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Reported By:| Edited By: DNA Web Team |Source: DNA Web Desk |Updated: Sep 05, 2022, 07:08 AM ISTSnapchat has chosen to abandon its Web3 team as part of a company restructuring that also involves firing 20% of the staff. Team founder, Jake Sheinman tweeted the information regarding the web3 team. The tweet said, “As a result of company restructure, decisions were made to sunset our web3 team. The same team I co-founded last year with other pirates who believed in digital ownership and the role that AR can play to support that.”  Snapchat’s Web3 was looking to facilitate more direct connection with NFT projects to make an AR collaboration so that expansions like this would be native to Snap itself.  But it appears that won't happen anymore—at least not in the way that Snap's own, focused Web3 endeavour would have allowed it to.  Snap is shelving the Web3 team but it will continue to work on AR initiatives since AR is one among the three key areas the company is planning to focus on. According to Evan Spiegal, the Snap CEO, “We are restructuring our business to increase focus on our three strategic priorities: community growth, revenue growth and augmented…

A daredevil has been captured climbing on top of famous Edinburgh statues in a dangerous stunt. Shared on Snapchat, a video shows them climb on the two metal giraffes outside the Omni Centre, Edinburgh Live reports. The clip is mistakenly captioned: "Boys riding horses" and shows a group scale the tall animals at dark, despite the potential harm. Collectively named the Dreaming Spires, the life-size models were designed by Helen Dennerly and unveiled in 2005. Named Martha and Gilbert, the giraffes were originally temporary but became a permanent fixture in the capital 17 years ago. They stand tall outside the city centre shopping centre which also includes various restaurants and a cinema on the top floor. It comes as Omni has an affinity with giraffes also has a partnership with Edinburgh Zoo. Back in May, another individual was recorded sitting unbothered on top of one of the giraffe's in broad daylight. A visitor to the city was confused at what they were seeing and asked people online to help explain it to them. Don't miss the latest news from around Scotland and beyond - Sign up to our daily newsletter here . READ NEXT: Stunt cyclist Danny MacAskill pulls off…

Published September 4, 2022 11:13AM article In this photo illustration a Snapchat logo seen displayed on a smartphone screen in Athens, Greece on May 16, 2022. (Photo illustration by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) HARDEE COUNTY, Fla. - A Florida minor accused of threatening to shoot up a school on social media has been arrested.  According to the Hardee County Sheriff’s Office, deputies received several tips through Fortify Florida, a suspicious activity reporting app, about a person making threats to commit a school shooting on Snapchat. Deputies say they acted quickly on the tips and contacted the author who posted the following message on the social media platform: "When I come back to school I'm shooting whole school and ____ let me know if you wanna go with me everybody gonna die glock 19 drum mag 50 round y'all done (peace emoji, skull emoji) First nigga I wanna gat is ____." Deputies say the underage individual admitted to posting the message.  When they searched the minor's home, deputies claim to have found several toy guns inside the adolescent’s bedroom. Investigators also seized the juvenile’s cell phone. READ: ‘This student’s behavior is sickening’: Florida 5th grader arrested for mass shooting threat Sheriff…

Snapchat is still alive and kicking in 2022 among Gen Z, with 347 million daily users, according to Statista. Though we love a good 30-second TikTok dance, sending funny or filtered photos and videos – which disappear seconds after they’ve been viewed – never gets old. On Snapchat, you can also show off your location with GeoFilters, check out your astrological profile, and even make your pet look like a Disney character. They’ve even introduced a new dual camera feature – which allows you to create Snaps, Stories or Spotlight videos from two angles. Reckon you fancy joining the youth of today on yet another social media-slash-camera app? Prepare yourself: there are a lot of slang terms and acronyms floating about, and you should probably know how to use ’em. Here’s what some of them, including ICL, SB, SCM, NRS and ESB actually mean. Snapchat acronyms, terminology and their meanings ESB: This acronym stands for Everyone Snap Back. This is a request for everyone who sees it to send a Snap to the user – typically to ensure that snap streaks are maintained. The term is usually seen in stories or group chat messages. ICL: This can mean a few…

