystroke to train AI, and I have never found a company's decision more invasive.
I didn’t expect food reels to help my diet – but they might
Watching food videos may help dieters reduce cravings and avoid overeating, according to new research.
Meta is building face recognition into your glasses, and civil rights groups are not happy about it
Over 70 civil rights groups are demanding Meta kill its rumored facial recognition feature for Ray-Ban smart glasses before it ever launches, calling it a tool for stalkers and surveillance.
Apple smart glasses might avoid the creepy reputation of Meta Ray-Bans with a light trick
Apple may tackle smart glass privacy concerns with a more visible recording indicator design, aiming to improve trust.
Apple glasses won’t go brand shopping like Meta did with Ray-Ban and Oakley
You know it's Apple's way of doing things.
You don’t want to trust Meta’s new Muse Spark AI with health advice
Meta’s new Muse Spark AI encourages users to upload health data but still produces unreliable and potentially harmful advice.
Restaurants are forcing us to put phones away, and I’m not complaining
Restaurants are asking diners to ditch phones, creating more meaningful, distraction-free experiences at the table.
Meta’s AI smart glasses have a creepy reputation, but they are finding a good purpose too
Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses have a growing privacy problem, but blind artist Clarke Reynolds is using them to do something remarkable — run a full marathon guided by strangers from around the world.
I skipped Meta’s AI glasses, but they’ve finally fixed a fundamental problem for millions other like me
Meta’s new AI glasses matter because they finally stop asking prescription wearers to compromise just to join the wearable future.