META LAUNCHES POCKET APP, SHARES NO DNA WITH MOZILLA VERSION
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Meta has launched a new app called Pocket focused on AI-generated interactive content. The name echoes Mozilla's shuttered read-it-later service, but the products are entirely unrelated.
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