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US internet services company Yahoo said on Tuesday it has pulled out of mainland China, becoming the latest tech firm to withdraw as a crackdown by Beijing on the industry gathers pace. The move comes just days after American gaming giant Epic said it will shut its popular game "Fortnite" following the imposition of strict curbs on the world's biggest gaming market.Beijing has embarked on a wide-ranging regulatory clampdown on a number of industries in a drive to tighten its control of the economy, with tech firms taking the brunt. The push has seen a number of US-based companies withdraw major products from China in recent weeks, with Microsoft in October announcing the closure of its career-oriented social network LinkedIn."In recognition of the increasingly challenging business and legal environment in China, Yahoo's suite of services will no longer be accessible from mainland China as of November 1," Yahoo said in a statement emailed to AFP."Yahoo remains committed to the rights of our users and a free and open internet. We thank our users for their support."Foreign tech companies have long walked a tightrope in China, forced to comply with strict local laws and government censorship of content.Google shut down its…

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Rockford Police Department investigates another school threat, the second threat in a row to Jefferson High School. Because of this, some parents are not happy with the response of RPS 205.Parent Ana Trenholm says, “There‘s a threat of a shooting at the school. You guys need to tell us what’s going on in advance, not while the kids are on the bus getting ready to get dropped off at school. On Sunday night, my daughter actually came to me at 11 p.m. and she woke me up. She said this threat was all over the internet.”A Snapchat post went viral showing an online threat made towards Jefferson High School over the weekend leaves many parents like Tremholm say they feel in the dark and outraged.Trenholm says, “I’m not comfortable with that at all, I told them I wasn’t sending my daughter back to school until they figure out what’s going on.”Investigators say they first heard about the online threat over the weekend. It moved from Snapchat to Facebook. Frustrated parents say the school didn’t start informing them about the potential threat until the morning of school.KP Counseling founder Kevin Polky says, “You should be able…

CALYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Clayton County Police are searching for two people involved in the brutal beating of a woman on Instagram Live.Four other people involved in the incident have already been arrested.Police said they were tipped off about the attack from multiple people in social media. When they arrived at the home in Riverdale, they found the victim behind a locked door. She sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital.Police took four people into custody, but two ran from the scene.Police have identified them as Javen Hill, 19 and Daniellie Moose, 28. Police say both Hill and Moose are armed.Hill is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall with black hair and brown eyes. He weighs 125 pounds. Moose is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall with brown hair and brown eyes. She weighs 165 poundsTRENDING STORIES:16-year-old Gwinnett County student shot waiting at bus stopFather accused of murdering daughter’s former boyfriend for selling her into sex trafficking ringIRS sends out new batch of corrected tax returns; refunds averaging nearly $1,200Both have multiple felony warrants out for their arrest.Tynisha Blyther, 28; Courtney Fisher, 37; K’ayla Smith, 21; and…

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Chris Pratt shares tender photo on Instagram of Katherine Schwarzenegger giving him the look of loveBy Paul Chavez For Dailymail.com Published: 21:33 EDT, 2 November 2021 | Updated: 21:46 EDT, 2 November 2021 Chris Pratt shared a photo on Instagram on Tuesday of wife Katherine Schwarzenegger giving him the look of love.The 42-year-old actor posted a tender photo of Katherine, 31, beaming in profile as she looked up at her husband.'Guys. For real. Look how she's looking at me! I mean. Find you somebody that looks at you like that!! You know!? We met in church. She's given me an amazing life, a gorgeous healthy daughter, she chews so loudly that sometimes i put in my ear buds to drown it out, but that's love!,' Chris wrote in the caption for his roughly 33.4 million followers.  The look: Chris Pratt shared a photo on Instagram on Tuesday of wife Katherine Schwarzenegger giving him the look of love'She helps me with everything. In return, periodically, I open a jar of pickles. That's the trade. Her heart is pure and it belongs to me. My greatest treasure right next to my Ken Griffey Jr Upper Deck Rookie card. Which if you know, you…

On today's episode, we discuss the most interesting takeaways from Snapchat's Q3 earnings, how Apple's iOS changes are affecting Snapchat, and where the social media company will be by the end of the year. We then talk about where people prefer to follow their favorite brands and how concerned Instagram is about losing young people. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer senior analyst at Insider Intelligence Jasmine Enberg.Rethink. PerformanceIt’s time to stop thinking about brand & performance separately. With an hour between click & doorstep, the funnel has collapsed. You need to brand as you sell and sell as you brand.Find out how with Tinuiti, the largest independent performance marketing firm across Streaming TV and the Triopoly of Google, Facebook, Amazon.Learn more

Olivia Richman • November 2, 11:26 Twitch streamer Lydia “SquidGame” Ellery is in trouble once again over her handle due to the popular Netflix series of the same name. In October, Ellery was banned from Instagram over her handle despite her having it since 2012. Now, Ellery has opened up once again about backlash she’s received from being known as SquidGame. This time, Ellery said she may change her handle. “I’ve lost two amazing presenting opportunities because people don’t want to hire me with my ‘squid game’ handle. This is really getting me down now,” Ellery admitted to fans on Twitter, where her handle is SquidGaming. Looks like I might have to change my handle after all. I've lost 2 amazing presenting opportunities because people don't want to hire me with my "squid game" handle. This is really getting me down now.— Lydia (@SquidGaming) November 2, 2021 SquidGame Twitch streamer banned on Instagram over handle Ellery had been using the handle @squidgame on Instagram since November 2012. But the rise in popularity of new Netflix show Squid Game led to a ban for Ellery from Instagram. According to Ellery, she’d lost access to her Instagram account due to mass reporting.…

By Rachel Whitt November 02, 2021 This week The University of New Mexico is the epicenter of a new event that brings together Esports competitors from across the state. The inaugural New Mexico Educational Esports Classic is a first of its kind event happening at UNM. It will showcase Esports as an educational sport, an idea that is gaining momentum across the country. “It’s here and it’s happening, and we want people to see all the potential that comes with Esports,” explained Bernardo Gallegos, UNM Esports advisor. “We’re holding an exhibition tournament and livestreaming the finals on Twitch.tv – which is incredible exposure for UNM Esports and also Esports teams across New Mexico.” Twitch.tv has and aggregate daily average audience of about 2.5 million viewers and is sure to bring an uptick to the UNM Twitch’s 530+ followers. The exhibition semi-final tournament will be held this week. Then on Nov. 5, tournament competitors and their coaches will come to the UNM Main campus in Albuquerque to compete in the finals, which will be livestreamed on UNM’s Twitch channel. New Mexico Educational Esports Classic inaugural competition teams: University of New Mexico (UNM) – Host Team New Mexico State University (NMSU) New…

Facebook announced that it will shut down the social service’s facial-recognition system, and as part of that will delete more than 1 billion people’s individual facial-recognition templates. For more than a decade, Facebook has used the opt-in system to automatically recognize people in photos and videos shared on the service. But the technology has drawn fire from privacy advocates and regulators for years. Last year Facebook agreed to pay $650 million to settle class-action litigation alleging the tech giant violated users’ privacy via its photo-tagging feature that uses the face-recognition system — one of the biggest ever amounts in a privacy lawsuit. “We need to weigh the positive use cases for facial recognition against growing societal concerns, especially as regulators have yet to provide clear rules,” Jerome Pesenti, VP of artificial intelligence at Meta (the new corporate name of Facebook), wrote in a blog post Tuesday. In the next few weeks, Facebook’s Face Recognition system will be shuttered as part of “a company-wide move to limit the use of facial recognition in our products,” Pesenti added.  » Read More