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A lip-sync option can also be enabled, automatically matching mouth movements to the translated audio, making it appear as if the creator is speaking the new language. (Image: Meta)

Instagram adds local voice translation and Indian fonts to support more creators

November 29, 2025 9:09 am

The features were unveiled at the ‘House of Instagram’ event in Mumbai, reflecting the growing role of Indian audiences and creators across Meta platforms.

Oakley is additionally testing a new payment feature that brings UPI Lite transactions directly to the glasses. Users will soon be able to look at a QR code and say, “Hey Meta, scan and pay,” enabling secure payments linked to their WhatsApp-connected bank accounts. (Image: Oakley)

Meta brings its Oakley AI smart glasses to India with Hindi language support

November 26, 2025 9:03 am

Meta AI is introducing its Celebrity AI Voice feature, with Deepika Padukone's English AI voice being one of the first available to Indian users.

Did Meta shelve teen safety features to protect growth? What new court filing claims

November 25, 2025 8:46 am

Meta resisted safety changes for years to avoid hampering user engagement, alleges a new court filing that cites unredacted internal studies such as Project Mercury and Project Daisy.

A slide of a smartphone during a keynote presentation for Meta Connect at the Meta campus in Menlo Park, Calif., Sept. 18, 2025. New research shows just how important Chinese engineering talent still is to Silicon Valley companies. (Jason Henry/The New York Times)

In the AI race, Chinese talent still drives American research

November 20, 2025 8:58 am

All 11 were immigrants educated in other countries. Seven were born in China, according to a memo viewed by The New York Times.

Yann LeCun at the NYU Center for Data Science Seminar earlier this year. (Image: LinkedIn/@yann-lecun)

Who is Yann LeCun, the 65-year-old NYU professor who plans to leave Meta to start his own startup

November 18, 2025 8:19 am

LeCun is regarded as one of the "godfathers" of AI for his work in deep learning.

Yann LeCun is the chief AI scientist at Meta.

Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun plans to exit to launch startup: Report

November 12, 2025 10:02 am

Deep-learning pioneer LeCun is also in early talks to raise funds for a new venture, according to the report.

Meta's new speech-to-text AI models cover 1,600 languages, including rare Indian dialects

November 12, 2025 10:02 am

Meta’s launch comes as Indian AI startups race to build Indic language models, bolstered by government-backed initiatives such as Mission Bhashini.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes smart glasses will define the next era of personal technology. (Image: Instagram/@zuck)

Meta denies using porn to train AI models, says downloads were for ‘personal use’

November 03, 2025 9:44 am

Meta has been hit with a lawsuit amid reports that its AI chatbots were allowed to engage in romantic or sensual conversations with children.

Meta co-founder Dustin Moskovitz described how external events like politics and the pandemic added to the strain (Image source: @jmoskov/Instagram)

Meta’s co-founder says being a CEO for 13 years was exhausting, shares 2 things that added to strain: 'Being a CEO is a lot more...'

October 29, 2025 12:52 pm

Dustin Moskovitz reflected on his years leading Asana and how being an introvert made the role particularly taxing.

Meta’s chief AI scientist warns that humanoid robot startups are in a bubble

October 27, 2025 9:12 am

The Turing Award-winner has argued that progress in robotics is essentially dependent on major research breakthroughs in ‘world model’ planning architectures.