Month: August 2022

Meta plans to bring paid features to Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp

Meta is setting up a product organization to identify and build “possible paid features” for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, according to an internal memo sent to employees last week that was obtained by The Verge. The new division is Meta’s first serious foray into building paid features across its main social apps, all three of …

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New ChromeOS welcome screen w/ glanceable widgets

Here’s your first look at the upcoming welcome screen for ChromeOS that brings “glanceable” widgets with meaningful, proactive information, similar to At A Glance on the Pixel series. Earlier this month, we were first to report that ChromeOS would be gaining a new feature called “glanceables” that would add widgets to your Chromebook’s desktop. From …

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White Dallas officer on leave after making coin Black Police Association says is racist

A white Dallas police officer is on administrative leave as the department investigates allegations that he made and tried to sell a challenge coin the Black Police Association decried as racist. Chief Eddie García said at a news conference Wednesday the officers’ design for the South Central Patrol Division coin stained the department. He apologized …

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Tony La Russa out indefinitely as White Sox manager with heart issue | st. Louis Cardinals

[a By Rick Hummel Louis Post-Dispatch Former Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, who went to the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix to be treated for a case of shingles that sidelined him for a week during the Cardinals’ 2011 World Series championship season, has left the Chicago White Sox to go back to the same clinic …

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‘House of the Dragon’ co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik leaving series

Miguel Sapochnik attends HBO Original Drama Series “House Of The Dragon” World Premiere at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on July 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Jon Kopaloff | Wireimage | Getty Images “House of the Dragon” co-showrunner Miguel Sapochnik is departing the newly launched series before its second season. The writer, director and …

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Bed Bath & Beyond closing approximately 150 stores, laying off about 20% of workforce

NEW YORK — Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond lost nearly a quarter of their value Wednesday after the struggling home goods retailer announced a restructuring that includes store closures, layoffs and a possible stock offering. The company said it has obtained more than $500 million of new financing and was reducing 20% ​​of its …

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Fed likely to keep hiking until there’s economic deterioration

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday he expects the Federal Reserve to keep raising interest rates until there is clear evidence that the US economy has slowed down. While some hoped the Fed may soon stop aggressively hiking rates in a pivot reminiscent of early 2019, the “Mad Money” host said that does not appear to …

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Cowboys’ Cooper Rush will serve as backup QB, get promoted to active roster ahead of Week 1 etc. buccaneers

[a USATSI The Dallas Cowboys don’t have a single quarterback other than Dak Prescott on their 53-man roster as of now, but they are welcomed back a pair of familiar faces as emergency depth Wednesday, re-signing backups Cooper Rush and Will Grier to their practice squad. Hours later, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy said Rush …

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