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Published 10:01 pm Sunday, October 24, 2021 A shooting threat that circulated the social media app Snapchat on Sunday night was not aimed at Vicksburg’s Warren Central High School, officials say. “Me and a couple of my friends have been bullied for so long and we can’t deal with it anymore,” the screenshot message read. “We plan on shooting up Warren Central High School around 10 to 11 a.m. We will shoot anyone on sight, going for around 5-10 students and 5 administrators.” While this left several students and parents concerned, Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace confirmed to The Post that the threat did not originate in the area. Pace said the threat originated in Warren County, Missouri several days ago and that Warren Central High School in Vicksburg was not a known target. There are 14 counties in the United States named Warren, and several others besides the one in Mississippi have high schools named Warren Central. This is not the first time threats to similarly-named schools in different states have caused confusion. In 2017, Northeast Jones High School in Mississippi was put on lockdown when social media threats to a “Northeast” high school surfaced. The posts were later…

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - A chilling incident Friday at a Rapid City school, as police were called to a potential shooting threat.According to a social media post made by Rapid City Area Schools, there was heavy law enforcement presence at Central High School after a message indicating that students were planning to “shoot up” the school, circulated on Snapchat.It was discovered by investigators that the message did not originate in Rapid City, and was instead referring to another “Central High School.”Law enforcement in surrounding cities with a “Central High School” have been notified about the incident and are pursuing several investigations.The RCAS assures there is no threat to the Rapid City Central High School Community, and that student safety is their top priority. Copyright 2021 KOTA. All rights reserved.

Several Black students at a Florida high school reportedly were suspended for five days after they confronted white classmates involved in a racist video featuring a mock Ku Klux Klan hood and the N-word.However, the white students who appeared in the video have not been suspended, according to Jacksonville's Channel 4, sparking outrage among parents and others. Black students at Yulee High School in Nassau County reportedly received the video from a classmate on Snapchat. The video shows two white teens, one of them wearing a mock KKK hood. "Hold on, you see that?" one of the teens says in the video, pointing at the camera. "It's a n*gger."Channel 4 reported Friday: "A group of Black students who received this video from one of their classmates confronted the two students who appeared in it. Because of that confrontation, parents say those Black students were suspended for five days, but the students who appeared in the video were not suspended. Parents say this is incredibly unfair and students now are planning a protest, starting with tonight's homecoming football game." Two of the suspended Black students are members of the football team, and teammates reportedly considered taking a knee in protest during…

Valentin Wolf / imageBROKERSnap, the parent company of social media app Snapchat, saw stock prices fall 30% on Thursday, according to Bloomberg. By Friday, mid-morning, the stock had plunged from more than $75 per share Thursday to a low of $57.46. The plunge occurred after Snapchat owner warned during the Q3 earnings report that customers are cutting back on ad spending.See: 19 Stock Perks That Will Blow Your MindFind: 7 Best Coffee StocksSnap’s earnings report fells $93 million short of expectations, according to investment website Seeking Alpha. Additionally, the company forecasted Q4 revenue growth of just 19% to 20%, which would normally be higher as companies invest in advertising for the holiday season and the high-revenue Cyber Week.Two FAANG stocks, Facebook and Alphabet, which are also ad-revenue driven services, suffered from the news, as well. Facebook stock dropped more than 6% in post-market trading, according to Bloomberg, plunging from just under $342 at market close Thursday to a low of $322.56. By mid-morning on Friday, it continued to hover in the low $320s. Meanwhile, Alphabet stock lost 2.8% in after-hours trading, dipping from $2837.34 Thursday at market close to a low for the week of $2,756.11 in the morning hours…

Snapchat’s boss sees almost £600m wiped off his fortune after shares in the social media app plunge 25% By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52, 22 October 2021 | Updated: 22:44, 22 October 2021 Snapchat’s boss saw almost £600m wiped off his fortune after shares in the social media app plunged 25 per cent.  Chief executive Evan Spiegel, who co-founded the firm with software engineer Bobby Murphy in 2011 and is married to Australian model Miranda Kerr, saw the value of his 3.1 per cent stake tumble to £1.7billion from £2.3billion.  Murphy, who owns 6.3 per cent of the group, saw his own stake slashed by £1.1billion to £3.5billion.  Hit: Chief executive Evan Spiegel is married to Australian model Miranda Kerr (pictured) The share price plunge came as Spiegel warned privacy rules rolled out by Apple in June, which stop advertisers tracking iPhone users without their consent, made it ‘more difficult’ for the company to assess how ad campaigns were performing on its app.  As a result of the setbacks, the company posted revenue for its third quarter of £773m, up 57 per cent year-on-year but lower than the £797m predicted by market analysts.  Some links in this…

