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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 […]
/d1hfln2sfez66z.cloudfront.net/09-03-2022/t_cee612512a4b499688ebf0a8f1c07696_name_Meta_sign__1_.jpg "Judge rules that Facebook parent company Meta ‘intentionally’ violated state campaign ad law – KIRO 7 News Seattle")
Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced Friday that a judge ruled that Facebook parent company Meta intentionally violated the state’s campaign finance transparency law. The law requires campaign advertisers, as well as entities that host ads such as Meta, to make information about the ads that run on their platforms available for the public to see […]
An officer made it very clear to a Park Forest man: one can get a DUI when driving under the influence of marijuana. (MGN) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Two men were charged with unlawful possession of adult-use cannabis in a motor vehicle. One of the men told police he was aware that one could get a […]
Starting next year, Princeton University will offer full rides to undergraduates from families earning less than $100,000 a year, the Ivy League school announced this week. Financial assistance is slated to take effect in the fall of 2023 and expected to include about 1,500 students, according to information released Thursday from the school. In addition to a full […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: This page is a guide to USA TODAY’s monthslong investigation of Utah-based Nomi Health, the no-bid contracts it received, and questions that officials raised over its testing accuracy and campaign contributions. In early 2020, nearly no one outside of Silicon Slopes, a well-connected, influential business group in Salt Lake City, had ever heard of Nomi […]
Meta Platforms Inc. has become the latest social media giant to tinker with the idea of selling premium features as part of its service, according to a report in The Verge. Having been free for years, it wants to see if any of us will pay for new widgets in Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp. That’s going to […]
New coronavirus cases increased 8.1% in Connecticut in the week ending Sunday as the state added 4,529 cases. The previous week had 4,188 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19. Connecticut ranked 35th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins […]
Oregon reported far fewer coronavirus cases in the week ending Sunday, adding 4,231 new cases. That’s down 10.3% from the previous week’s tally of 4,719 new cases of the virus that causes COVID-19. Oregon ranked 45th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of […]
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