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Music officially rolled out podcasts. But first, Meta has announced that it's introducing new body shapes, improved hair and

clothing textures to its avatars.

The company also announced that more than 1 billion avatars have been created across its platforms.

Starting this month, users will be able to choose from a wider range of body shape options,

including two curvier body shapes.

Meta says it's updating some of its existing options to help differentiate

them as well. Although Meta has previously allowed you to choose your avatar's body type,

the company says the old options were all quite similar, which is why it's launching new ones.

The announcement comes as Meta recently opened up Horizon Worlds to teen users in the U.S. and Canada,

after previously restricting the social VR platform to users 18 years of age and above.

Up next, Pinterest has announced a multi-year strategic ad partnership with Amazon, aimed at bringing more brands and relevant products to its platform.

The new deal will make the e-commerce giant Pinterest's first partner on third-party ads,

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