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Choose your subscription Trial Try full digital access and see why over 1 million readers subscribe to the FT For 4 weeks receive unlimited Premium digital access to the FT's trusted, award-winning business news Digital Be informed with the essentialnews and opinion MyFT – track the topics most important to you FT Weekend – full access to the weekend content Mobile & Tablet Apps – download to read on the go Gift Article – share up to 10 articles a month with family, friends and colleagues Print FT print edition delivered Monday - Saturday along with ePaper access Delivery to your home or office Monday to Saturday FT Weekend paper – a stimulating blend of news and lifestyle features ePaper access – the digital replica of the printed newspaper Team or Enterprise Premium FT.com access for multiple users, with integrations & admin tools Group Subscription Premium Digital access,  » Read More

Steph Curry’s parents made an appearance at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, four months after their divorce made headlines in August. Sonya and NBA great Dell Curry sat separately in one of their first public sightings since the split to watch their son become the NBA’s all-time leader in 3-pointers. After Curry passed Ray Allen on the NBA’s all-time 3-pointers list in the first quarter of Golden State’s win over the Knicks, he presented his father with the game ball. Sonya was captured cheering and clapping in her seat at Madison Square Garden as her eldest son made history. The mother and son shared a sweet moment afterward, and were captured hugging on the sideline while rocking back and forth. Dell, meanwhile, appeared to relish in his own star power at the game. The Hornets legend — who rocked a Gucci belt, snake sweater and matching diamond chain and bracelet — posed for photos with a number of young women on the court — including Instagram model Ana Cheri.  » Read More

When we initially signed up for social media all those years ago, joining involved allowing social media companies certain permissions to access and analyze our data. At the time, signing such a contract with the companies seemed like a positive thing, as it would allow algorithms to connect us based on our relationships, our interests and how we lived our lives, which is how the platforms were initially advertising. State Sen. Saud Anwar, MD Today, we know these social media sites aren’t simply using our data to improve their services. For years, they’ve collected cookies and gathered our information to sell. And they’re still doing it, more flagrantly and less ethically than ever. I know I still remember Cambridge Analytica’s actions in 2016, for instance. In the resulting five years, things haven’t exactly improved. What makes this much worse is the recent news from earlier this autumn that Facebook leadership knew several of its services, most prominently Instagram, were negatively impacting youth mental health at the same time it appealed and advertised to youths and children as low as 13 to sign up for their services,  » Read More

A Wisconsin woman is charged with first-degree murder after allegedly killing a man she had recently met online, by stabbing him then intentionally running him over, after which she circled the block and ran down the victim again “to make sure he was dead,” according to a criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court.Lydia Carmona-Cartagena, 23, appeared in court Monday on charges of first-degree intentional homicide and use of a dangerous weapon. The five-foot-tall Carmona-Cartagena has been arrested previously for felony domestic abuse, and remains jailed on $100,000 cash bond. She faces life in prison if convicted of the new charges.The gruesome incident occurred in the early hours of Dec. 9, the complaint states. Shortly after 5:45 a.m., a witness identified in the filing only as “JH” got out of the shower and heard yelling outside.When JH looked out the window, she saw Carmona-Cartagena “tussling” with 41-year-old Chad Wilson, the complaint states. JH said it initially looked like Wilson was on top of Carmona-Cartagena,  » Read More

Artist whose Instagram handle was 'Metaverse' for nine years had her account DISABLED days after Facebook announced its name change to MetaInstagram account with 'Metaverse' handle disabled after Meta name changeArtist Thea-Mai Bauman created the account in 2012 and had 1,000 followersBut it was disabled when Instagram's parent firm Facebook changed its name Instagram later restored it; said it was 'incorrectly removed for impersonation' By Sam Tonkin For Mailonline Published: 14:00 EST, 13 December 2021 | Updated: 14:06 EST, 13 December 2021 An artist whose Instagram handle was 'Metaverse' for almost a decade had her account disabled days after Facebook announced its name change to Meta, it has emerged.Australian Thea-Mai Bauman created the account in 2012 to document her life studying fine art in Brisbane, as well as her trips to Shanghai, where she built an augmented reality firm called Metaverse Makeovers.She used the handle @metaverse alongside her creative work and had fewer than 1,000 followers when Instagram's parent company,  » Read More

An Instagram user with the @metaverse handle says her account was disabled after Facebook rebranded. The platform said her account was taken down because she was impersonating someone. It wasn't until a month later that Instagram apologized and reinstated her account. Loading Something is loading. An artist told The New York Times that Instagram disabled her @metaverse account after its parent company Facebook rebranded to Meta.Australia-based Thea-Mai Baumann told The Times that she's had an Instagram account since 2012 with the handle @metaverse. She posted about her AR company, Metaverse Makeovers, on her account. The app allowed users to try on holographic nail designs.But on Nov. 2, five days after Facebook announced its name change, Baumann told the outlet that Instagram had disabled it."Your account has been blocked for pretending to be someone else," read a message in her app. She tried to get answers from Instagram, including who she was accused of impersonating, to no avail.  » Read More

NEW DELHI: The Matrix trilogy star Keanu Reeves doesn’t want Facebook to have anything to do with the ‘metaverse’. The actor, who will be seen in the Matrix Resurrections soon, spoke about ‘metaverse’ in an interview with The Verge. He said, “Can we just not have metaverse be invented by Facebook?’ which made host Alex Heath ask him, “not a fan?” Keanu replied that the concept of metaverse is way older and "I'm just like, come on man." When asked whether he thought that the metaverse everyone is talking about now is dystopian, with the tech of the future bringing everyone to a Matrix-like dystopia, Keanu said that “yeah, because you know it’s content creation… it’s economic creation, cryptocurrency, right?.” As regards to cryptocurrency, Reeves revealed that a friend of his got some for him but he hasn’t done anything with it yet. So, he is maybe not against crypto or even the metaverse, but wants Facebook to keep out of it.  » Read More

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Facebook Kyanna Parsons-Perez Kyanna Parsons-Perez is an employee of the Mayfield Consumer Products Candidate Factory in Kentucky that was destroyed by the massive December 10, 2021, tornado. Parsons-Perez streamed live on Facebook from inside the collapsed factory.You can watch her live stream videos below, but be aware that some will find it disturbing. The Mayfield candle factory in Kentucky was the focal point of destruction in a town annihilated by the massive twister, which cut a deadly swath through multiple states, killing, the governor said in a news conference, at least 70 and perhaps as many as 100 people throughout Kentucky along.Parsons-Perez was trapped inside the rubble for two hours. Mayfield is a town of just over 10,000 people.Here’s what you need to know:Parsons-Perez Asked Fellow Employees to Sing Happy Birthday to Her as They Awaited RescuersParsons-Perez recorded two videos. “We are trapped. Please ya’ll get us some help. We are at the candle factory in Mayfield,” she said in the first video as people scream in the background.  » Read More

... was working in Mayfield, Kentucky, was completely leveled by a tornado. Unable to reach 911, she broadcast pleas for help on Facebook Live.  » Read More