The Magic Leap 2 headset looks smaller but still also looks to be tethered to a processor to work. Magic Leap Magic Leap is still around, and the augmented-reality company is aiming a new headset at the business market to take on territory similar to Microsoft's Hololens. Magic Leap CEO Peggy Johnson (formerly with Microsoft) revealed the new headset during a CNBC interview and in a blog post on Monday. Johnson told news outlets earlier this year that a new headset would be announced by the end of 2021.Magic Leap's immediate goals for Magic Leap 2 are a wider field of view (the first version had a very limited viewing area in which AR graphics would appear), a smaller more glasses-like size, and dimming for use in bright outdoor conditions. First-gen AR headsets didn't work very well in bright sunlight, although current AR headset efforts from Snapchat and Niantic (using Microsoft's Hololens 2) are becoming more outdoor-focused. The goal for the headset looks to be designed for helping remote workers connect and train away from physical offices, much like what the Hololens 2 has been aiming for as well.  Get the CNET Windows Report newsletter Get smarter with the latest Microsoft…

Social media platform Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP) stock has surprised investors to the upside as it continues to expand its products and user growth. Daily active users (DAU) rose 23% in Q2 2021 to 293 million. The platform has gotten much deeper during the pandemic as the Company launched it Spotlight product. Spotlight DAU grew 49% with average daily content submissions more than tripling and daily time spent by U.S. users rose 60% sequentially. The Company is operating on all cylinders constantly expanding its partnerships and products. The level of sophisticated synergies is impressive and its DAU continues to grow, unlike its peer Pinterest (NASDAQ: PINS) which is showing a decline as users leave home with the acceleration of COVID vaccinations. Fears of a DAU reversion for Snapchat usage upon the return to work and the reopening trend has so far been put to rest, but still lingers in investors’ minds. Prudent investors seeking exposure in this growing social media platform can watch for opportunistic pullbacks in shares. Depositphotos.com contributor/Depositphotos.com - MarketBeat Q2 FY 2021 Earnings Release On July 22, 2021, Snap released its fiscal second-quarter 2021 results for the quarter ending June 2021. The Company reported an adjusted earnings-per-share…

Ms Carter said Snap welcomed a conversation around safety as it had “really provided us with the opportunity to share what has been our purpose since day one”.“I’m personally really proud to work at a company like Snap, where since inception we have designed the app to be really thoughtful about that impact that we have on our community, and I feel like we’re increasingly finding the friends and advertisers and agencies want to ensure that their budgets are aligned with companies that also share their values,” she said.“It’s becoming increasingly important that privacy is a part of those core values. Since inception, ephemeral photos and videos, what we were first known for, have helped people live in the moment as regular conversations, so the notion of privacy has been incredibly precious to us since launch.”Snap Inc has been attempting to draw a line between itself and the rest of the tech industry for a number of years now, with founder and chief executive Evan Spiegel saying back in 2019 “on Snapchat, you’re free to be you, with your real friends. As we use the internet more and more in our daily lives, we need a way to make it…

Gentleman farmers and founders of Beekman 1802 Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Dr. Brent Ridge Courtesy of Beekman 1802 Indie-beauty Beekman 1802 has always been a special brand. Founded by married partners Brent Ridge M.D. and advertising executive Josh Kilmer-Purcell, it came about by accident. After buying an upstate farm in Sharon Springs, NY as a weekend getaway in 2007, they simultaneously found themselves out of high-paying city jobs due to the recession. Retreating to the farm to ponder next steps, they were called on by neighbor John Hall whose herd of 80 goats lost their home. As an act of neighborly kindness, they invited Farmer John and his goats in and the rest is history. Kindness as a corporate mission “We always say we started with that single act of kindness. That set the course for our whole company,” Dr. Ridge shares. “We never set out to become a large beauty company, but it’s just the way it took us.” They didn’t even know beauty would be their next calling, but with a herd of goats on hand, they started there. “We just googled what can we make with goat milk,” Dr. Ridge says. They discovered goat milk is a healing…

Crystal Gross October 9, 2021 News Snapchat is doing its part to tackle the rampant sale of illegal drugs on its platform by unveiling new safety policies meant to tackle the problem. On Thursday, the social media platform said that it is “determined to remove illegal drug sales from our platform, and we have been investing in proactive detection and collaboration with law enforcement to hold drug dealers accountable for the harm they are causing our community.” The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says there is a “staggering increase” of fentanyl-laced pills in the U.S. contributing to an uptick in drug overdoses, CBS News reported. Snapchat announced that it had developed a new educational portal called Heads Up, which will come if a Snapchat user searches for drug-related keywords. The feature will pull up content from health organizations, including Song for Charlie, Shatterproof, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The popular app also said that it has made “significant operational improvements” by increasing its enforcement rates by 112% and proactive detection rates by 260% since the start of 2021. It has also developed new family safety tools for parents and their children.…