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Contents this week: why the party is over on the NFT market, the two iPhone 14 Pro novelties that could change the game, how Snapchat caused the layoff of 70 people in France and our cross review of the Rings of Power series from the Lord of the Rings universe. The spectacular fall of the NFT market The NFT market was ultimately not spared from the cryptocurrency winter. But the sector’s fall from grace is no less impressive. Indeed, the number of transactions around NFTs has dropped by 99% in a few months. Buying and selling NFTs was worth $2.7 billion on OpenSea, one of the biggest exchanges, as of May 1 – up from just $9.34 million at the end of August. . These two new features will change the iPhone Pro Apple is gearing up to launch its iPhone 14/Max and iPhone 14 Pro/Max on September 7, 2022. And it’s the more expensive Pro variants that get all the attention. Indeed, the latter will benefit from a brand new screen without the unsightly FaceID notch, in addition to an improved ultra-wide-angle camera with a 48 Mpx sensor. 70 layoffs in France following Snap’s takeover and closure of a…

Even when there are other more popular social networks, Snapchat It is still among the most used social networks in the world. Statista revealed that, at the beginning of this 2022, it ranked ninth among social media platforms with a 29.8% market share. And as in any social network, notifications are a way of knowing what has generated what you have published and, in general, what has happened in it. But if this information is not received, it is likely that you feel stressed or stressed by this situation. 5 ways to make your Snapchat notifications visible If after a while You haven’t received any notifications on Snapchatdon’t worry, we give you some solutions to fix this problem. Activate notifications on your cell phone It is possible that the difficulties are not in the application, but in your own smartphone. The ideal thing to rule out or confirm the above is to check your phone. What you should do is go to the “Settings” section and see if the notifications are activated. For this just slide the button to the right. Make sure your smartphone is not muted The desire not to receive notifications can lead us to configure the…

... the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office in Florida says they were notified of a Snapchat video showing a small raccoon in a dumpster.

SARASOTA COUNTY The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office arrested a father and daughter in connection with a social media video that went viral depicting the killing of an animal. Alicia Kincheloe, 30, and Roddy Kincheloe, 63 were arrested on charges of aggravated animal cruelty, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office. On August 11, Alicia posted a video on Snapchat of a raccoon inside of a dumpster on Sarah Avenue in Sarasota County. Alicia narrated in the video that the raccoon was mean, according to a Sarasota County report. In the video, the raccoon isn’t showing any aggressive or assertive movements. Raccoon in the dumpster (CREDIT: Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office) In the next video on Alicia’s Snapchat, her father is hosing down the dumpster, which is smoking and appears to have been set on fire. In the video, you can hear Alicia say,” we just toasted his ass, who’s hungry.” She then turns her camera towards the dumpsters which showed the charred remains of the raccoon, according to a Sarasota County report. On August 12, deputies met with Alicia at her home. According to Sarasota County deputies, Alicia admitted to making the Snapchat videos. Alicia said she was returning from lunch and…

With every new flagship, Samsung introduces new camera features and improvements. The Galaxy S22 series brought some too. While a few of those have already trickled down to compatible older flagships, such as Galaxy S21, a few others haven’t. Galaxy S21 series users are still awaiting the Detail Enhancer and support for native camera features in social media apps. Today, we have some mixed news regarding those. A Samsung Community moderator has suggested that Detail Enhancer may not make it to the 2021 flagships. The latter feature will arrive soon, though.Galaxy S21 phones will not get Detail EnhancerAccording to the Samsung official, the company is finding it difficult to optimize Detail Enhancer for the Galaxy S21 series. The NPU (Neural Processing Unit) performance of the devices is not up to the mark. While the team behind the is working on it, there’s no guarantee it will ever arrive on the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and Galaxy S21 Ultra.For the uninitiated, Detail Enhancer is a new camera feature that, well, enhances the object detail in photos. It can reduce noise for sharper images. However, the feature has been found softening objects that are farther. It even affects the image quality at…

