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There was a time when Sheryl Sandberg could do no wrong. The chief operating officer of Facebook — or rather ‘Meta’, as it’s now been renamed — was once the poster-girl of the modern successful woman. Capable, glamorous and happy, she had made it in the male-dominated Silicon Valley.Her best-selling book Lean In was a clarion call to women everywhere to be more confident, to stand up and speak up. She was a leader people wanted to follow. I remember for months after it was released seeing everyone reading it on the commute to work. She was considered a messiah of our times, inspiring women everywhere to try harder, aim higher.Well, it seems the halo is slipping somewhat.Facebook has come under sustained fire in recent months for the way it has tackled online abuse, threats, censorship, safety and security. It’s been dragged in to various ignoble scandals. Being second in command there is starting to look less and less like something to brag about.Mark Zuckerberg is starting to look like a bogeyman of the internet,  » Read More

(Bloomberg) —Most Read from BloombergIt was hailed as the first tech unicorn from the United Arab Emirates in its debut on the New York Stock Exchange and touted as the “Clubhouse of the Middle East.”But these days, Yalla Group Ltd., a voice-chat startup based out of Dubai, might be earning a less flattering label: stock-market bust.After a fivefold surge in the months following its initial public offering last year, Yalla — a Chinese-backed social network based in the United Arab Emirates that means “Let’s Go” in Arabic — has given up all its gains and then some. Since peaking at over $40 in February, Yalla has lost more than 80% of its market value. Its American depositary receipts, which debuted at $7.50, are now consistently below $7 and hit an all-time low of $6.26 this past week.This is quite a comedown for a company once feted by Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, drew comparisons to the buzzy Silicon Valley startup Clubhouse and even garnered a small stake from billionaire Steve Cohen’s hedge fund.  » Read More

(Bloomberg) --Most Read from BloombergInto the Metaverse: Where Crypto, Gaming and Capitalism CollideCan a New Mayor Fix Seattle’s Downtown?The Terrifying Rise of Haunted TourismIn Minneapolis Election, the Future of Policing Is at StakeThe Best New Restaurants in Washington, Chosen by Top ChefsIt was hailed as the first tech unicorn from the United Arab Emirates in its debut on the New York Stock Exchange and touted as the “Clubhouse of the Middle East.”But these days, Yalla Group Ltd., a voice-chat startup based out of Dubai, might be earning a less flattering label: stock-market bust.After a fivefold surge in the months following its initial public offering last year, Yalla — a Chinese-backed social network based in the United Arab Emirates that means “Let’s Go” in Arabic — has given up all its gains and then some.  » Read More

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The 48 year old's inanimate body was found in a residence. A police spokesperson says it "bore marks of violence." Author of the article: Photo by Dario Ayala /Montreal Gazette files A man was found dead in a a LaSalle residence on Sunday morning. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The Montreal police department says he is the 28th homicide victim on its territory this year. The SPVM had been alerted by a 911 call concerning an inanimate person found in a residence. Officers tried to reanimate the man, but he was declared dead at the scene. “The 48-year-old victim bore marks of violence”, said SPVM spokesperson Véronique Comtois. Investigators from the major crimes unit are trying to determine what happened. “Our investigators will try to gather the most information possible, for instance if witnesses saw anything or if surveillance cameras captured the incident,” Comtois said. Montreal Gazette Headline News Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Montreal Gazette, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the…

Author of the article: Bruce Deachman Files: Pandemic pumpkins Photo by Harold Carmichael /Postmedia Ontario reported 340 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, and three new deaths, bringing the province’s total number of cases to 599,955. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Toronto, with 58 new cases, was the province’s worst-hit area, while Niagara reported 27 and Peel had 26. The number of overall deaths in the province due to COVID, meanwhile, increased to 9,871. In other health units in the area, Eastern Ontario reported 16 new cases, while Kingston had 10. Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District’s case count increased by one, while Renfrew County’s remained unchanged. There are currently 12,886 active cases in the province. In a Sunday morning Twitter post, Health Minister Christine Elliott said 223 of the new cases are in individuals who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status and 117 are in fully vaccinated individuals. The province also reported 104 patients hospitalized with COVID-related conditions, although that tally, due to many hospitals not reporting on weekends, is incomplete. According to PHO, 133 patients were in intensive care, 88 on ventilators. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet,…

