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Russian-backed separatist regions of east Ukraine block Facebook, Instagram

The Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) and Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) in eastern Ukraine said on Wednesday they had blocked access to Facebook and Instagram, aligning themselves with Russia's policy on the U.S.-based social networks.

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Russian-Backed Separatist Region of East Ukraine Blocks Facebook, Instagram

The Russian-backed self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine said on Wednesday it had blocked access to Facebook and Instagram, aligning itself with Russia's policy on the US-based social networks. Moscow recognized the DPR and a second region of eastern Ukraine - the Luhansk People's Republic - as independent…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Facebook sued in Kenya over work conditions for moderators

Attorneys for a man who once worked as a content moderator for Facebook have filed a lawsuit accusing the company of exploitative and unsafe working conditions

The Independent UK

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Check Out What Whales Are Doing With Meta Platforms

Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

Benzinga

Illegal donkey-skin trade thriving on social networks, report reveals

About 4.8 million animals are killed each year largely driven by Chinese demand for traditional medicine, says charity

The Guardian - UK

Meta Platforms opens first retail store in US

Facebook owner Meta Platforms has opened its first physical retail store in Burlingame, California. It's located at the main campus of Reality Labs, the company's unit that produces hardware like virtual reality headsets or smart glasses. Meta has staked its future business on the idea of the metaverse, an immersive…

France 24

Stuff-up or conspiracy? Whistleblowers claim Facebook deliberately let important non-news pages go down in news blackout

On Friday, the Wall Street Journal published information from Facebook whistleblowers, alleging Facebook (which is owned by Meta) deliberately caused havoc in Australia last year to influence the News Media Bargaining Code before it was passed as law.

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Instagram announces NFT integration test just as the market flops

Both Ethereum and Bitcoin values are down nearly 20 percent in the last week.

Input

The Tech Industry's Epic Two-Year Run Sputters

The technology industry, which powered the U.S. economy during the pandemic and grew at tremendous scale during a decade of ultralow interest rates, is confronting one of the most punishing stretches in years.

Bangkok Post

This Plot Of Digital Land Just Sold For $4,641 In ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $4,641, which is 1.62x the current floor price of 1.237 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga

Metaverse Land Just Sold For $5,221 (2 ETH) In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $5,221, which is 1.82x the current floor price of 1.237 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 4 ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $8,122, which is 2.83x the current floor price of 1.237 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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Meta Opens First Physical Store

Facebook parent Meta has opened its first physical store - in Burlingame, California - to showcase its hardware products like virtual and augmented reality goggles and glasses. The store, which is open to the public as of Monday, is made for people who want to test out products like Ray-Ban…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biting Back: Will FAANG Favorites Recapture their Form on Wall Street in Q3 2022?

Despite having an extraordinary track record on Wall Street, 2022 has been a testing year for FAANG stocks. Having taken a battering from tech stock sell-offs in the wake of record-breaking inflation and supply chain issues arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, leading growth stocks have struggled to recapture the form…

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Morning Brief: Top Financial Stories Dominating on Monday, May 9

CNBC Ford Motor Selling 8M Shares Of Rivian Automotive

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Benzinga Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Disney, Apple, NVIDIA, Tesla And Why Meta Is Blaming Apple For User Loss

Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week, while offering a 24/7 news feed, live chat and charting software on Benzinga Pro.

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Mark Zuckerberg demoed Meta's neural interface wristband to smart glasses partners

The CEO took to Milan to show off Meta's future AR glasses controller to the executives of Italian eyeglasses brand EssilorLuxottica.

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Buy The Dip: 4 Mega-Cap Stocks Wall Street Predicts Will Rally 28% - 58%

Concerns over historically high inflation, the Fed's aggressive interest rate increases, deepening supply chain issues due to rising COVID-19 cases worldwide, and the Russia-Ukraine war drove a broad sell-off in U.S. stocks last month. However, the market sell-off has created opportunities to buy high-quality mega-cap stocks at bargain prices. Thus,…

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Jefferies Financial CEO's Instagram Account Gets Hacked

Jefferies Financial Group Inc (NYSE:JEF) disclosed that CEO Rich Handler's Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Instagram account was hacked. "Any stories related to discounted sales of shares, crypto donations or donations to Ukraine ... that appear on that hacked Instagram account are categorically false," Jefferies said. Jefferies worked with Instagram-owner Meta to get back control…

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Metaverse Land Just Sold For $129,600 (90,000 MANA) In Decentraland

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $129,600, which is 24.74x the current floor price of 1.95211442 Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) ($129,600 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

Virtual Land Just Sold For 2 ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $5,374, which is 1.56x the current floor price of 1.28 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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This Plot Of Digital Land Just Sold For $8,008 In ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $8,008, which is 2.33x the current floor price of 1.28 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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Metaverse Land Just Sold For $5,657 (2 WETH) In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $5,657, which is 1.64x the current floor price of 1.28 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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Looking At Meta Platforms's Recent Whale Trades

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Morning Brief: Top Financial Stories Dominating on Friday, May 6

Reuters IHG Hotels & Resorts On Way To Recovery As Travel Booms

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