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by: Kate Sweigart Posted: Jan 15, 2021 / 07:48 PM EST / Updated: Jan 15, 2021 / 09:01 PM EST During the pandemic, job interviews are being done online via video conferencing. In Friday’s “Don’t Waste Your Money” segment, abc27 warns job candidates to make sure they know who they’re chatting with. If job searching is on the agenda during the pandemic, be on the look-out for job scams. Due to this video-based way of hiring, a surge of job scams has occurred, and one job hunter learned the hard way. Jordan Dixon was recently laid off from his job as a graphic designer due to the pandemic. So he jumped on LinkedIn, and quickly found a designer job listing at a company called “Miller Paints.” “It was for a multimedia designer opportunity,” Dixon said. He applied and was immediately contacted by a recruiter. “They actually sent me a questionnaire, a 20-question Microsoft Word document that had a lot of in-depth questions,” Dixon recalls. The next day they told him the position was his if he just sent some personal info, like banking information and his social security number. But then he noticed the recruiter’s email was misspelled as “Miiler…

Was your fitness routine turned upside down the past year? Come on in and join the club! I went from hitting the gym four times a week to shoving furniture around my tiny living room to make space for a yoga mat. YouTube workouts were a godsend, keeping me motivated and on my game when everything else got overwhelming. But don't just take my word for it; we reached out to members of our POPSUGAR Workout Club (join us!) to find out which workouts and trainers got them through the year. Some fitness fans relied on a couple of go-to routines (get ready for abs and squats!), others dove into a new favorite trainer, and all of us made sure movement was still part of our lives. So if your own workout routine needs a January refresh, keep reading for a treasure trove of fan favorites to get you started. Love trying new workouts? Want a community to share your fitness goals with? Come join our Facebook group POPSUGAR Workout Club. There, you can find advice on making the best out of every sweat session and everything else you need to help you on your road to healthy living.

Rupert Grint Joined Instagram for the Best ReasonHis first post is the cutest.When Jennifer Aniston joined Instagram, she also earned a Guinness World Record for gaining a million followers faster than anyone else. Later she was dethroned by naturalist Sir David Attenborough and today, Entertainment Tonight reports that Harry Potter alum Rupert Grint took the crown. He hit the one-million-follower milestone in just four hours and one minute.Back on Wednesday, on Nov. 10, Grint joined Instagram and shared a photo of himself with his newborn daughter, Wednesday G. Grint. "Hey Instagram....only 10 years late, but here I am. Grint on the Gram!" he wrote in his debut. "Here to introduce you all to Wednesday G. Grint. Stay safe, Rupert."RELATED: Rupert Grint Joined Instagram for the Best ReasonNobody was more surprised by the achievement than Grint, who told ET that he never intended to join Instagram and never expected to beat out Aniston while doing it."I don't believe it. It's very, very surreal," Grint said. "I never thought I would . I always said that I wouldn't, and then I just thought, 'It's been such a crazy . So why not?' It's insane."He was humble though, letting his daughter take…

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Rupert Grint is a wizard on the big screen and a Guinness World Record holder in real life! The Harry Potter star recently beat Sir David Attenborough's record for the fastest time to reach a million followers on Instagram, amassing the huge following in just four hours and one minute. Prior to Attenborough, Jennifer Aniston held the world record.  Grint was able to dethrone the naturalist and the actress by simply posting a photo of himself holding his newborn daughter, Wednesday, on Nov. 10. "Hey Instagram....only 10 years late, but here I am. Grint on the Gram! Here to introduce you all to Wednesday G. Grint. Stay safe, Rupert," he captioned the adorable pic.While promoting season 2 of Apple TV+'s show, Servant, Grint opened up to ET about fatherhood and becoming an instant Instagram sensation.  Grint's Servant co-star, Nell Tiger Free, was clearly impressed with his Instagram record, noting that it's "a big one that you beat Jennifer Aniston.""I don't believe it. It's very, very surreal," Grint said of his social media popularity. "I never thought I would . I always said that I wouldn't, and then I just thought, 'It's been such a crazy . So why not?' It's insane."The doting dad added, "I think Wednesday actually broke the internet, personally. She gets the…

