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Regarding “Young people care about democracy — so take down barriers to our vote,” (July 28): This piece is a half-page devoted to excuses. My grandfather taught me a half century ago that people do the things they really want to do. Young people have no problem getting to the mall to shop, getting out at night to go to clubs and restaurants. They have ID to buy liquor. They know how to go online to get answers to their questions. They Uber. They Lyft. They communicate with text, emails, Snapchat. If they don’t vote it is because they don’t really want to do it. There are at least two weeks of early voting. I’ve seen people in the voting lines in walkers, carrying oxygen tanks, missing limbs. It’s sometimes hot. There is nothing particularly fun about voting. I’d rather go to the golf course. But I vote. It is a bit of a sacrifice of time and convenience. But it is what makes America great. Left and right shoulder to shoulder in line. Chuck Thompson, Humble My son was excited to vote in his first presidential election in November 2020. However, the process to get a mail-in ballot sent…

The COVID-19 era brought forward times of economic disparity and quantifiable difficulties for businesses of all scales. While only a very few giant businesses like Google, Apple, Twitter, Facebook and Amazon were taking stead and progressing in these times. The rest of the businesses were taking a toll. In order to efficiently save their businesses in these uncertain times, most of the owners took to cutting on additional cost, unimportant workers and audited to increase the efficiency all the way. These resulted in a lot of inefficient workers, workers whose skills were not important, or workers that could easily be replaced for new ones in the post COVID world to be laid off.The massive amount of workers being flooded into the job market was a problem for many, however, LinkedIn capitalized the most as a result of this. Its activity saw a significant boost and the user base expanded to more than expected. Consequently, the revenue generated from advertisements increased as well. LinkedIn banked on this time and introduced reforms to retain the increase in users. It generated over 10 billion dollars, a record, as Microsoft released its subsidiaries revenue information. The most prominent feature that resulted in LinkedIn's increased…

Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas, the self-appointed ‘Billionaire Gucci Master,’ is now waiting to be ... sentenced after admitting to money laundering charges. Universal Images Group via Getty Images The lavish life of fast cars, designer clothes and private jets has come to an end for Nigerian Instagram influencer Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas, age 37, after he pleaded guilty in a California court to money laundering and other business email schemes that cost his victims nearly $24 million. The plea, confirmed by the United States Attorney’s Office in the Central District of California, could land Abbas with a prison sentence of up to 20 years, per court documents. Abbas will also need to “pay full restitution to the victim(s),” the documents state. In a statement, Kristi K. Johnson, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, described Abbas as one of the “most high-profile money launderers in the world,” adding, “ celebrity status and ability to make connections seeped into legitimate organizations and led to several spin-off schemes in the U.S. and abroad. Today’s announcement deals a crucial blow to this international network and hopefully serves as a warning to potential victims targeted with this type of theft.” Abbas and…

Alex Rodriguez really wants to know if you think he looks better in a suit and tie or shirtless.  "1 or 2?" Rodriguez, 46, captioned an Instagram post showing a photo of him wearing swim trunks and a separate photo of him wearing a suit on Wednesday.The former New York Yankees player also added the photos to his Instagram Story and allowed fans to pick their favorite outfit.Rodriguez has been celebrating his 46th birthday enjoying a European vacation. The baseball player-turned-businessman has been spotted with sports reporter Melanie Collins along with Jessie James and her husband Eric Decker.ALEX RODRIGUEZ ENJOYS BIRTHDAY GETAWAY IN SAINT-TROPEZ WITH MYSTERY BLONDE, JESSIE JAMES AND ERIC DECKER Alex Rodriguez has been spending time on a European vacation while he celebrates his 46th birthday. (Photo by Thomas Lovelock/MLB via Getty Images)Rodriguez has been single since he and musician Jennifer Lopez ended their engagement in April. "We have realized we are better as friends and look forward to remaining so," the couple said in a statement at the time.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERSince then, Lopez has rekindled her relationship with actor Ben Affleck.Rodriguez was reportedly hurt by the "Let's Get Loud" singer's quick move…

In WhatsApp, you can archive messages that you no longer participate in. This is a way for you to hide old messages but not fully deleting them in case you need to refer to them again in the future. However, one annoying feature is that whenever the other party in the archived chat sends a message, it will automatically unarchive itself.However, there is some good news on that front because WhatsApp has announced that they will be introducing a new setting that will give users the option of how archived messages are handled. With this change, users can now choose if they want to keep archived messages hidden and muted, or if they want to keep the current behavior of the app. Archive on WhatsApp lets you organize your private messages and prioritize important conversations. Your Archived chats will now remain archived and muted but you can always change them back! pic.twitter.com/QbAY6iu81p — WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) July 27, 2021If users opt for the former, this means that even if a thread from the archive becomes active again, it will remain archived and muted so you don’t need to bother with it. However, if they wish to participate in the chat, they…

If you have never been rick-rolled, consider yourself lucky. But the most famous bait-and-switch prank in internet history has reached a huge milestone.

