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Rahul Rai, a 24-year-old crypto hedge fund founder, believes ether could overtake bitcoin in the next six or so months.

Long-term, Mark Zuckerberg is all-in on the metaverse. But Meta is also making a big bet that Whatsapp for Business will be a huge growth driver first.

Ask those restless with the region’s image outside the area, and they’ll tell you that the Rio Grande Valley has been seen through a lens that only represents a border crisis. But for most Valley residents their hometown goes beyond what’s portrayed to the rest of the country.

The plane landed on South Milwaukee Avenue by a Trader Joe’s in Libertyville around 10:15 p.m., the fire department said.

The Hot Tamale Fest showcases South Texas' best tamales with an event in downtown Corpus Christi.

Public communication about the company's response to election misinformation on its social media sites has gone decidedly quite since 2020.

Email, text, DM or Facebook? Inviting friends to a party has gotten complicated.

Restaurant chain's move to add a plant-based menu item has touched off a culture clash over the company's values.

Jim Cramer explained his outlook on Meta during the CNBC Investing Club's "Monthly Meeting" on Thursday.

“Wished I could have seen the looks on their faces.”

Wesley Wallace says he got MPV by kissing someone at a bar. Now he wants people to see what the virus can look like and understand its stigma.

Social media companies like Meta and Twitter are experiencing a weak online ad market, but Amazon continues to flourish.

Friends and family positively identified the man as Steven Adolphus Edwards, 41. The man's sister was killed in a shooting July 11.

Social media’s grip on advertising dollars is loosening, and a weak economy isn’t the only reason.

Last week, Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram head Adam Mosseri both yielded to a new reality: TikTok is the social center of the internet.

Tales of AI’s inscrutability have been exaggerated. Big Tech should prepare for regulators to peer deep inside their platforms in the near future.

Researchers say Facebook and TikTok are failing to keep pace with a proliferation of terrorist content, hate speech and disinformation on their platforms.

Police investigating two brothers for a killing in South Carolina have found videos of them and others beating up at least five people at homeless camps in Greenville, authorities said. Greenville County deputies released parts of the videos Thursday on Facebook showing several men repeatedly punching and kicking at least three different people inside tents or outside. Investigators were able to identify five of the men attacked and charged three of the suspects with attempted murder and a fourth with second-degree assault and battery by a mob.

Meta Platforms says it will no longer pay U.S. news organizations to have their material appear in Facebook's News Tab as it reallocates resources in the economic downturn.

FacebookLarry Rudolph, the multi-millionaire dentist who’s accused of murdering his wife Bianca on a 2016 hunting trip in Zambia and framing it as an accident to bank millions in insurance cash, testified in federal court Wednesday for the first time.Rudolph vehemently denied accusations he killed his wife to receive a $4.8 million payout and finally be with his supposed lover, Lori Milliron, who faces an obstruction of justice charge herself.Defense attorneys claim the ordeal was a tragic accid

Is it too soon to ask how public discourse will change as more communication becomes private instead of public?

The head of the nation’s financial watchdog is having second thoughts about using fines to deter illegal behavior in the financial industry, saying some companies have gotten so big that the money makes little difference.

Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove.

While revenue guidance was light, Meta announces spending cuts in an effort to protect profits.

Meta is one of several technology companies that have scaled back hiring as economic conditions, including consumer spending, have become more challenging.

The company is down 36% from $10.39 billion, or $3.61 per share, in the same period a year ago.

"Questions about Meta's leadership" contributed to the decline, said Raj Shah, a managing partner at Publicis Sapient.

The substantial sum is the latest sign that CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Meta continues to spend heavily to win the so-called "metaverse."

Meta's quarterly earnings are another sign of a protracted slowdown in the digital ad market. Soaring inflation, interest rate hikes and other economic woes are making advertisers cautious.

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company Meta posted its first revenue decline in history Thursday, dragged by a drop in ad spending as the economy falters — and as competition from rival TikTok intensifies.

Federal regulators have taken legal action to block Facebook parent Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg from acquiring virtual reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural.