by: Fareeha Rehman Posted: Jan 7, 2021 / 08:06 AM PST / Updated: Jan 7, 2021 / 01:48 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Following other social media platforms, streaming service Twitch has suspended President Donald Trump’s account indefinitely, citing yesterday’s violence at the U.S. Capitol. The platform also removed the popular PogChamp emote after the person depicted, Ryan Gutierrez, “encouraged further violence” online yesterday, the platform said in a tweet announcing its decision. We've made the decision to remove the PogChamp emote following statements from the face of the emote encouraging further violence after what took place in the Capitol today.— Twitch (@Twitch) January 7, 2021 Facebook banned President Donald Trump indefinitely from its Instagram and Facebook platforms earlier in the day. Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the ban on Thursday morning after already suspending his account the previous day. The Facebook founder and CEO said “We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period too great.” Zuckerberg said the decision to ban the president from the social media platforms was made because the context in which he used the platform during and after the riots was fundamentally different from previous…

Twitter's voice tweet feature allows users to record 2 minutes and 20 seconds of audio to share in a tweet. Any voice tweets that are longer than 2 minutes and 20 seconds will appear as threaded messages with a maximum of 25 tweets. The voice tweets feature is currently only available to certain iOS device users. Visit Business Insider's Tech Reference library for more stories. If you've ever found Twitter's character limit suffocating or felt frustrated by the tone of your tweets being misconstrued, one of Twitter's newest features may be of interest. The social media platform recently launched a voice tweet tool to make sharing your fleeting thoughts with your followers even easier. By clicking a few simple buttons, you can record a message and post it to your timeline. This will add a personal touch and ensure your message doesn't get lost in translation.Voice tweets appear as regular tweets with audio attachments complete with a play button for anyone to listen to. You'll retain the ability to write text with the tweet, which means you can also mention users or add hashtags. The recorded audio files also have a maximum length of two minutes and 20 seconds, though longer…

WhatsApp has been embroiled in a flurry of confusion since a change in the company's privacy policy sparked the ire of many. People such as Elon Musk suggested that users switch to rival Signal as it does not collect nearly as much data, and that call to action sparked millions to download Signal. All this chaos did not fall on deaf ears, though, as WhatsApp is pushing back its changes and trying to clean up the mess it made. Today, WhatsApp penned a blog post in an attempt to make amends and try to clear the air after what happened earlier this week. The explained that it "heard from so many people how much confusion there is around our recent update," and it lays the blame on "a lot of misinformation causing concern." Specifically, the company claims that messages are only between users, and Facebook and WhatsApp can't see them. Furthermore, WhatsApp does not keep logs of messages or calls, and it cannot see shared location data. Since these things seemed to cause a lot of confusion, the date people will have to review and accept the terms is being shoved back until May 15th. The company is also planning…

Nearly 2,000,000 people have signed a petition asking the federal government not to execute Dustin Higgs, who was convicted of ordering the murder of three DC women. BELTSVILLE, Md. — Sometime Friday night, a Maryland man is scheduled to become the 13th and likely final person put to death by the Trump administration since it restarted federal executions in 2020.  Dustin Higg's lawyer, Shawn Nolan, told WUSA9 he's still hopeful the Supreme Court will refuse to lift a stay -- but the court has allowed 12 other executions to go forward in the last six months. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to let his execution move forward.  Higgs continues to maintain his innocence in a particularly horrifying crime, and nearly two million people have signed a petition calling for him to be spared. Dustin John Higgs is going to be executed for a crime he didn't commit. He was accused of killing three girls but later to be found not guilty. All witnesses, including the man who actually killed the girls, confirm Dustin's innocence. This innocent man should be spared. On Jan. 27, 1996, a passing motorist found the bodies of three D.C. women on the side…

For years, Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act has allowed social media platforms to moderate content without being liable for what their users post. Experts told CNBC that after the Jan. 6 pro-Trump riot at the U.S. Capitol, that may be about to change."I think that these social media companies need to be dealt with as publishers," said former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya. "And I think at the front of the line is Facebook, because they are algorithmically deciding — there are people inside of that company that are building these things, that are amplifying the lobotomized, the intellectual cornering of people, so that they cannot learn what's really happening, so that their worst fears and their worst concerns are amplified."Facebook is a much larger company than it was when it was founded eight years after the Communications Decency Act was passed. It reported over 196 million daily active users across the U.S. and Canada in the third quarter of 2020 and $21.47 billion in revenue.Though all social media companies would be affected by a change to Section 230, Palihapitiya, the founder and CEO of Social Capital, differentiated Twitter from Facebook. "The problem with Facebook is different, which…