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Twitch is doubling down on changes to its platform today, announcing that more than 350 new stream tags related to gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ability, mental health, and more.  This is being implemented as a way to give streamers more descriptive choices in how they label their streams for additional discoverability.  We’ll have tags related to gender, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ability, mental health, and more.For the full details, check out the blog: https://t.co/dXLPrlayPX— Twitch (@Twitch) May 22, 2021 Twitch specifically noted that some of the new tags will include transgender, Black, disabled, veteran, and Vtuber, while also making the “ally” tag a standalone label outside of the main LGBTQIA+ tag. None of this will change how tagging works and is being done due to the “passion and persistence” of the Twitch community in requesting these changes.  “When we launched tags in 2018, we did so to boost discovery, to help creators describe their content and to help viewers find streams they’re interested in,” Twitch said. “We intentionally designed that system for creators to be able to describe what they were streaming, not who they were or what they stood for. We have maintained this distinction since that time,…

WASHINGTON (WPVI) -- A Bucks County, Pennsylvania man has been arrested for his alleged involvement in the January 6 siege of the US Capitol.Authorities confirm to Action News that 19-year-old Leonard Ridge, of Feasterville-Trevose, was taken into custody on Friday.Federal investigators say he posted a number of pictures and videos on the social media platform Snapchat depicting himself and others being tear-gassed as they stormed the Capitol Building.Authorities tracked Ridge down after a classmate spotted the Snapchat videos and alerted the feds.After a search warrant was served, federal investigators obtained numerous conversations Ridge reportedly had with others on the platform before and after the Capitol riot."Yeah just stormed the US capital (sic) for the first time in US history and I was a part of it," Ridge allegedly wrote on January 7 in one message on the social platform. "Yeah man so epic I have a video of me fighting riot police in the capital."In a later conversation, authorities say Ridge posted, "We bro (sic) down McConnells door and nacy pelosios (sic) door and raid the offices."Ridge is being charged with obstructing an official proceeding, restricted building and grounds, and disorderly conduct. Copyright © 2021 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.

image copyrightAishwarya MullamuriIndian family WhatsApp groups are often sad places at the moment, as Covid continues to cause thousands of deaths per day in the country. But in families so far untouched by the crisis, edgy jokes and memes are sometimes causing tensions, says BBC gender and identity correspondent Megha Mohan.As my finger hovered over the "exit group" button, it occurred to me that this was the first time I'd seriously contemplated leaving the extended family WhatsApp group. Although I frequently and guiltlessly duck out of groups that outlive their purpose, none of them have ever included anyone I'm related to.Can you try to imagine how noisy a group with active outposts in three continents can be? It's even noisier than you're thinking.Content is shared daily, over different time zones. As the India-based delegation goes to sleep, the American battalion takes over to ensure a steady flow of memes, videos of the nieces and nephews and occasional punditry over global events (elections, say, or celebrity divorces).I'm largely a responder, regularly dispensing heart emojis over photos of the children and pets of the family. I don't usually start a conversation. Until a couple of weeks ago, that is, when I shared…

A Pennsylvania man with ties to Bucks County was arrested Friday for his alleged role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, federal prosecutors said.Leonard P. Ridge 4th allegedly posted several videos on Snapchat of his participation. He also exchanged messages with several other users on the social-media platform boasting of his involvement, according to the FBI. One of his postings read: “I have video of me fighting riot police in the capital building.”Many of his posts were filled with misspellings and grammatical errors.In another message, Ridge allegedly wrote that “we bro down McConnells door and nacy pelosios door and raided the offices.”“I just made history,” Ridge allegedly declared.According to the FBI, in one post Ridge shared a screenshot from news video showing security personnel inside the Capitol with guns drawn on a barricaded door.The image included the caption: “You deserve to live in fear.”The image was accompanied with a tweet from former President Donald Trump with the words altered to say: “I am the Senate. I am the living Constitution. My Power belongs to ME. I’m not leaving!!!”Prosecutors did not specify where Ridge lives in Pennsylvania or his age. A 2014 newspaper article reported that…