Snapchat groups make for great entertainment. However, how many people can join in on the fun? Check out Snapchat’s group size limitations. Snapchat group chats are a great way to keep a conversation among many people at once, but what is the limit of friends within a group? There is a saying, two's company, but four's a party. Believe it or not, there are users on the app who use Snapchat's group chats similarly to Discord. Add short text, bitmojis reactions and other activities, and it can be a delightful platform for interaction. The more people in the chat, the higher the entertainment value. Snapchat, a top-rated text messaging app, focuses on conversational-style messaging. Aimed at friends, to be a more personal app, Snapchat offers a wide range of features so that users can nurture their connections. These features include ephemeral text, stories, and group chats. Snapchat introduced the group messaging feature in 2016, and the function has evolved. Earlier this year, Snapchat introduced threads to make it easier to respond to individual messages. As group messaging on the platform improves over time, more people find themselves utilizing it. Luckily, Snapchat allows users to add many friends to a single…

A Florida father and daughter have been arrested after posting a video of a racoon being burned alive on Snapchat. Alicia Kincheloe, 30, and her father Roddy Kincheloe, 63, face aggravated animal cruelty felony charges, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on Friday. According to authorities, the agency’s Agricultural Unit was notified on 11 August of a viral Snapchat video that showed a racoon being burned alive inside a dumpster. In the video, a woman believed to be Ms Kincheloe can be heard saying, “We just toasted his , who’s hungry?”Another footage then showed the inside of the dumpster with the charred remains of the animal, ABC reported. The racoon did not show signs of aggression despite Ms Kincheloe calling it “mean,” police said. Ms Kincheloe initially told investigators that she had recorded the video, but had not set fire to the dumpster, deputies said. She allegedly admitted to the crime later. Alicia Kincheloe, 30, faces aggravated animal cruelty and tampering with evidence charges (Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office )Roddy Kincheloe, 63 (Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office )Ms Kincheloe told authorities that she was returning from lunch on the day of the incident when she found the dumpster in…

Recently, Snapchat introduced the new ‘Shortcut’ feature that lets you create a quick accessible Shortcut to instantly share snaps, media, or other stuff with the special ones from your contacts. In this article, I’ll be explaining how to create Shortcut in Snapchat using simple steps. Let’s get started! Snapchat is filled with so many fun features, games, ways, tools, etc. that make the interaction with the application super cool and enjoyable to use. If you are eager to try out this new feature, the next section should excite you completely. Steps to Create Snapchat Shortcut To create a Snapchat Shortcut for your profile, you really don’t need much of a hassle to enable it, just simply follow the steps below to learn how to create Shortcut in Snapchat. Open the Snapchat application. Open the Snap Camera tab. Create a regular Snap. This can be an image or a video depending upon you. You can even add any filter you wish. Once the Snap is taken, click on the Send To button. As the list of Friends opens up to send the Snap, tap the Search bar. With that done, you will now be able to see the Create Shortcut tab.…

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BOBIGNY, France - French rapper Timal was arrested east of Paris Wednesday after posting a video on Snapchat showing him kicking a dog. The clip showed the 25-year-old musician, whose real name is Ruben Louis, kicking one of his two dogs three times around the head, and bore the caption "you moron". Timal was arrested in Champs-sur-Marne and his two dogs confiscated, prosecutors in nearby Meaux said, adding that he faced charges of "cruelty towards a domestic animal". Several animal rights groups, including France's oldest, the Society for the Protection of Animals, said they had filed complaints. The latest high-profile animal cruelty case comes after French footballer Kurt Zouma was in June sentenced to 180 hours' community service by a British court for abusing his cat, which also came to light in a viral video. Timal first broke through in February this year with Filtre, recorded alongside fellow rapper Gazo and which was No. 1 in the charts for a week in March. The song has been played more than 52 million times on the world's top music streaming service Spotify, and almost the same number of times on YouTube. Five days ago, Timal released a new single, Cameleon alongside…

Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, is reportedly laying off 20 per cent of its workforce (around 1,280 employees), and the company's Chief Business Officer Jeremi Gorman is leaving to join Netflix. According to a report in The Verge citing sources, the layoffs that started from Wednesday will hit some verticals harder than others. Snap currently has more than 6,400 employees, which means nearly 1,280 employees will be shown the door. The team working on mini apps and games inside Snapchat will be severely impacted, the report said late on Tuesday. Another team that will see layoffs is Snap's hardware division, which is responsible for its AR Spectacles glasses and the Pixy camera drone. The company declined to comment on the layoffs. Snap's stock has tanked nearly 80 per cent since the beginning of this year. Reports earlier surfaced that Snap was set to sack employees and was in early stages of planning layoffs. The job cuts at Snap were coming after the company posted disastrous quarterly results (Q2) amid poor future forecast. Snap suffered nearly $10 billion loss and its shares hit a new 52-week low over disappointing quarterly results last month. The company reported a net loss of…