David Cowan had already been an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners for 20 years when he came across an upstart company that was rapidly building an audience around a novel idea: Watching other people play video games. The company was called Twitch. Shortly thereafter, Cowan and Bessemer led a $15 million Series B investment in the business. Less than two years later, Amazon came calling with an acquisition offer Twitch and Cowan couldn’t refuse. It was, in many ways, the dream scenario for a venture capitalist. But it wasn’t long before Cowan began to have regrets. An early backer of Twitch, David Cowan is now investing in the transformative potential of quantum computers like this one. getty “I invested in the company at like a $65 million pre-money (valuation),” Cowan says today. “And then 18 months later I had the opportunity to sell it for a billion dollars. And I thought, ‘Hurray.” And that was a big mistake. Because, you know, only two years later, the company was clearly worth $10 billion. “I’d say the biggest lesson of that was that I had to recalibrate my expectations for what successful companies can do." These days, Cowan spends his days investing…

Putting makes up nearly 40% of your total golf score, so why aren’t you practicing more? Well pack away your excuses because in this week’s episode of The Golf Podcast we dive into some simple putting drills you can do right at home. So make your putting practice a bit easier, and more regular by trying a few of our favorite home putting practice drills. Listen to This Week’s Show Download on iTunes here Download on Stitcher here Download on Spreaker here Download on SoundCloud here Listen on Spotify here Links from this Week’s Show Article: Five Putting Practice Methods You Can do at Home Link: Join the Golficity Clubhouse Messaging Community Here Get the Golficity App: Download the Free Golficity App Here Join our Private Community on Levellr: Register Your Spot Here Watch this Week’s Show Thanks to this Week’s Sponsors Titleist is committed to ensuring that every golf ball delivers superior quality and consistency.    » Read More

Twitch streamer GimpyG was forced to evacuate his house in the middle of a broadcast, later confirming that it had tragically burnt down. The community has sent out an outpouring of support to the streamer, who suffers from muscular dystrophy. Losing your house is everyone’s worst nightmare, and for Twitch streamer GimpyG, it happened in front of everyone on the internet. An avid gamer, GimpyG was born with a rare form of muscular dystrophy — although that’s never stopped him from achieving his goals. Not only does he have degrees in mathematics and educational psychology, but he’s developed a tight-knit community on Twitch as a streamer, using a computer-controlled Quadstick FPS and a HeadMouse to play. But sadly, while he was in the middle of streaming Diablo 2: Resurrected with some friends, he was met with some shocking news: someone informed him his house was burning down, and they needed to evacuate immediately. “Wait, we’re calling 911?” he said. “Oh no. I just got a pit in my stomach. Our garage is on fire! What happens? Do I need to go?” The other person escorted him to safety moments later while the stream stayed up. Read More: xQc slams Twitch…

Meta logo (Photo Credit: IANS) Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made a announcement on Thursday that his company will have a new name, Meta. Though, Zuckerberg has said that the re-naming of business is only limited to parent company and the other apps like Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram name will remain the same, it will still have some impact on the subsidiary company, WhatsApp. If you are wondering how it will affect WhatsApp, then read the article below to know. As you know, if you start the instant-messaging application then it opens with a ‘WhatsApp from Facebook’ introduction now it will change to WhatsApp by Meta. This new change may not appear on everyone’s phone yet as it has not been rolled out for all users. According to a report by WhatsApp-feature tracker WABetaInfo, the new changes are in the beta version of the application. The new change is expected to be seen in the stable version of the app soon. The reports also added that there is another WhatsApp from Facebook label in the settings page of the app. The label is currently not available on the page for now. Furthermore, some iOS beta testers may now be able to…