Meta sells AI subscriptions while OpenAI and xAI walk into the ad business
Meta sells AI subscriptions while OpenAI and xAI walk into the ad business

Meta’s $7.99-and-$19.99 chatbot tiers and OpenAI’s push into advertising mark the moment the AI revenue-model question becomes a cross-cutting collision. Meta’s decision to begin selling consumer subscriptions to its Meta AI chatbot at $7.99 and $19.99…

Facebook launches a ‘Plus’ subscription that gives you extra features
Facebook launches a ‘Plus’ subscription that gives you extra features

After announcing tests of premium subscriptions for Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp earlier this year, TechCrunch and Bloomberg report that Meta is launching a global rollout over the next few weeks and is also starting to test subscriptions for Meta AI. With the new offerings, Meta joins many other tech companies in changing up its subscription plans […]

Meta is charging for its AI chatbot for the first time, starting at $7.99 a month
Meta is charging for its AI chatbot for the first time, starting at $7.99 a month

Meta is selling subscriptions to its AI chatbot for the first time, introducing two paid tiers that put it in direct competition with OpenAI and Google for consumer AI revenue. Meta One Plus costs $7.99 per month and Meta One Premium costs $19.99 per m…

Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions, with more to come, including AI plans

Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings under its broader “Meta One” subscription brand.

These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware

Apple, Meta, and Google offer special security modes that provide your devices more secure against targeted spyware attacks. Here are how those modes work, what they do, and how to switch them on.

Meta’s Forum is part Reddit, part Facebook, and part Google AI Overview
Meta’s Forum is part Reddit, part Facebook, and part Google AI Overview

Meta’s new Forum app for iPhones takes Facebook Groups and moves them to a dedicated app with a dedicated AI chatbot to go with it, like an AI revamp of the ill-fated Groups app Facebook shut down in 2017. Rather than going to ChatGPT or tacking “Reddit” onto the end of a Google search, Forum […]

Forum is Meta’s new Facebook Groups app, and it looks a lot like Reddit
Forum is Meta’s new Facebook Groups app, and it looks a lot like Reddit

The new standalone app sits on top of Facebook Groups, adds an AI tab called “Ask” and an admin assistant, and arrives the same month Mark Zuckerberg told staff he and Chris Cox had discussed whether they could build 50 new apps. Meta has released a ne…

Norway’s $2.3 trillion wealth fund objects to John Elkann’s reappointment to Meta’s board
Norway’s $2.3 trillion wealth fund objects to John Elkann’s reappointment to Meta’s board

Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, has withheld its vote on the reappointment of John Elkann to Meta’s board of directors. The fund said it believes the Stellantis chairman and Exor CEO does not have eno…

Meta quietly launches a new Reddit-like app called Forum

The company describes the app as a “dedicated space built for deeper discussions, real answers and communities you care about.”

Meta built a Reddit rival out of Facebook Groups

Meta’s new Forum app turns Facebook Groups into a standalone hub for questions, recommendations, and AI-powered search, giving the company a Reddit-like test built from communities it already owns.