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The suit claims the ability to embed Instagram posts without licensing the content within them is "like eating for free at a buffet table of photos." Instagram DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images The next wave in litigation over embedded social media posts is a copyright infringement suit against Instagram on behalf of pretty much anyone who has used the app and had their content aggregated elsewhere without permission. Fights over shared social content started back in 2017, before TikTok made people forget about Snapchat, when a photo of Tom Brady sparked lawsuits against a handful of media outlets. Someone took a pic of the NFL quarterback in the Hamptons with the general manager of the Boston Celtics and posted it on Snap; someone else uploaded a screen shot to Twitter, where it went viral; and then news outlets started embedding those tweets in stories about whether Brady was helping the NBA team recruit star Kevin Durant. The man who took the photo, Justin Goldman, sued the media organizations — and a New York federal judge agreed that embedding the Tweets containing the pic amounted to copyright infringement. (An appeals court declined to take up an interlocutory appeal, and eventually it…

Twenty One Pilots has scaled up its production and chilled out its melodies. While better known for its Tumblr-esque emo hits like “Stressed Out” and “Ride,” the duo’s sixth studio album “Scaled and Icy” is a significant deviation from its alternative sound. Written throughout the pandemic, Twenty One Pilots’ most recent album explores a range of narratives and emotions, such as heartfelt family conversations and humorous narratives of fleeing to Mexico, ultimately offering a more hopeful glimpse of the world. While the duo Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun remain true to the world building and metaphorical lyricism of their prior albums, the retro-inspired production of their recent album unfortunately feels inauthentic at times. The duo opens the album with the bouncing piano chords and ukulele strums of “Good Day.” Though the melody of the song is motivating and optimistic, the gloomy lyrics behind Joseph’s jubilant voice bridge the gap between their new animated sound and the darker tone of their prior album, “Trench.” The retro-inspired sound is perfected in “Shy Away,” the lead single from the album. The track plays to Joseph and Dun’s strengths, with the strumming guitars accentuating Dun’s drumming talents. Soft backing vocals provide a coursing melody…

Shares of Facebook Inc. Cl A FB, -0.75% slumped 0.75% to $316.23 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.36% rising 0.36% to 34,207.84 and the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, -0.48% falling 0.48% to 13,470.99. The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak. Facebook Inc. Cl A closed $15.58 below its 52-week high ($331.81), which the company reached on April 29th. The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -0.53% fell 0.53% to $245.17, Alphabet Inc. Cl A GOOGL, -0.56% fell 0.56% to $2,294.13, and Twitter Inc. TWTR, -0.48% fell 0.48% to $54.45. Trading volume (13.5 M) remained 6.4 million below its 50-day average volume of 19.9 M. Editor's Note: This story was auto-generated by Automated Insights, an automation technology provider, using data from Dow Jones and FactSet. See our market data terms of use.  » Read More

Skip to content HNN File Image / COVID-19 Vaccine (Source: File) By HNN Staff | May 21, 2021 at 10:12 AM HST - Updated May 21 at 10:12 AM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife spent the day on Thursday getting people vaccinated on Kauai. Zuckerberg posted a photo on his Facebook page, showing his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, administering a shot at Wilcox Medical Center. He said she gave about 100 shots, while he helped get families set up. Over the past few days, Zuckerberg has posted several photos of him and his wife on the island, even foil boarding and celebrating their anniversary with a hike. Grateful to be able to personally contribute to Kauai's vaccination efforts today. Priscilla gave almost 100 shots and I...Posted by Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday, May 20, 2021 Copyright 2021 Hawaii News Now. All rights reserved.  » Read More

An Instagram cleaning guru has let us in on a fantastic dishwasher hack that ensures plates won’t come out wet. Those with dishwashers will know that even the most efficient machines sometimes struggle to get items bone-dry. Anyone who’s ever operated a dishwasher will know that even the best of machines will at times leave your plates wet, reports The Mirror. It sometimes means you have to manually dry dishes once they’ve finished a cycle, which pretty much defeats the point of having a dishwasher. A new hack by an Instagram cleaning guru might put a stop to that, though, and you don’t need to buy anything new to make it work. Shared by The Organised Housewife, the video shows how to use a tea towel (we know what you're thinking and it's much simpler than wiping everything dry) to ensure dry crockery every time. All you do is wait until the cleaning part of the cycle is over, before opening the door and placing a tea towel over it. Shut the door, and the tea towel will soak up any moisture left on the dishes. MyLondon’s brilliant new newsletter The 12 is packed with news, views, features and opinion…