Vimeo Inc (NASDAQ: VMEO) gained to close at $46.23 Wednesday after gaining $1.34 (2.99%) on volume of 459,802 shares. The stock ranged from a high of $47.17 to a low of $44.80 while Vimeo’s market cap now stands at $6,932,878,529. Visit Vimeo Inc’s profile for more information. About The Nasdaq Stock Market The Nasdaq Stock Market is a global leader in trading data and services, and equities and options listing. Nasdaq is the world's leading exchange for options volume and is home to the five largest US companies - Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet and Facebook. To get more information on Vimeo Inc and to follow the company’s latest updates, you can visit the company’s profile page here: Vimeo Inc’s Profile. For more news on the financial markets be sure to visit Equities News. Also, don’t forget to sign-up for the Daily Fix to receive the best stories to your inbox 5 days a week. Sources: Chart is provided by TradingView based on 15-minute-delayed prices. All other data is provided by IEX Cloud as of 8:05 pm ET on the day of publication. DISCLOSURE: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors, and do not represent…

WhatsApp continues to be one of the fastest messaging applications with the most users in the world. Although it is blocked in some countries, through it you can send all kinds of documents, as well as photos, videos, GIFs, animated stickers and other types of details that are of great importance in a time where immediacy is real. Nowadays WhatsApp is developing its new function called multi-devices, the same one that allows you to use the application on your computer or laptop without having your main cell phone with the app installed. Likewise, it is expected that everyone can also use the tool that tends to choose if your contact can only see a photo or video once and then automatically delete himself. Now other details are also striking, such as emojis. There are more than 500 emoticons in the messaging app, but one has been used by several people without really knowing its meaning in WhatsApp: This is the icon of the hands together. If your friend or a family member used it to say that they are praying for you, they may have been wrong, because the emoji of the hands together in WhatsApp tends to express something…

Facebook Inc. Chief Financial Officer David Wehner is the Chicken Little of Silicon Valley, yet investors are still acting on his warnings. For the past five years, Wehner has been saying the sky will fall at Facebook FB, +1.49% in the second half of the year, warning repeatedly of advertising-revenue deceleration, or plateauing and negative impacts from various events. Seriously, just take a look at July 2016, July 2017, July 2018, July 2019 and even July 2020, when Wehner warned that revenue would only grow about 10% in the third quarter (they grew more than 21%). So, of course, in July 2021, Wehner wailed another warning. “In the third and fourth quarters of 2021, we expect year-over-year total revenue growth base to decelerate significantly on a sequential basis, as we lap periods of increasingly strong growth,” Wehner said Wednesday, immediately sending Facebook shares south in after-hours trading, as has regularly been the case with his annual mid-summer caution.  » Read More

TimTheTatman becomes the next streamer to cosplay as Dr. Disrespect after receiving a Chipotle Supply kit with a vest resembling the Doc's. Love him or hate him, Dr Disrespect has certainly made a name for himself in the streaming community. While the popular streamer plays a variety of different games from the FPS genre, a big part of Dr. Disrespect's notoriety comes from his unmistakable appearance. Recently, TimTheTatman decided to cosplay as the Doc during a livestream. Tim's cosplay of the Doc came together unexpectedly during part of one of his streams where he chats with members of his community. Apparently the idea to dress as Dr. Disrespect came to him after receiving a TimTheTatman Chipotle Supply kit. Amongst the various items included in the box, there was a vest reminiscent of the one worn by the Doc. After leaving the camera for a few moments, Tim returned wearing the vest and a pair of Oakley sunglasses, calling himself "Timmy Tenders." Even though he had a slight resemblance to the actual Dr. Disrespect, fans of the streamer instead began to call him "Dr. Foodrespect" due to the vest's pouches for condiments and utensils. The Doc apparently approved of this latest attempted…