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Mark Zuckerberg-led is betting big on metaverse even though it has been bleeding billions of dollars in the last 12 months or so. Meta has a VR-based social media platform as well. In a bid to bring a slice of metaverse to its other family of apps, Meta has revealed that users of Horizon Worlds can now share updates on Facebook and Instagram. What is Meta Horizon Worlds?Meta Horizon Worlds is a virtual world that aims to provide a fully decentralised and immersive experience for its users. In Meta Horizon Worlds, users can create and customise their own avatars and explore various virtual worlds that are interconnected through the metaverse. They can interact with other users in real-time, engage in various activities, and participate in events and games. One of the unique features of Meta Horizon Worlds is the ability for users to own virtual land within the virtual world. This land can be developed and monetised by the user,  » Read More

Facebook parent Meta said it thwarted the activity of three advanced persistent threat groups (APTs) in South Asia engaged in cyber espionage as well as six adversarial groups from various global regions engaged in what it deems "inauthentic behavior" on Facebook and other social networks.The company's takedown of these and other activities on its platforms is indicative of a sea of consistent and globally dispersed exploitative behavior from threat actors to leverage various online platforms to create elaborate social-engineering campaigns to lure and exploit Internet users, the company said.In most of the cases, threat actors are using Facebook and other social networking and media platforms —including Twitter, Telegram, YouTube, Medium, TikTok, and Blogspot — to create various fake online accounts and personas, according to Meta. The attackers used fake identities, including job recruiters, journalists, or even military personnel, to earn credibility with users and legitimate entities so they could engage in malicious threat activity, the company said.In its Quarterly Adversarial Threat Report released today, Meta detailed these incidents as well as actions it's now taking to minimize security threats that leverage its platforms.  » Read More

Amidst lengthy legal action with St. Luke's Hospital, Bundy filed to move his case to a federal court and is without counsel. IDAHO, USA — After lengthy legal action by St Luke's Hospital against Ammon Bundy, Diego Rodriquez, Freedom Man PAC, People's Rights Network and Freedom Man Press LLC over defamation. Bundy, who has largely ignored it, has now filed a petition to move the case to a federal court.  The petition, filed Monday, May 1, claims that the case could be moved to federal court because it involves people that now live in different states, the matter exceeds sums of $75,000, Bundy has no counsel and that he and the other petitioners have been "put in jeopardy" by exercising their right to free speech and right to assemble. "All protected acts listed in the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution. Additionally, pursuant to the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution, 'Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' clause, Petitioners have been deprived of their right of procedural due process pursuant to the 5th and 6th amendments,  » Read More

BOSTON (WHDH) - A Norwood family had a wild encounter with a lion at the Franklin Park Zoo over the weekend, complete with high fives from the big cat.The Villon family had been visiting the park when they told 7NEWS they heard the sound of roaring coming from the lion enclosure.Checking out the exhibit, the family soon found the zoo’s longtime lion resident, Dinari, had approached the glass and was keen on interacting with the visitors.Video shot by the family shows Dinari “giving high fives” to the two small children who approached the glass, including 2-year-old Sarafina, who said she wasn’t afraid.“But my sister was scared,” she told 7NEWS.Throughout the video, Dinari could be seen pawing at the glass separating the animal from the visitors, putting a paw where the kids put their hands while occasionally getting on his hind legs.“It was almost like a trick,” said Kurt Villon. “He would start getting on his hind legs, he was snarling a little bit and putting his head up to the glass.”Sarafina’s mom said they had never seen anything like it before,  » Read More

An Arkansas woman charged with selling nearly $11,000 worth of stolen body parts to a Pennsylvania man has pleaded not guilty.The indictment, unsealed last week in federal court in Little Rock, Arkansas, accuses Candace Chapman Scott of setting up transactions for the remains with the man she met through a Facebook group. Scott pleaded not guilty to 12 counts, including conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit interstate transportation of stolen property and interstate transportation of stolen property.A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday on whether she will be released on bail.Authorities: 14 injured after roof collapses at home near Ohio State UniversityHow did Scott get the body parts? Scott worked at Arkansas Central Mortuary Services, where she transported, cremated and preserved remains. The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock sent remains of cadavers to the mortuary after they had been donated to the school for medical students to examine.   » Read More