The lawsuit echoes issues progressive critics have said the FTC should have raised in Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.

The agency argues the purchase of VR game maker Within would put Facebook’s parent company one step closer "to its ultimate goal of owning the entire ‘Metaverse.’”

One trader is laying out more than $1 million to bet that Meta is due for a big post-earnings drop

At least four people are dead and dozens are injured after a major 7.0 magnitude earthquake ruptured the Philippines.

Blunt messages from Facebook executives about the need to boot low performers is creating a wave of anxiety among employees.

In Facebook Live videos, a woman claimed a police officer threw a cat over a bridge on North Beach.

Facebook is overhauling its flagship app and Instagram to be more like the video platform that's so popular with Gen Z. Some people, like Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, say it's trying too hard.

Meta is asking consumers to pay more for its headsets as the company pushes its business towards the metaverse.

As part of a project called "Healing Uvalde," 21 artists have made their way to the small Texas community to create murals of each victim and honor the lives lost during the Robb Elementary mass shooting in Uvalde earlier this year.

Instagram is mimicking TikTok with feed changes. To avoid content from accounts you don't want to see, you can streamline your feed to show accounts you choose.

Years after the Facebook founder’s $19 billion purchase, WhatsApp could wind up more valuable as a sacrifice to regulators than as a viable business.

Justin Bolognino says his company has been named META for over a decade, and that it was destroyed when Facebook rebranded itself as Meta last year.

Seriously.

Investors will be watching how Meta's online ad business fares when the company reports second-quarter earnings.

Years after the Facebook founder’s $19 billion purchase, WhatsApp could wind up more valuable as a sacrifice to regulators than as a viable business.

ROMAN PETRENKO - MONDAY, 25 JULY 2022, 09:18 The Strategic Communications Centre reports that on the night of 23-24 July, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a hotel in the city of Krasnyi Luch, in Luhansk Oblast, killing 100 Russian soldiers.

According to Gloria, the basic signs of heat exhaustion are dizziness, feeling faint, excessive sweating and having cold, clammy skin. He adds that, in some extreme cases, a person experiencing heat exhaustion could feel nauseous which could lead to vomiting. “Your pulse says a lot about what your condition is and so, during the heat exhaustion phase, you may experience a very rapid pulse but very weak. “When it comes to the pulse, contrary to the heat exhaustion in this case, your pulse will continue to be really fast but it will be a very strong pulse,” Gloria said. Across the board, the number one way to combat heat exhaustion is to stay hydrated.

Kherson has been in the hands of Russian troops since the early days of the war.

UpRising Bakery and Cafe was hosting a “Starry Night Brunch Drag” show at the store beginning at 6 p.m. Saturday, according to Facebook. The event, which was sold out, was advertised as a family-friendly evening filled with food and entertainment.

Big Tech has soared for the past decade. But hiring freezes, slowing revenue growth and lay-offs show Silicon Valley is preparing for a recession.

Facebook is rolling out an update that enables its 2 billion daily users to more easily view their friends’ posts in chronological order.

The girl was “completely blue” when the driver found her.

The main news feed will now be known as "Home," and will act as more of a "discovery engine" based on people's online habits.

Facebook is overhauling the design of its flagship social network app by elevating content from creators over posts from friends and family.

The digital tokens, whose value is typically pegged to the dollar, would see their issuers subjected to bank-like regulations under a bipartisan House plan.

Certain social media users will be getting paid after a lawsuit settlement over privacy laws. Find out if you qualify and what you need to do next.

Amazon has filed a lawsuit against administrators of more than 10,000 Facebook groups it accuses of coordinating fake reviews in exchange for money or free products.

Texas musician Dale Watson is asking Houston to be on the lookout for his stolen guitar.

A new report says social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ users.

You’ve probably heard corny jokes, but how about a corny story? Well, Gail Galloway on my Facebook page posted the above picture with this yesterday: We had over 50 corn husks falling from the sky. What do you know about this. We are in Hockley...at Someday Farm. And Gail says they have horses, not corn. You can see a few scattered corn husks here from around 4pm:

Officials with the Galveston County Health District are asking residents to “mask up” once again, citing a current high level of COVID-19 cases in the community.

