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Snapchat has partnered with Warner Bros. to introduce a new Harry Potter Lens. This new lens has launched just days before the premier of the four-part quiz show competition series - Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses on Sunday. Snapchat says fans will be able to speak to the camera using its VoiceML technology, to magically dress themselves in festive Hogwarts house colours, attire, and face paint. The famous four houses at Hogwarts in the very popular Harry Potter franchise are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin.The new Snapchat Harry Potter lens has been introduced to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter film and ahead of the competition series, “Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses,” airing on November 28. The show will premiere at 8pm ET/PT (6.30pm IST) on TBS and Cartoon Network, with new episodes each Sunday. Using VoiceML technology, Snapchat users will be able to say things like “Go Go Gryffindor,” and “Take a Snap,” to virtually dress up, and send photos to their like-minded Potter friends in the lead up to the show.How to use the Harry Potter lens on Snapchat Follow these simple steps to use the new Harry Potter lens on Snapchat: Open…

THE sister of Ahmaud Arbery’s killer Travis McMichael admitted she posted a disturbing image of the 25-year-old’s blood-soaked body on Snapchat. Travis, 35, his father Gregory McMichael, 65, and their friend William “Roddie” Bryan were convicted of Arbery’s murder on Wednesday. 4Lindsay McMichael admitted posting an unedited picture of Ahmaud Arbery's dead body on SnapchatCredit: Facebook 4Travis McMichael was among three men convicted of Arbery's murderCredit: ABC Arbery was shot dead while he was out jogging in Brunswick, Georgia on February 23, 2020. Lindsay McMichael, the sister of Travis, admitted posting an unedited image of Arbery's body on her Snapchat account but claimed she didn’t mean it maliciously. She said: “I had no nefarious or malicious intent when I posted that picture. “The thing is I’m a huge fan of true crime – I listen to four or five podcasts a week – I’m constantly watching that sort of thing. “It was more of a ‘Holy s***, I can’t believe this has happened. It was absolutely poor judgment." The Arbery family lawyer Lee Merritt slammed Lindsay’s actions at the time as he branded the chilling image “very disturbing". Arbery’s mom broke down in tears in the courtroom and shouted “justice”…

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Learn more. The decision was taken due to 'overwhelming evidence we are being put at risk when using social media.' British cosmetics company Lush has decided to close a number of its social media accounts across the 48 countries it operates in.The decision is a reaction to the "serious effects" Lush believes social media platforms are having on mental health. As Jack Constantine, chief digital officer and product inventor at Lush, told the BBC:" do need to start listening to the reality of how they're impacting people's mental health and the damage that they're causing through their craving for the algorithm to be able to constantly generate content regardless of whether it's good for the users or not."Mark Constantine, co-founder of Lush, also explained the decision to remove the company from certain platforms:"I've spent all my life avoiding putting harmful ingredients in my products. There is now overwhelming evidence we are being put at risk when using social media. I'm not willing to expose my customers to this harm, so it's time to take it out…

MEXICO CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mediabrands Content Studio (MBCS) and Rufus, Mediabrands exclusive agency for Amazon, are proud to announce the launch of a groundbreaking new branded content Snapchat lens, mARadona: the Homage of the Century, (Lens)–in honor of Amazon Prime Video’s new series, Maradona: Blessed Dream. The cutting-edge Lens, which was created as a tribute to Diego Maradona’s “Goal of the Century” marks the first time Snapchat has ever used body tracking next-generation augmented reality technology, a musical soundtrack, and a recorded voiceover in Latin America. The history-making Lens allows Snapchatters to physically simulate and experience the sights and sounds of “El Diez” as he scored his legendary goal at Azteca Stadium in 1986. As Snapchatters attempt to recreate the athlete’s signature gestures, Snapchat’s augmented reality body tracking technology reads participants’ body movements using “anchors” that identify and confirm that players have adopted the correct leg, torso, arm, and head positioning. As people attempt to beat the clock and advance, the Lens plays Argentine singer, Rodrigo’s, original recording of “La mano de Dios” (The Hand of God), a song written in honor of Maradona. When a fan mirrors all of Maradona’s original “giro, pique, finta, toque, and Barrilete cósmico” steps, they earn…

by: Kiah Armstrong Posted: Nov 23, 2021 / 06:16 PM MST / Updated: Nov 24, 2021 / 07:43 AM MST BERLIN GERMANY – NOVEMBER 28: Shoppers wait to enter a Lush cosmetics store with a Christmas theme on Black Friday weekend during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic on November 28, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Christmas season has begun muted in Germany as lockdown measures stay in place and are due to become even stricter in many regions in Germany beginning in December. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) (ABC4) – Popular UK-based cosmetics brand Lush announced on Monday that it will be deactivating some of its social media accounts in an effort to address mental health challenges that consumers face daily. The company is taking a stand and will deactivate its Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and Snapchat accounts beginning Nov. 26, across all 48 countries that it operates in. The accounts will remain deactivated until the platforms take action to provide a “safer environment for users.” In a news release, the company explains that the serious effects of social media are barely being acknowledged, comparing the situation to how issues surrounding climate change have been ignored for decades. The company…

