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Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports By selecting Lance last year, the 49ers gave themselves the greatest advantage in the sport. A quarterback on a rookie deal. Of course, that is only an advantage if the quarterback pans out, but, theoretically, they were in an excellent position to use the financial flexibility Lance’s contract gives them to […]
It’s chaos over there. Metamates Less than a year after Facebook rebranded as Meta and launched its Metaverse efforts, the head of its virtual reality platform is leaving the company for greener pastures. Vivek Sharma, who until this weekend headed up Meta’s Horizon VR platform as a vice president at the tech giant, confirmed to Reuters […]
Cash or card? A question many of us expect to hear when we’re buying our shopping or treating ourselves to an evening out. But what about the businesses that are sticking to the past and only accepting notes and coins? One Kent pub is doing just that. The Crown pub in Perry Street The Crown, […]
A judge ruled on Friday that Facebook owner Meta repeatedly and intentionally violated Washington campaign finance law, and must pay penalties, the Washington state Attorney General’s Office said. Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office said the penalties will be determined at a later date and that the court also denied Meta’s effort to invalidate Washington’s law […]
Satellite pay-television service DirecTV will drop One America News Network (OAN) when the right-wing channel’s current carriage deal expires, likely a critical hit to OAN’s viewership and finances. About 90% of the right-wing network’s revenue came from a contract with AT&T’s TV platforms including DirecTV and U-verse, Reuters reported in October 2021, citing sworn 2020 testimony by an OAN accountant. DirecTV is the […]
Minnesota Vikings linebacker Za’Darius Smith (55) celebrates with linebacker Danielle Hunter (99) after Hunter sacked Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the fourth quarter during their football game Sunday, September 11, 2022, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Min. Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-WisconsinApc Packvsvikings 0911221301djp The key to Ed Donatell’s defense is getting pressure […]
123rf ASB announced on Thursday that the amount its ASB Visa Rewards cardholders had to spend to earn each of its True Rewards points would increase on October 4 from $150 to $275 ASB has downgraded the value of its credit card rewards scheme, but it could be just the first of the major banks […]
It’s official, Meta (Facebook’s parent company) is shutting down Facebook Gaming’s mobile app. Facebook Gaming is Meta’s live streaming platform which was created to rival Amazon’s Twitch and also compete with YouTube Gaming. According to the post shared on Facebook Gaming, the app won’t be available on iOS and Android starting from 28 October. The […]
What happened Shares of Adobe (ADBE -7.06%), Meta Platforms (META -9.37%), and Netflix (NFLX -7.78%) were all tumbling today after the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed that inflation increased faster than expected in August. Investors had been hoping for inflation to show signs of slowing down, but the increase in costs reminded […]
Come October 1, Facebook will be killing Neighborhoods, its Nextdoor clone. The news of its impending end was first spotted by industry analyst Matt Navarra. The soon-to-be-rested community-based feature has been in testing across the US and Canada since 2020. It encouraged users to share posts, groups, and marketplaces around their neighborhoods. Obviously, this hasn’t […]
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