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(CNN) - Meta, Facebook’s owner, is warning that as many as one million users may have had their login information stolen.Company researchers have discovered more than 400 malicious Android and Apple apps designed to steal personal Facebook logins.A Meta spokesperson says the company is reaching out to the users who may be at risk.The malicious apps are disguised as games, photo editors, and health and lifestyle services.App users are often asked to log in with Facebook, enabling hackers to steal logins and passwords.A Google spokesperson says the apps that have been identified as part of the scam are being removed from Google Play.Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved.  » Read More

Robert Young had his arms outside the window of a Cessna that was about 500 feet in the air on Tuesday afternoon. He was shooting photos of Hurricane Ian’s wrath along the west coast of Florida.Young, a professor at Western Carolina University, said he would shoot as many photos as he could until his arms tired out. In all, he shot more than 500 photos of areas hit worst by Hurricane Ian.The photos include images of Fort Myers Beach, where a pile of rubble lay crumbled where the beach’s pavilion once was; of Sanibel, where the bridge — the main artery to the island — plunged into sand and water; and of Captiva, where Young shot photos of homes with their roofs peeled back.Hurricane Ian made landfall at 3:05 p.m. on Sept. 28 at Cayo Costa, a small island in Lee County. At nearly Category 5 strength, Ian was one of the strongest hurricanes ever to make landfall in Florida, and it caused vast destruction along the west coast. In the days since,  » Read More

New York and California have long been attractive places for young workers striking out on their own. But that may be changing.A survey conducted by SmartAsset tracked the movement of so-called "rich young professionals," which it described as anyone under 35 earning an adjusted gross income of at least $100,000. SmartAsset determined the inflow and outflow of rich young professionals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia by using Internal Revenue Service data to compare tax returns from 2019 and 2020.It seems young professionals are most eager to leave New York. With a net outflow of 15,788, this state had the highest number of individuals leaving by a significant margin. With a net outflow of 7,960, California also appears to be losing allure for rich young professionals.So, where are young people going? These are the top seven states wealthy millennials are flocking to, according to SmartAsset:1. TexasTotal inflow: 15,024Total outflow: 11,200Net inflow: 3,8232.  » Read More

Meta Platforms Inc. said it would notify roughly 1 million Facebook users that their account credentials may have been compromised due to security issues with apps downloaded from Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s software stores. The company announced Friday that it identified more than 400 malicious Android and iOS apps this year that target internet users in order to steal their login information. Meta said it informed both Apple and Google about the issue in order to facilitate removal of the apps. The apps worked by disguising themselves as photo editors, mobile games or health trackers, Facebook said. Apple said 45 of the 400 problematic apps were on its App Store and have been removed. Google removed all the malicious apps in question, a spokesperson said. “Cybercriminals know how popular these types of apps are, and they’ll use similar themes to trick people and steal their accounts and information,” said David Agranovich, director of global threat disruption at Meta. “If an app is promising something too good to be true,  » Read More

Last year, US lawmakers urged the CEOs of major tech companies including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to do more to combat disinformation spreading in Spanish, warning that inaccurate information on key issues such as vaccines and the presidential election was proliferating on their platforms.“There is significant evidence that your Spanish-language moderation efforts are not keeping pace, with widespread accounts of viral content promoting human smuggling, vaccine hoaxes, and election misinformation,” the lawmakers wrote in a July 2021 letter. “Congress has a moral duty to ensure that all social media users have the same access to truthful and trustworthy content regardless of the language they speak at home or use to communicate online.”More than a year later, and with the midterm elections fast approaching, advocates say these social media platforms are still falling short on policing such content – particularly when it comes to non-English languages.With Spanish-speaking voters making up a significant part of the US electorate – Latino voters constituted the second largest voting block in the 2020 presidential election – the failure to eradicate misinformation in Spanish from social media platforms amounts to aiding and abetting disenfranchisement,  » Read More

