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BOISE, Idaho – Utah State women's tennis battled in singles play but ultimately fell at Boise State, 4-1, on Thursday at the Appleton Tennis Center.   Doubles Boise State began the match with a pair of 6-3 wins in doubles play, taking wins at the first and third positions while also leading, 5-3, at the second position to take the first lead of the match.   Singles After the Broncos extended their lead to 3-0, the Aggies battled back in the remaining matches of singles play. Sophomore Niyati Kukreti put USU on the board with a 6-2, 6-3 victory at the second position of the lineup. Freshman Maria Paula Ramos Garcia and Kylee Sperry also took the first sets of their respective matches at the fifth and sixth positions before BSU clinched the match with a tiebreak victory in the second set at No. 4 singles.   Next Up Utah State prepares for the Mountain West Tournament in Las Vegas on Wednesday through Saturday, April 23-26.   Follow Along Fans can follow USU's women's tennis team on Twitter @USUWomensTennis, on Facebook at /UtahStateWomensTennis or on Instagram at USUWomensTennis. Aggie fans can also follow the Utah State athletic program on Twitter

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Aisha Malik Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 12:00 PM 2 min read Instagram on Thursday announced that it's rolling out Blend, a new feature that lets you create a custom, personalized reels feed for you and your friends. Blends are invite-only and can be created with a singular friend or with a group chat. The custom feeds are refreshed with new content each day. The launch doesn't come as a surprise, as TechCrunch reported in March 2024 that the social network was developing the feature. Once you join or accept a Blend invite, you will be able to browse through reels picked for each person in the chat. When someone in the group reacts to a reel, Instagram will notify you so you can keep a convo going in the DM (direct messaging) chat. The idea behind the feature is to explore what sorts of reels your friends are into, while also connecting with them and discovering new content together. Blend aims to introduce a new social element to Instagram, bringing it closer to its roots of sharing moments with friends, something that's been overshadowed in recent years by an influx of influencers and ads. Image Credits:Instagram With the launch of

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It’s too bad there are no cameras allowed in federal courtrooms, because I really would like to see Mark Zuckerberg testify.He was the leadoff witness in the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against Meta, and that in itself was news.The clash is the most sweeping attempt to dismember the world’s biggest social network, and goes to the heart of how competition is defined.HAWLEY DEMANDS ZUCKERBERG TESTIFY ON ALLEGED TIES BETWEEN META, CHINANot since the government broke up AT&T more than four decades ago has a mega-corporation faced the prospect of being torn apart.The suit was filed in the first Trump term (the president couldn’t stand Facebook at the time), aggressively pursued by Joe Biden, and now has finally come to trial in a Washington courtroom.Trump once told me Facebook was such a threat to society that he used it as justification for flip-flopping on his effort to ban TikTok.  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the leadoff witness in the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against his company. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)But since he won a second term, Zuck, like many tech bros, has been cozying up to the new sheriff in town, including a $1-million donation to the president’s inaugural.There are

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMark Zuckerberg Takes Stand to Defend Meta Against Antitrust SuitMr. Zuckerberg went to court on Monday in a trial focused on his social media company’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The case could reshape Meta’s business.The Federal Trade Commission opened its first antitrust trial under the Trump administration by arguing that Meta’s purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp deprived consumers of other social networking options.Credit...Eric Lee/The New York TimesApril 14, 2025Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, took the witness stand on Monday to defend his social media empire in a landmark antitrust trial that could dismantle a company that has transformed how the world connects online.In a packed courthouse in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, lawyers for the Federal Trade Commission presented Mr. Zuckerberg with a binder full of dated emails and internal communications about his acquisition strategy, pushing him to defend his words. The government has contended that Meta illegally cemented a social media monopoly by acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp when they were tiny start-ups, combining them into the same company, which was then known as Facebook.“I view this all as relatively early thinking,” Mr. Zuckerberg said about an email he wrote in February

Meta could be forced to sell Instagram and WhatsApp if it loses a landmark trial that just started in the US. So, what is the social media giant accused of, and what could the court case mean for all of us? What is Meta accused of?The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is accusing Meta of buying Instagram and WhatsApp over a decade ago to neutralise its competition, in line with Mark Zuckerberg's alleged 2008 directive that "it is better to buy than compete".When Facebook bought Instagram in 2012, emails read out in court show that Zuckerberg was worried about Facebook's performance and that he thought Instagram was growing rapidly. Image: The US District Court for the District of Columbia building where the trial is taking place. Pic: Reuters Instagram was the first company Facebook bought that was allowed to carry on running as a separate app - before then, it simply bought startups for their talented workers and then shut down the smaller company.Two years later, it bought WhatsApp and ran that as a separate app too. Both sales were approved by the FTC at the time. Meta denies the FTC's claims and called the case a "weak lawsuit" that "ignores

Social media giant Meta could be forced to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp as a legal battle begins in the US. Owned by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, the tech business which also owns Facebook bought Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014.An antitrust lawsuit from the US government now alleges that the firm made these transactions to eliminate competition and create a social media monopoly.Although both acquisitions were approved by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) at the time, the competition watchdog has continued to monitor the outcomes. If it wins the case it could force Meta to sell off both Instagram and WhatsApp.This would mark a major change in the social media sector landscape, experts say. Mike Proulx, vice president research director at analyst firm Forrester, said the case’s possible ramifications, and the ongoing uncertainty around the future of TikTok, could see a “new social media world order” appear.Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee, 31 January 2024 (Getty Images)“The ramifications of this trial, coupled with TikTok’s future in limbo, potentially puts the very core of the social media market at play. No longer would Meta be its centre of gravity.“We haven’t seen anything like this

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