Last Updated: September 01, 2022, 17:59 ISTCalifornia, USSnapchat is the latest firm to lay off peopleSnap had earlier announced to slow down hiring this year amid a sustained loss reported in the last financial year.Snap, which is the parent company of social media platform Snapchat, is laying off 20 per cent of its employees. If the move is implemented, around 1,280 Snap employees, out of the total over-6,400 workforce, will be fired. Snap had earlier announced to slow down hiring this year amid a sustained loss reported in the last financial year. As per the company’s filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, “On August 31, 2022, we announced a plan to reduce our global headcount by approximately 20 per cent of our global full time employees. The headcount reduction is part of a broader strategic reprioritization by the company to focus on our top priorities, improve cost efficiencies, and drive toward profitability and positive free cash flow.” Snap’s stock has tanked nearly 80 per cent since the beginning of this year. According to a report by the Verge, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel in a memo on Wednesday said that the company was “restructuring our business to increase focus on our three…

Mark Feely is to face trial for allegedly breaching a sex order by using an unknown Snapchat account. Picture: West Yorkshire Police MARK Feely is to face trial for allegedly breaching a sex order by using an unknown Snapchat account. Feely, 35, of no fixed abode, is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court on October 7 accused of breaching a sexual risk order or risk of sexual harm order. The 35-year-old pleaded not guilty to the offence on August 10 at the same court and was remanded on bail until next month for the trial. But Feely is set to appear at Leeds Magistrates' Court for an application by West Yorkshire Police to vary the conditions of his bail. The case relates to July 31 this year when it is alleged that in Hunslet, Leeds, Feely used a Snapchat account with a username that police were unaware of. He was prohibited to do this by a risk of sexual harm order made two years ago by Birmingham Magistrates' Court on June 17, 2020. 

Snapchat’s developer company Snap Inc. is reportedly planning to lay off around 20% of its nearly 6,500 employees following weeks of planning. Over 1,000 employees may be laid off in the process.Job cuts will begin today with the team working on Minis, small applications made by third-parties which run in the Snapchat app, affected the most, the report said. Zenly, the company Snap acquired in 2017 for social mapping, will also be affected by the workforce reduction, as per a report by The Verge, an American technology news website.It mentioned that Snap has had a difficult year, with the company most recently missing on both revenue and earnings in the second quarter. In its Q2 investor letter last month on July 21st 2022, Snap had said that it would not provide guidance for its current quarter and said “forward-looking visibility remains incredibly challenging.” As per Bloomberg report, Snap shares fell over 2.5% to $10.01 at the close in New York yesterday. The stock has plummeted nearly 79% this year as the company has faced a slowdown. Earlier on the day it reported its second quarter earnings in July 2022, Snap shares had dropped more than 25%. Snap had posted a $422 million…

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, is to lay off 20 percent off its employees. The Verge reports that the company will start letting a fifth of its 6,400-strong workforce go from today, citing the usual “people familiar with the matter”. It’s claimed that the staff losses won’t be evenly spread throughout the company. Apparently, the team working on ways for developers to build mini apps and games inside Snapchat and those working on social mapping app Zenly will be severely impacted. Snap’s hardware division is also set to be hit by cuts. Earlier in the month, the company cancelled its Pixi drone after just four months on sale. Elsewhere within Snap, the company’s ad sales operation is set for a shake-up. Chief business officer Jeremi Gorman has announced that she will be heading up Netflix’s new ad team as it prepares to launch an ad-supported tier. Snap appears to have suffered from a post-pandemic slump like many of its tech contemporaries. After a familiar hiring splurge in response to a world that was locked down and eager to reach out and touch someone digitally, the company has endured a lean 2022. Recession fears combined with Apple’s ad tracking crackdown…

We have all had that moment, where we wanted to record a video from both the selfie and back camera of our phone, since it could easily capture what we are seeing and also our reaction, thus freeing us of the effort to constantly switch between the front and back camera. These moments are a lot more common than we think, examples include riding a Ferris wheel or watching a football match. Wouldn’t a personal reaction alongside the video make them a lot better? Exactly, Snapchat understands this, which is why the application is now out with a crazy new dual camera feature, that lets you make a video from both the front and back camera simultaneously.Announced by Snapchat just yesterday, the dual camera feature has four unique display layouts to choose from, thus allowing users to choose whichever suits them best. These four layouts are vertical, horizontal, picture in picture, and cutout.Once made, a Snapchat dual camera video can easily have all the features you would normally use on a Snapchat video such as music, Stickers and Lenses.Now iOS users seem to be the lucky ones with this update since it is only available on iOS devices for now.…