DACA was adopted by former President Barack Obama’s administration and has had a complicated ride through federal court challenges. Texas-based U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen last year declared DACA illegal. He found that the program had not been subjected to public notice and comment periods required under the federal Administrative Procedures Act. But he left the program temporarily intact for those already benefiting from it, pending the appeal. “Current DACA recipients can renew their status and apply for advance parole, but the ruling continues to block new applicants from being granted DACA,” the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, an advocacy organization, said in a statement. The organization was among advocates renewing calls Wednesday for the Biden administration and Congress to protect DACA recipients. Wednesday’s ruling by three judges of the New Orleans-based 5th Circuit upholds the judge’s initial finding. But it sends the case back to him for a look at a new version of the rule issued by the Biden administration in late August. The new rule takes effect Oct. 31.  » Read More

Instagram logos. Getty imagesDevelopers of an app that clones Instagram without the ads claim that Facebook and Instagram banned the personal accounts of their staff, in retaliation for making a better version of Instagram.A spokesperson for The OG App told Motherboard that since the team’s personal accounts were not linked to the app, they believe that a Meta employee searched their identities on Google to carry out the bans. “This is a gross misuse of their power and this is clearly extralegal retaliation simply because we made Instagram into something people actually want to use,” The OG App said in an email to Motherboard.“Meta is intent on taking extraordinary measures to suppress and censor us simply because we did right by their users,” a spokesperson for The OG App said in a tweet.The app promises users “the OG Instagram experience,” according to its website, with features like customizable feeds and the removal of reels and advertisements.   » Read More

PINE ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — Will Peratino and his partner Lauren Stepp would not leave their Pine Island compound, even as authorities pleaded with residents to abandon their homes because of damaged roads, including a collapsed bridge that prevented deliveries of food, gas and other life-sustaining supplies.But the couple could not leave without their two lemurs and flock of birds — 275 parrots, including some of the world’s rarest.So a rescue mission — dubbed “Operation Noah’s Ark” — was launched Tuesday to catch, cage and ferry the birds off the island, as a condition to persuade Peratino and Stepp to leave the island.“We would not abandon them. I would never leave them. Never,” said Stepp, as volunteers worked on collecting the flock from dozens of coops at the Malama Manu Sanctuary. “If they cannot be fed or watered, they will die. And I can’t live with that.”“Malama” is the Hawaiian word for protect, “manu” means bird.The birds have been relying on food donated by wildlife officials since Hurricane Ian hit,  » Read More

Venture Firms’ $290 Billion ‘Dry Powder’ is About to Revive Startup FundingView Now Facebook on Tuesday said it would shut down its Bulletin newsletter platform by early next year. The company brought on well-known writers such as Malcolm Gladwell and “Tuesdays With Morrie” author Mitch Albom, as well as Tan France, star of Netflix’s “Queer Eye,“ offering them unspecified multi-year licensing deals to write for Bulletin. A spokesperson for Facebook’s parent company Meta... - or - Continue with Apple Already a subscriber? Log in here Creator Economy facebook policy What Bulletin’s Closure Says About Facebook’s Creator Plans; The Fight Over Section 230 Returns By Kaya Yurieff &middot Oct. 4, 2022 2:58 PM PDT Last summer, Facebook made a splash when it announced a new newsletter publishing platform called Bulletin that would go head to head with Substack. It signed big names ranging from author Malcolm Gladwell to “Queer Eye” star Tan France,  » Read More

Meta Platforms Inc. plans to shrink some of its offices as many of its employees continue to do their jobs from home, the latest large company to reassess its real estate in the hybrid-work era. The social-media giant will rearrange some office layouts, clustering desks and teams together to effectively put employees in closer proximity, the company’s top real-estate executive said in an interview. The goal, he said, is to make the spaces more dynamic."One of our jobs is to recalibrate our space," said John Tenanes, vice president of global facilities and real estate at Meta. "We’re creating a smaller venue, and for the same amount of folks, but it’s a smaller venue and we’re hoping that really drives a life in the building: more energy, more activity." Mark Zuckerberg, via video, speaks at the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Austin Convention Center on March 15, 2022, in Austin, Texas. (Samantha Burkardt/Getty Images for SXSW / Getty Images)MAJORITY OF U.S. EMPLOYEES SAY REMOTE WORK OPTIONS IMPACT JOB OFFER DECISIONS: REPORT Mr.  » Read More