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DEAR ABBY: I’ve been living with my boyfriend, “Dan,” for 15 years. He has always worked, and he doesn’t hit me. If he’s mad he lets go easy and doesn’t dwell on stuff. (I can’t say the same about me.) Here’s the issue: On his Facebook profile in the “relationship status” section, he states that he’s “single.” Other times he has used “open relationship” or “it’s complicated.” We’ve been together way too long for him to write something like that. Subscribe Now to continue reading. Log In Join Now  » Read More

SYDNEY (AP) — More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds were told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their homes Monday as Australia’s largest city faces its fourth, and possibly worst, round of flooding in less than a year and a half.Days of torrential rain caused dams to overflow and waterways to break their banks, bringing a new flood emergency to parts of the city of 5 million people.“The latest information we have is that there’s a very good chance that the flooding will be worse than any of the other three floods that those areas had in the last 18 months,” Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt said.The current flooding might affect areas that were spared during the previous floods in March last year, March this year and April, Watt added.New South Wales state Premier Dominic Perrottet said 32,000 people were impacted by evacuation orders and warnings. “You’d probably expect to see that number increase over the course of the week,” Perrottet said.  » Read More

Mark Zuckerberg recently announced that his business empire Meta is changing the name of payment app Facebook Pay to Meta Pay.Meta Pay will be functionally the same as Facebook Pay, so anyone that has previously set-up Facebook Pay will not need to do anything new to start using Meta Pay. The name change is first rolling out across the United States and will roll out globally over the next few months.Setting-Up Meta Pay as a Small BusinessAs stated, if you have previously set-up Facebook Pay, then there’s no new or additional action required to start using Meta Pay. All of your existing Facebook Pay information will still be there in the rebranded payment app, including account details, payment method and other settings.Anyone new to Meta Pay can set it up by going to Payments settings and entering your payment method and account information. Meta Pay supports most major credit and debit cards, as well as PayPal and Shop Pay.Zuckerberg Aiming for More ‘Interoperability’Mark Zuckerberg posted on Facebook to introduce the rebranded Meta Pay,  » Read More

Photo for representation. — iStock Tribune News Service Amritsar, July 3After removal of the social media account of Ravi Singh of Khalsa Aid, now a leader of Dal Khalsa has voiced concern over banning of his Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts.Kanwar Pal Singh, Dal Khalsa's senior activist, said: "My voice is being choked in India as my Instagram account was suspended yesterday.” Already, on Delhi government's complaint his Twitter account was banned in India last week and Facebook removed his account last month.Dal Khalsa claimed that the voice of their leaders was being muzzled as social media accounts of two other leaders were withheld before the anniversary of the Operation Bluestar, which falls on June 6 every year. Its Pakistan-based leader Gajinder Singh’s Facebook account was withheld in the last week of May. The Facebook account of its Srinagar-based leader Angad Singh was also banned.The radical organisation rued the banning of the twitter account of the Khalsa Aid founder on India's complaint.  » Read More

Zuckerberg also said during a weekly employee Q&A that it is "turning up the heat" on performance management to fire staffers who are unable to meet their targets.HIGHLIGHTSMeta has warned its employees to brace themselves for “serious times” ahead.The company CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the company has cut plans to hire engineers by almost 30 per cent.Meta has confirmed freezing the hiring process in broad terms but refused to share the exact figures.Meta has warned its employees to brace themselves for “serious times” ahead. Meta is aggressively cutting down on hiring. The company CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the company has cut plans to hire engineers by almost 30 per cent. Zuckerberg also said during a weekly employee Q&A that it is "turning up the heat" on performance management to fire staffers who are unable to meet their targets. "Realistically, there are probably a bunch of people at the company who shouldn't be here," Zuckerberg said.Part of my hope for raising expectations and having more aggressive goals,  » Read More

