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Zuckerberg helped fund the 2020 elections. Now Republicans seek to ban future grants

When the coronavirus pandemic began in the midst of the 2020 presidential campaign season, elections officials across the U.S. faced the massive expense of buying everything from face masks for poll workers to ballot counting machines to handle a surge in vote by mail.

Tribune News Service

Husband has to be collected by wife after he had 'one too many pink gins' - and was so drunk he headbutted car window TWICE

His wife shared the hilarious footage on Facebook, racking up more than 32,000 shares

Manchester Evening News

Facebook's latest faceplants

A fresh wave of self-inflicted troubles for the social networking giant came to light this week.

Axios

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WWF Report Says Online Wildlife Trade on Rise in Myanmar

A report by the World Wildlife Fund shows illegal purchases of wildlife online are growing in Myanmar in a threat both to public health and to endangered species. The report issued Friday found that enforcement of bans on such transactions has weakened amid political turmoil following a 2021 military takeover.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mum finds family had been scammed for holiday while on drive ready to leave

Emma Reynolds and her family had their bags packed ready for the trip to the cottage with a hot tub in Blackpool, Lancashire, when they discovered the heartbreaking truth

Daily Mirror

Mum's warning after being tricked by Blackpool holiday cottage scam on Facebook

The scam saw Becky Reynolds lose £100 - but she could have lost up to £350

Manchester Evening News

Mum's warning over Facebook Blackpool holiday scam after booking getaway

The mum spotted what she thought was a "good deal" on a Facebook advertisement

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Tunisia’s President Rules Out Early Elections after Dissolving Parliament

Tunisia's parliamentary elections won't be held within the next three months, President Kais Saied said late on Thursday during a meeting with Prime Minister Najla Bouden, according to a Facebook post by the president's office. Saied issued a decree on Wednesday dissolving parliament, which has been suspended since last year,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Internal Bug Promoted Problematic Content on Facebook

Content identified as misleading or problematic were mistakenly prioritized in users' Facebook feeds recently, thanks to a software bug that took six months to fix, according to tech site The Verge. Facebook disputed the report, which was published Thursday, saying that it "vastly overstated what this bug was because ultimately…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Meta says pivot to video is working as it shoves Reels in front of users

Stop trying to make Reels happen.

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WWF report says online wildlife trade on rise in Myanmar

A report by the World Wildlife Fund shows illegal trading in wildlife online is growing in Myanmar in a threat both to public health and to endangered species

The Independent UK

Tunisia's president says elections won't be held after three months

Tunisia's parliamentary elections won't be held after three months, president Kais Saied said late on Thursday during a meeting with Prime Minister Najla Bouden, according to a post on Facebook by the president's office.

Reuters

Margaret River music retreat organisers defiant against local council over 'illegal' gatherings

The organisers of a WA music event take a stand against the local shire council, which says their presence in the region is troubling locals and constitutes illegal activity.

ABC News

Lawyer Gets Harassment Restraining Order Against Ex-Clients Based on (Among Other Things) Online Criticism

No, says the Appeals Court of Massachusetts: We take this opportunity to reiterate that, where a c. 258E order is sought on the basis of speech alone, the plaintiff must prove that the speech rose to the level of true threats or fighting words and not merely that it was…

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A Federal Judge Says a Victim of Retaliatory Prosecution Can Sue a Cop Who Treated Criticism As a Crime

An Arkansas police officer used trumped-up charges to punish a man who criticized him for violating the Constitution.

ABC News

A viral meme claims 35.5 per cent of Australian seniors live in relative poverty. Here's why it's bunkum

A years-old meme comparing the poverty rate for Australians aged over 65 to rates in other OECD countries has resurfaced, as cost of living concerns dominate federal election coverage. But its data is out-of-date, and its methodology is lacking.

ABC News

Ukraine-Russia updates: Mariupol cut off, Russia claims Ukraine launched cross-border strike, Moscow's troops pull out of Chernobyl

Russian forces continued to lay siege to Mariupol but pulled back from positions near Kyiv, while the governor of a Russian region accused Ukrainian helicopters of attacking an oil plant inside Russia.

Benzinga

Read Why Qualcomm Failed To Mark AI Chip Debut With Meta

Leading mobile phone processor supplier Qualcomm Inc (NASDAQ:QCOM) looked to tap its energy efficiency expertise to break into the fast-growing market for the artificial intelligence chips used in data centers in 2019, the Information reports. Qualcomm wooed Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) to make Facebook’s owner the flagship customer for Qualcomm’s first AI data center chip,…

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The Guardian - US

‘I know how much it hurts’: Biden to release US oil in bid to lower gas prices – as it happened

President lays out plan to free 1m daily barrels from US oil reserve, and suggests Putin ‘may be in self-isolation’

Daily Mirror

Mrs Hinch fans share 38p cleaning hack that transforms filthy patio slabs

A Mrs Hinch fan took to Facebook to ask for advice on how to clean her patio - and users were quick to share their tips and advice, with the most effective costing only 38p

Chronicle Live

April Fool's pranks, ideas and readers' favourites from over the years

We take a look at some of the pranks ChronicleLive readers have told us about

Benzinga

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $28,635 (10,888 MANA) In Decentraland

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $28,635, which is 2.72x the current floor price of 3.1858 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($28,635 USD). The collection consists of over 97,000 plots of land –– at the current moment each plot Land parcels are 16m x 16m, or 52…

Benzinga

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $47,050 (17,890 MANA) In Decentraland

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $47,050, which is 4.48x the current floor price of 3.1858 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($47,050 USD). The collection consists of over 97,000 plots of land –– at the current moment each plot Land parcels are 16m x 16m, or 52…

Benzinga

This Plot Of Digital Land Just Sold For $14,643 In ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $14,643, which is 1.96x the current floor price of 2.26 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga

Virtual Land Just Sold For 5 ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $16,120, which is 2.16x the current floor price of 2.26 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

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