Meta executives proceeded with a plan to encrypt the messaging services connected to its Facebook and Instagram apps despite internal warnings that it would hinder the social media giant’s ability to

After betting heavily on the metaverse—and spending many billions building it—Meta recently pivoted hard.

With the backdrop of multiple stablecoin launches and projects by TradFi institutions, as well as adoption of stablecoin payments by established payment processors such as Visa and Mastercard, it is becoming increasingly clear that even during a crypto winter, stablecoin adoption is red-hot.

The Facebook owner’s stablecoin integration involves planning a third party vendor to help administer stablecoin-based payments and a new wallet to be implemented, sources said.

When the mother of an 11-year-old girl discovered inappropriate Facebook messages from a man in her daughter’s account, she contacted her local police. But the case was soon taken up by undercover

The deal would also give Meta a warrant to acquire up to 10% of AMD’s shares as the Facebook parent company purchases computing power.

The move comes a few months after Meta shut down Messenger’s stand-alone desktop apps for Windows and Mac.

Some Manus employees in Singapore move into Meta’s offices and have been given corporate accounts and other access, two sources said.

Meta ’s AI tool offered to sell a man’s air fryer for free on Facebook Marketplace, a user has told Metro. Teja Karlapudi, 30, listed an Instant Pot air fryer earlier this month for $75 (about £55) on the social media platform’s digital thrift shop.