On Wednesday, two Princeton residents who are part of a Facebook group with more than 770 members called “PHS Parents Discussion” posted comments in the group making false claims about Planet Princeton. We want to set the record straight. One parent claimed that Planet Princeton fabricates stories and receives donations in exchange for positive news coverage. She claimed we receive financial support from a specific group, but did not mention the group. A second parent then responded in the thread claiming that Planet Princeton is biased in support of people who take out advertisements or donate to the site. The parent also said she bets Princeton Superintendent of Schools Carol Kelley’s public relations firm is a generous benefactor to Planet Princeton. These statements, which basically claim that Planet Princeton accepts bribes for news coverage, are false and defamatory. Planet Princeton does not give positive coverage to any group or individual in exchange for money, advertising, subscriptions, access, or any other kind of perk. Planet Princeton is able to report the news because of three main revenue sources — advertising,  » Read More

(NEXSTAR) – If you haven’t submitted your claim for a piece of the $725 million Facebook has agreed to pay in a class action privacy lawsuit, you still have time. Facebook users have just about four months until the claim deadline on Aug. 25, 2023, to submit an application online or by mail. To be more specific, not all Facebook users are eligible – but more than 100 million are. Basically, anyone who was a Facebook user in the U.S. between May 24, 2007, and Dec. 22, 2022. (Double check you meet the criteria here.) The lawsuit stems from accusations that Facebook allowed users’ personal data to be shared with third parties, the most famous being Cambridge Analytica, a consulting firm that supported Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The firm harvested the data of as many as 87 million Facebook users, the Associated Press reported. Meta has agreed to settle the claim for $725 million, but denies any wrongdoing. Facebook has started notifying people who may be eligible via notifications on the platform.  » Read More

SEATTLE — Sound Transit riders may need to consider finding another way to get around for the foreseeable future. Right now, only one train is running at a time through the downtown Seattle tunnel until further notice. That's because the Westlake Station was damaged during recent construction."It's very frustrating and we can appreciate the inconvenience this is to folks but again it's something beyond our control," said Rachelle Cunningham, a public information officer with Sound Transit.The situation stems from a recent construction incident where crews on the street broke through Westlake’s underground station's ceiling."So we felt that was a safety concern and closed the northbound platform of Westlake Station which necessitated the single tracking which is where we're at now," said Cunningham.This isn't great for passengers, with this disruption impacting the stations from Westlake all the way down to Stadium station."It still poses a lot of challenges for everybody whether you're disabled or not,” said Elena Dean, who was waiting for Sound Transit at the Westlake station on Saturday.   » Read More

Doctor have issued an urgent health warning as a popular diabetes drug is being sold illegally on social media platforms such as Facebook. Prescription drugs to treat the condition like Ozempic, Wagovy and Saxenda are being flogged online to people desperate to shed weight, after a number of high-profile celebrities and personalities reported slimming down after using them. Semaglutide, which is often marketed under the aforementioned brand names is an appetite-supressing injection, used to treat type-2 diabetes. They function by tricking the body into thinking that glucagon-like peptide - which is naturally produced after consuming food - has been released. Thus, reducing a person's appetite. Read more: Tesco shopper fumes at unknown Clubcard rule and says the 'world's gone crazy' The Express reports that Liraglutide is available on the NHS but will only be prescribed to patients who have a body mass index score of 35 or more (32.5 or more for people of south Asian, Chinese, black African or African-Caribbean origin); have non-diabetic hyperglycaemia (high blood sugar);  » Read More

Nathan Thorburn raped the victim in Cardiff in 2019 and three years later, after serving a jail sentence for a different crime, he contacted her on Facebook asking her to talk about what had happenedNathan Thorburn raped a woman when she was unconscious and then contacted her on Facebook to 'get closure' (Image: South Wales Police) A woman who was raped at student accommodation while unconscious was contacted by the sexual predator on Facebook years later as he wanted to "get closure", a court heard. Nathan Thorburn, 25, raped the victim in Cardiff in 2019 and during the attack, she woke up in pain, discovering he was forcing himself upon her. The predator apologised the next day but did not refer to what had happened, reports Wales Online. Years later, Thorburn contacted the woman on Facebook and asked to discuss what happened so he could "get closure". The victim accused him of "massaging his ego" by turning to the woman he raped in order to absolve his guilt and told him: "You and I both know what you did to me.  » Read More