The Meta-owned company is going decidedly retro by experimenting with time-honored video formats with its creators.

The new paid tier adds features like longer stories and deeper metrics as Meta looks to diversify revenue beyond advertising.

Specifically, Mosseri was showing off new ways that users might access Your Algorithm, a feature that allows them to specify which topics they want to see more of, and less of. Instagram launched Your Algorithm last year and has been introducing it to more areas of the app.

Instagram asked six artists to rethink the icon users see day after day, resulting in flowers, whimsical cartoon bunnies and all-around razzle-dazzle.

Meta Platforms Inc. debuted a new image-generation artificial intelligence model, its first such release since the company spent billions to rebuild its AI lab under Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang a year ago.

By Nate Raymond July 7 (Reuters) - A woman who runs several cat-themed social media accounts mocking U.S. Vice President JD Vance based on viral comments he made that the country was being run by "childless cat ladies" filed a lawsuit on Tuesday alleging she was unconstitutionally barred from hearing him speak at an event in Maine.

The 49ers wide receiver is seeking to exit the San Francisco organization, and his social media activity details all the jabs and barbs thrown.

"To be truthful. Recently, I've been really struggling," Yungblud wrote.