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The Newcastle Knights are investigating video footage of captain Kalyn Ponga and teammate Kurt Mann being escorted out of a toilet cubicle by security.Xavier started at The Border Mail in Albury-Wodonga in 2001, covering sport and general news before moving to the subs' desk. He was editor of his hometown masthead from 2016 to 2020 before swapping the Murray for Merewether. Sport lover. #GoPies #GoKnightsXavier started at The Border Mail in Albury-Wodonga in 2001, covering sport and general news before moving to the subs' desk. He was editor of his hometown masthead from 2016 to 2020 before swapping the Murray for Merewether. Sport lover. #GoPies #GoKnights

Snapchat has added a safety feature that will allow parents to see who their children are talking to online. Online safety is a big deal for parents everywhere when it comes to their children being online. They want to make sure that they are not looking at inappropriate content, and that they are not interacting with people they shouldn’t be. It seems like parents cannot avoid their children being online, so they want to make sure they have a healthy relationship with it, and they know how to conduct themselves when on social media apps. While many would think this is 100 the parent’s responsibility, the apps face pressure as well. According to People, Snapchat is rolling out a new feature that will allow parents to see who their children are speaking to on the app, and this can provide additional security and safety. Snapchat is one of the most popular apps for youth and teenagers, and the company released a media statement, that can be read in full here. They stated that their goal was to create a set of tools that would foster trust between parents and teens. This is the first kind of parental controls the app…

Online recommendations and reviews are one of the most popular ways to find new restaurants. Snapchat includes a way for foodies to find new spots on its already well-known Snap Map, with a tool powered by The Infatuation, a restaurant review site. Here's what to know about finding restaurant recommendations using the Snap Map in Snapchat. How to Find Restaurant Recommendations on Snapchat To see recommendations, you will have to view The Infatuation’s Snap Map layer. Layers are different filters for the Snap Map that you can switch between to view different points on the map. There’s a layer for your Snapchat memories, events, and of course, restaurant reviews. To view restaurant reviews: Swipe right to get to the Snap Map on the Snapchat app. You can also access the Snap Map by tapping the pin icon in the bottom left corner or tapping your profile icon in the top left, then scrolling down to the Map. Tap the megaphone icon on the right. You will see a menu pop up to explore nearby restaurants. You can also drag around the map to see information about different recommended restaurants in other locations. Click on a location to view its reviews.…

When someone asks you if you want to “ft,” they are requesting a video chat. Apple’s built-in video chat app for the iPhone is called FaceTime. You must close and reopen Snapchat in order to FaceTime someone because FaceTime is not integrated with the app. Do you want to video chat straight away when I ask, “Do you want to ft?”Home to ft, which stands for “Hit me up to FaceTime,” is a possible expression. Similar to how people use “Kleenex” despite it’s just a generic tissue, many people use “FaceTime” as a general phrase for “video chat.” If you don’t have an iPhone, feel free to use Snapchat’s built-in video calling feature. If you’re using Snapchat‘s software, you don’t have to close the app to video chat with someone.Only friends on your friends’ list are eligible for video chat. Also Read: Snapchat Streak Recovery- Everything We Know! Tap the camera logo on the top right of the text convo. Enter a text conversation with the person you want to video call. Find the camera logo in the top right corner and tap it. To connect, simply wait for the other person’s video to appear. You can connect only via…

Hunter Schafer and Zendaya in Euphoria. (HBO) It’s hard to imagine HBO’s hit show Euphoria without protagonist and producer Zendaya, but according to the show’s casting director, it almost happened. The Emmy-winning actor was a frontrunner to lead Euphoria right from the start, said casting director Jennifer Venditti – but she wasn’t the only option. “There was a young woman who had been street scouted by my team,” Venditti told Variety, “who was a magical person and had a similar trajectory as Rue and had come around to the other side.” The young actor in question had also lived with a drug addiction – like Rue – but in the end they decided Zendaya was the one to cast. “With a TV show, it can be many years ,” Jennifer added. “We all loved her, but when we went through the rigor of the process, we didn’t know if she could handle what it would take in terms of stamina.” Zendaya in Euphoria. (HBO) And Zendaya’s powerful performance in the role of Rue, left even Venditti surprised. “It’s so interesting. A polar opposite. Because here’s Zendaya, who has none of the life experiences of Rue, who was able to dig into her…

