
Meta Launches AI-Focused Subscription Plans Across Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp
Meta introduced AI-focused subscription plans that offer expanded AI tools and premium features across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
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Shivangi Yadav is a technology writer at TechAmerica.ai, covering artificial intelligence, startups, digital platforms, consumer technology, mobility, and emerging technologies.
Her reporting follows major developments across the global technology industry, from AI companies and startup funding to product launches, regulatory investigations, software platforms, and changes affecting large technology markets.
At TechAmerica.ai, Shivangi looks beyond the initial announcement to understand what a development means in practice. Her coverage often examines how new technologies, regulatory decisions, and business moves could affect companies, consumers, and the wider industry.
She writes for an international audience, focusing on clear, well-researched reporting that gives readers useful context on fast-moving technology stories.

Meta introduced AI-focused subscription plans that offer expanded AI tools and premium features across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

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Privacy-focused X viewing services Nitter and XCancel have shut down after legal action from X over alleged API and data access violations.

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind have held AI safety discussions as industry leaders debate standards for frontier AI risks.

AI search marketing startup Profound raised $180 million at a $1.8 billion valuation to help brands improve visibility in AI search results.

Wonder and DoorDash announced a $425 million partnership, with DoorDash investing in Wonder and acquiring its Grubhub Campus Dining business.

Former TikTok executives launched Superpose, an AI camera app that suggests poses and helps users improve their portrait photography.

India will introduce a 0.4% merchant fee on select UPI payments over ₹2,000 starting October 15, while consumers and most smaller transactions will remain free.

Evvy raised $40 million in Series B funding to expand vaginal microbiome testing, women’s health research, fertility work and personalised care.

Spotify is rolling out a new setting that lets parents exclude kids’ music from recommendations, taste profiles and year-end Wrapped results.
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