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by Adam Robinson Fri, February 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM Updated Fri, February 27, 2026 at 7:42 PM FILE PHOTO — A vehicle with the police department in Corning, Calif., photographed at the police station on June 9, 2025. (KRCR) CORNING, Calif. — A 36-year-old Corning man was arrested Thursday after police found a stolen $2,000 bicycle behind his home. According to the Corning Police Department, Chico police asked Corning officers for help around 1:21 p.m. in a bike theft reported earlier this month. The owner told police the bicycle was being offered for sale on Facebook Marketplace in Corning. Corning officers obtained a search warrant for a home on West Street and found the bike in the backyard, police said. Mitchell Christian Jones, 36, was arrested on suspicion of possession of stolen property and on three misdemeanor warrants. He was booked into the Tehama County Jail. -- Report a correction or typo.  » Read More

Snapchat+ keeps adding experimental perks, AI tricks, and early features for power users. But is the subscription actually worth your money right now, or just FOMO fuel? Here is what changed and what US users should know. Bottom line up front: Snapchat+ is no longer just a tiny badge and a few experimental toys. If you live on Snapchat every day, the paid tier has quietly turned into a faster way to get the newest tricks, more control over your profile, and extra AI features while the free app stays mostly unchanged. You are not paying to unlock the whole app. You are paying to be first in line when Snap ships new experiments, to get more customization, and to lean harder into Snapchat's AI tools without jumping to another platform. What users need to know now about Snapchat+ in the US... Snapchat+ is Snap Inc.'s optional subscription that layers early-access features and cosmetic upgrades on top of the standard free Snapchat app. It is positioned for US power users who check Snapchat multiple times a day, creators who care about optics, and people curious about the latest AR and AI tools. Instead of dumping a long list of features

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego State softball team (11-7) continued play in the Torero Classic with two more games on Friday. The Aztecs came up short against CSUN (4-9) by a 3-1 score before being bested by --/No. 24 Washington (11-6) 16-2 in five innings. In the first inning, Jade Ignacio and Angie Yellen walked. In her return to the lineup after being out since February 12 with an injury, Kaila Pollard hit a two-out single up the middle but Ignacio was thrown out trying to score from second base on the play. Key-annah Pu’a threw a 1-2-3 inning with a strikeout in the bottom of the inning. Quinn Waiki led off the second with a single and Lala Macario was hit by a pitch in the inning, but their teammates were unable to bring them home. The Matadors loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom half, but Waiki made an excellent stop at shortstop and got the forceout at third base to end the inning.  » Read More

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Posted February 27, 2026 12:43 pm. Last Updated February 27, 2026 12:45 pm. A 22-year-old Toronto man is facing charges following a sexual assault investigation in Ajax earlier this month, Durham police say. Officers responded to a report on July 5, after a woman told police she had been sexually assaulted by a man she had previously connected with on Snapchat. The incident occurred in the area of Harwood Avenue South and Bayly Street East. Police say the suspect was later located and taken into custody without incident. Investigators believe there may be additional victims and released the Snapchat handle allegedly used by the suspect: “AJSWRLD22.” Austin Jeffrey Stremble, 22, of Toronto, is charged with sexual assault. He was released on an undertaking. Anyone with information is asked to contact investigators.

No. 22-cv-00237-HSG, 2025 WL 3654114 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 17, 2025) In this litigation, Plaintiffs allege LinkedIn unlawfully monopolized the professional social networking market in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act. No. 22-cv-00237-HSG, 2025 WL 3654114, at *1. Plaintiffs allege that LinkedIn protects its monopoly through “data centralization, machine learning models, and resulting trove of inferred data,” without which “a new entrant could not viably compete with LinkedIn.”  Id.  Defendant allegedly maintains its monopoly by engaging in two forms of anticompetitive conduct: 1) Defendant offers potential rivals access to its private user data through application programming interfaces (“APIs”), on the condition that those rivals do not compete with Defendant; and 2) Defendant integrated its user data with parent company Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing system, “tying up and driving up prices for scarce hardware resources.”  Id. I. Settlement Background On December 17, 2025, the Northern District of California denied Plaintiffs’ unopposed motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement of their case against LinkedIn (“Defendant”). No. 22-cv-00237-HSG, 2025 WL 3654114, at *1. The parties entered into a settlement agreement after participating in mediation in December 2024.  Id.  The settlement agreement included a term prohibiting Defendant from including Non-Use of LinkedIn’s

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By YINON BEN SHUSHAN FEBRUARY 27, 2026 18:40 Snap Inc. announced the launch of the "Creator Subscriptions" service, which allows app users to financially support their favorite content creators. The move, which represents the adoption of a strategy already implemented on Meta’s platforms, is intended to help creators generate a steady and stable source of income directly from their audience, while strengthening user loyalty to the app. As part of the new service, paying subscribers will gain access to exclusive content in Snaps and Stories that is not available to all users. In addition, subscribers will enjoy priority in receiving responses from creators and viewing content without ad interruptions in those creators’ Stories. Snap clarified that the model grants creators "freedom to experiment" and enables them to build a more committed community over time. The platform grants creators full control over pricing, allowing them to set the monthly fee from a list of recommended price tiers. According to reports, creators are expected to retain about 60% of the revenue after deducting the app store commissions of Apple and Google, positioning Snap as a direct competitor in the content creator economy market. The service is currently in an early Alpha testing

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