Lush has announced it is closing its accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok until the social media sites do a better job of protecting users from harmful content.The campaigning beauty retailer said it had “had enough” after the allegations of the Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who claims the company puts profit ahead of the public good.The Lush chief digital officer, Jack Constantine, said the company would not ask customers to “meet us down a dark and dangerous alleyway”, adding that some social media platforms were “beginning to feel like places no one should be encouraged to go … Something has to change.”Constantine said the company spent a lot of time inventing products to help people to unwind and look after themselves. Social media platforms had become the antithesis of this, he argued, with algorithms designed to “keep people scrolling and stop them from switching off and relaxing”.The Poole-based retailer, best known for its fragrant soaps and bath bombs, has run campaigns over the years linked to social causes, with subjects ranging from the targeting of activists by undercover police officers to preventing the extinction of hen harriers.“When it gets to a point that our customers’ wellbeing is being put…

From November 26, 2021, Lush will close all brand, retail and people accounts on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat and invest in “new ways to connect” ​with consumers,​ building up “better communication channels elsewhere”​, the company said. The policy would be rolled out across all 48 countries where the cosmetics major operated.Lush said that, for now, it would maintain its presence on Twitter, YouTube and Pinterest.In a company statement, Lush said information from “courageous whistleblowers”​ had outlined “known harms”​ young people were exposed to due to current algorithms and loose regulation of social media, strengthening its decision to come off select platforms.“We hope that platforms will introduce strong best practice guidelines, and we hope that international regulation will be passed into law. But we can’t wait,”​ the company said.Social media the ‘antithesis’ of relaxation and switching off​Jack Constantine, chief data officer and product inventor at Lush, said: “As an inventor of bath bombs, I pour all my efforts into creating products that help people switch off, relax and pay attention to their social wellbeing. Social media platforms have become the antithesis of this aim, with algorithms designed to keep people scrolling and stop them from switching off and relaxing.”​Mark Constantine…

Going dark on Nov. 26 to compel social channels to provide a safer mental health environment for users. 11.22.21 Lush Cosmetics says effective Nov. 26, 2021, it will deactivate its Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Snapchat accounts in an effort to address consumers' mental health challenges. The beauty company says its global presence across these platforms will remain off until the platforms take action to provide a safer environment for users. This new policy is rolling out across all 48 countries where Lush operates.     In the same way that evidence against climate change was ignored and belittled for decades, concerns about the serious effects of social media are barely being acknowledged.  Lush has decided to address these serious issues now and to start by changing its own practices rather than waiting until others notice that there is actually a real problem, it said in a statement.   Lush on Instagram The brand will remain on YouTube and Twitter. Lush says it has tried to stop its use of social media in the past. Having previously attempted this in 2019 with Lush's UK channels, the brand says its resolve has been strengthened by all the latest information from courageous whistleblowers, which clearly lays out the…

A teenager has been jailed for four years after admitting to raping a 12-year-old girl. William Lee Cooper was 17-years-old when he was introduced to his victim on Snapchat, Bolton Crown Court heard. The pair spoke and met up at Atherton railway station on December 7 2017, prosecution barrister Adam Lodge told the court. READ MORE : Man charged with murder as 60-year-old killed near Printworks is named The victim had been with friends on that occasion and Cooper, of Briscoe Lane, Newton Heath, kissed her on the head when they eventually parted ways. He asked the girl if they could meet up again and they did on December 11. They went to a field close to a primary school in Atherton and Cooper asked the girl if she wanted to sit on him, as the ground was wet. She eventually stood up and Cooper told her to sit back down. Mr Lodge told the court that Cooper gave her a love bite on her neck - at which point she told him to stop. He threw her phone out of reach, pinned her down, ripped her leggings and raped her. The girl said that the attack lasted up to…

WhatsApp Desktop had a certain bug after a recent update. Photo: file  If you are a WhatsApp Desktop user and are unable to log in to the messaging app due to the recent multi-device update, you should uninstall and reinstall WhatsApp Desktop to fix the problem. The issue started because of a glitch which surfaced after the recent multi-device update, WABetaInfo informed on Twitter. WABetaInfo is an independent portal that keeps tabs on the developments of the Meta-owned messaging application. "This is due to a server-side update to improve multi-device and security notifications when a device list is updated," the website said."You can back up your chat history and reinstall WhatsApp to test if it works now."WABetaInfo further said WhatsApp has released a new Universal Windows Platform app. Some users are experiencing issues when scrolling a conversation and the problem may be caused by the AMD processor a user must be using. "But it might be a coincidence," it added.Some features on the Universal Windows Platform app are still missing, like status updates, archived chats, stickers and dark mode, the website said, adding that the company is already working on it.