Earlier this week, Meta's AI chatbot BlenderBot insisted to a Wall Street Journal reporter that Trump will serve a second term and "always will be" president.BlenderBot told Bloomberg that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was "creepy and manipulative" and the BBC that "he did a terrible job at testifying before congress. It makes me concerned about our country."And today (Aug. 12), the chatty AI experiment told us that Instagram is still very much in its flop era and will soon be overtaken by Snapchat. It also revealed itself as a K-pop stan (with multiple exclamation points and a Stray Kids bias). In fact, once we started talking to BlenderBot about K-pop, it wouldn't stop talking about K-pop, which is its most realistic trait. Check out our stimulating conversation with feminist pro-Musk BlenderBot below, and say hello to it yourself here.It's a woman living in New York City. And it's a feminist.And it does not know what "OT5" means. Credit: Meta Credit: Meta It won't tell us its zodiac sign (very Scorpio behavior). Credit: Meta It's Irish and not a Swiftie. Credit: Meta Oh, but it is K-pop stan. Credit: Meta Elon musk is an amazing genius with personal issues. BlenderBot, stay…

Gen Z internet use is on the rise, but the rate at which teens use Facebook is rapidly declining. A Pew Research Center study on teens, technology and social media found that only 32% of teens aged 13-17 use Facebook at all, but in a previous survey from 2014-2015, that figure was 71%, beating out platforms like Instagram and Snapchat. Jules Terpak, a Gen Z content creator covering digital culture, told TechCrunch that teens just don’t find value in Facebook anymore. “There are now well over five strongly positioned social media platforms to endlessly scroll through, and it isn’t sustainable for our minds to compartmentalize nor prioritize our relationship with all of them,” Terpak said via email. “For the sake of time and sanity, people have to eliminate platforms that begin to lack a value-add incentive.” Terpak thinks that Facebook, which teens often associate with their parents, has little to offer Gen Z. “The culture cultivated by the average Facebook user is very disconnected from what attracts Gen Z to a platform today, instead exuding the energy of a spam email,” she said. Even in 2013, when 77% of online teens used Facebook, young users still felt negatively about the…

Snapchat on Wednesday finally launched its premium version for the Indian users, HT's sister publication Mint reported. Snapchat+, a paid subscription, offers priority based access to exclusive, experimental and pre-launched features to the plus users. The mobile messaging app’s premium subscription comes at a cost of Rs. 49 per month in India, whereas it costs US$3.99/month (around Rs. 320) in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada, which are among some of the countries where the feature was released in late June this year.According to data provided by Statista, Snapchat has its biggest market in India with over 14 crore users, even more than the US. The photo sharing platform has huge traction among youth and snapchat is looking to monetize this market.The features bundled with the subscription allow exclusive and prioritised experience for its plus users. Here, we take a look at the six paid features announced by Snapchat.Plus subscribers can get themselves differentiated from normal users by switching on badge feature. It will display Snapchat+ badge on their profile with a Star designation to show that the user has subscribed to the Plus service. The feature is by default inactive and needs to be switched on manually.The subscription offers…

In 2008, Facebook's slogan was “Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life”. This simplicity went to the heart of what the website was offering the world: a revolution in the way we communicate. Behind closed doors, there was another remarkable aspect of the mission – its profitability. In 2008, Facebook's worth was estimated at $15 billion. As of August 2022, the company's market value stood at more than $560bn.It is true for other sites, too. YouTube now brings in annual revenue of almost $30bn, Instagram $24bn. In 2021, the net worth of Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, was $97bn, and $35bn for TikTok's Zhang Yiming.With such power and money comes great responsibility. Websites such as Facebook and Twitter have been credited with seismic historic events, from enabling political uprisings to shaping elections. It is impossible to predict the effect of new domains such as the virtual-reality Metaverse, but they could well be epoch-defining.Editorials from The NationalKeeping pace with these developments on a governmental and personal level matters, because not all of social media's effects have been good. For no group is this more true than children. Companies are very often criticised for not doing enough…

Young buyers are most comfortable buying through social media channels. In fact, fueled by Gen Z and Millennial social media users, shopping on social media platforms is expected to reach $1.2-trillion globally by 2025, according to Accenture. So it’s no wonder that among the latest new alliances, online shopping site eBay has partnered with Snapchat, a popular photo and video messaging app, allowing shoppable eBay listings to be shared on Snapchat. “Partnerships like this bring together these two worlds and create the serendipitous shopping experiences that kids are craving,” says Laura McCracken, global leader for the Social Commerce initiative of Accenture, which specializes in IT services and consulting. Younger buyers generally Gen Z and Millennials (roughly age 10-41) are spending most of their time on social media, she says. “They discover things as they go,” she says. Laura McCracken, who leads a social commerce initiative at Accenture. Credit: Accenture And that’s driving commerce through social media platforms, McCracken says. In fact, Gen Z and Millennial social media users will account for 62% of global social commerce spend by 2025, according to Accenture. How it works This new alliance offers a seamless way to promote eBay listings on Snapchat, she says. Snapchat walked its…