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Tag: Social
Tyson Fury “To Go Off Social Media Completely” While Preparing For Dillian Whyte
Posted on 02/22/2022 “Hi. Tyson Fury here: AKA, the Gypsy King.” So began a social media post from Tyson Fury released Tuesday, roughly 24 hours after Dillian Whyte signed a contract to face him in April. “I’m about to go
Trump’s social media app goes live in Apple’s App Store
Users who downloaded the app Monday morning were greeted by a message inviting them to register for the service — but the signup process ended in a waitlist to access the platform that had already grown to more than 150,000.
Trump’s TRUTH Social launches at the top of the App Store, but no one can get in
Donald Trump’s media group released its TRUTH Social iOS app today in the U.S., but a scan of the app’s API using publicly available tools revealed that it already closed itself to registrations (also, the scan showed that its “proprietary
DC transit authority social media accounts hacked with obscene Twitter posts
In the early morning, a series of lewd tweets and photos were posted on the Twitter accounts for the metro rail service and WMATA, which posts information about the capital area’s metro system. The WMATA Twitter page name was also
Oscar Valdez: “Shakur Stevenson Is Very Good At Fighting But He’s Better At Social Media”
Posted on 02/20/2022 By: Hans Themistode Shakur Stevenson has done his best to poke, antagonize, and annoy Oscar Valdez. The 24-year-old New Jersey native has been eyeing a showdown against Valdez since both men competed at 126 pounds. At one
Meta’s ‘Horizon’ Social VR Platform Surpasses 300,000 Users in 3 Months
Meta opened its Horizon Worlds social VR platform in December, rolling out its proto-metaverse project to Quest users in the US and Canada. During an all-hands company call this past week—where CEO Mark Zuckerberg dubbed Meta employees ‘metamates’—the company announced
Microsoft shuts down AltspaceVR’s social hubs to combat harassment
Microsoft is making a handful of changes to AltspaceVR to combat harassment within the virtual reality app. As of today, the company has removed the Campfire, News and Entertainment Commons social spaces. Those were hubs where AltspaceVR users could freely
Street Photographer Helen Levitt’s Unweepy Social Realism
Her photos capture rambunctious life in gritty New York neighborhoods. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I’ m in Paris now, but for a week I was among the few Americans in London. That said, totems of America were plentiful. I saw two
Republicans add crack pipes to list of social issues for 2022 midterms
They see a “crack” in the armor. Republican party strategists are champing at the bit for the 2022 midterm elections, eager to hammer Dems over a growing list of off-the-wall woke initiatives — the latest a reported plan by the