Ukrainian separatists backed by Russia say they have “completely” encircled the key city of Lysychansk in the eastern Luhansk region. Russian forces have destroyed five Ukrainian army command posts in Donbas and Mykolaiv regions with high-precision weapons and also struck three storage sites in the Zaporizhia region, the defence ministry says. The mayor of Ukrainian city Mykolaiv warns residents to stay in shelters as powerful explosions rock the city. Moscow has denied targeting civilians in Ukraine. The United States is sending Ukraine two NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems, four additional counter-artillery radars and up to 150,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition. (Al Jazeera) Here are the latest updates: 30 mins ago (17:59 GMT) EU works on emergency plan to help cut imports of Russian energy The European Union is preparing an emergency plan to help member states cut back on Russian energy. “We need a good, common plan that the energy flows, or the gas flows, where it is needed most,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.  » Read More

Members from Poison reportedly stepped onstage to let the audience know that Michaels was hospitalized after having "a bad reaction to medication." C.C. DeVille and Bret Michaels of Poison perform with the cast of "Rock of Ages" onstage during the 63rd Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 7, 2009 in New York City.   Andrew H. Walker/GI Poison was set to perform alongside Def Leppard, Motley Crüe and Joan Jett at the Nashville stop of their joint stadium tour on Thursday night (June 30), but the band pulled out after frontman Bret Michaels was taken to the hospital. According to TMZ, who first reported the news, members from Poison stepped onstage to let the audience know that Michaels was hospitalized after having “a bad reaction to medication” and will not be able to perform. According to the publication, the reaction may have been related to COVID-19. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos,  » Read More

By Saurabh SharmaUDAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Two weeks before a Hindu tailor in India was hacked to death by two Muslim men who filmed the act, he was briefly detained by police after a rival tailor accused him of an "inflammatory" Facebook post on Prophet Mohammad.Kanhaiyalal Teli's son told Reuters his father had reposted a Facebook post in support of a now-suspended spokesperson of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party, whose incendiary remarks about the Prophet in a television debate had led to national and international outrage in June."My father was a very good man, he never had any issues with anyone," Teli's 20-year-old son Yash, his head shaven as per Hindu custom after a parent dies, told Reuters. "Just a repost of a post on Facebook, and they killed him. Before this, Hindus and Muslims lived together peacefully in this area."Modi's pursuit of a "Hindu first" agenda since coming to power in 2014 has added to communal tensions in India, a country with a ghastly history of Hindu-Muslim violence.  » Read More

Calling it "a crafty new scam," the Wisconsin Better Business Bureau is warning users of Facebook Marketplace to be aware of a fraud scheme that focuses on sellers being asked to upgrade their digital money transfer apps. "Watch out when selling big-ticket items on Facebook Marketplace," the Wisconsin BBB said in a statement this week.More: Technology, COVID-19 has increased scams against individuals and businessesMore: If you have been scammed, report it to the BBB Scam TrackerThe scam involves phony buyers on Facebook Marketplace who say you must upgrade your Zelle, or other digital money transfer app, in order to accept money from them.Here's how the scam works, according to the BBB: You list a big-ticket item worth several hundred dollars on Facebook Marketplace. You are quickly contacted by a "buyer" who wants to pay using a digital money transfer app.The BBB says this scam has happened with Zelle, but it could also work with CashApp,   » Read More

The New to Nashville Facebook group is growing by the dozens each day, bringing in newcomers to Nashville and fostering a welcoming community of people and businesses.Marilyn Hunt started the group in August 2020 after she moved to Nashville in May 2019 from Los Angeles. She had wanted to find a group of people to connect with in town.“I feel like I am paying back to the city that has welcomed me and has been so kind to me. I have met in person about 3,000 people now and have formed some really fabulous friendships and acquaintances,” Hunt said.During the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, the group — which now boasts 14,700 Facebook members — initially relied on online messaging and posts to connect. Whether looking for food or business suggestions, the group always had quick responders ready with a good recommendation.Since the loosening of COVID-19 restrictions, the group has started hosting regular gatherings for different cohorts within the group. There are singles get-togethers and business-focused gatherings to help promote new businesses in town.  » Read More