The Houston Astros start their series against the Los Angeles Angels at Minute Maid Park this weekend. One Magnolia family hoped they would be there in person cheering on the Astros and celebrating their son’s 11th birthday, but their mom reached out to KPRC 2 with a buyer beware.

A major accident in La Porte caused major backups on the roadway Wednesday evening, according to officials.

Facebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them following a Supreme Court decision that stripped away constitutional protections for the procedure.

When a GOP Missouri U.S. Senate candidate released a video Monday in which he cocked a gun after calling for a hunt of fellow Republicans who he believes are “RINOs,” or Republicans in Name Only, Facebook scraped it off its platform within a few hours.

The Justice Department says Facebook will change its algorithms to prevent discriminatory housing advertising as its parent company subjects itself to court oversight in a response to a U.S. lawsuit.

A new study has found that Facebook failed to catch Islamic State group and al-Shabab extremist content in posts aimed at East Africa as the region remains under threat from violent attacks and Kenya prepares to vote in a closely contested national election.

Nearly 500 comments later and people are still weighing in on what exactly was standing outside the Amarillo Zoo’s fencing on May 21 at 1:25 a.m.

The head of the Federal Trade Commission says the agency is pushing a robust agenda of actions and policies to help safeguard children’s privacy online.

Facebook has failed another test of its ability to detect blatant, violent hate speech in advertisements submitted to the platform by the nonprofit group Global Witness.

One organization in Detroit is doing its best to make sure there is access for all types of cyclists.

Sheryl Sandberg, the No. 2 executive at Facebook owner Meta, who helped turn its business from startup to digital advertising empire while also taking blame for some of its biggest missteps along the way, is stepping down.

The 2021 law sought to prohibit social media companies from banning users based on their viewpoints.

Loving children and beloved educators were killed at Robb Elementary School on May 24 in the deadliest school shooting in Texas history.

Texas authorities say the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers inside an elementary school discussed his interest in purchasing a gun on private social media conversations.

Officials clarified the timeline of the shooting Thursday after giving varying accounts. They refused to answer many questions about the tactics.

Could technology companies have monitored ominous messages made by a gunman who Texas authorities say massacred 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school.

The governor said the 18-year-old gunman shared each step of his rampage on Facebook, but the social media giant says they were private text messages — not public posts.

At least 19 children and two adults were shot and killed in a mass shooting Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, officials said.

A slump in several big companies weighed down the stock market Tuesday, leaving most major indexes lower.

Buc-ee’s is opening another location as the beloved gas station chain expands across the U.S.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political ads.

The District of Columbia has sued Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg.

A major New York pension fund that has invested in both Facebook’s corporate parent and Twitter believes it’s time to shake up the companies’ boards of directors because of their inability to keep violent content off their influential social media services.

A Florida law intended to punish social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter for allegedly discriminating against conservative thought is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment.

WhatsApp parent Meta is moving forward with its push to attract businesses to its popular chat app.

Puppy scams are not new. Con artists play on your emotions with the promise of a sweet, new furry friend that, in the end, victims learn may not even exist. The KPRC 2 Investigates team has a new twist on the old puppy scam that uses real pictures and videos of puppies that are actually for sale.

Experts are calling for a broader discussion around livestreams after a white gunman killed 10 Black people at a Buffalo supermarket.

Big tech companies like Google and Facebook would have to comply with tough British rules under a new digital watchdog aimed at giving consumers more choice online.

A prison official from Alabama is missing after escorting an inmate to a courthouse for a hearing.

Facebook parent Meta’s first quarter profit jumped past Wall Street’s expectations despite slower revenue growth, sending shares up sharply in after-hours trading.

As voters get ready for hundreds of elections of local and national importance this year, officials and voting rights advocates are bracing for a repeat of the misinformation that overwhelmed the 2020 presidential election.

The European Union has reached a landmark deal to take aim at hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content online.

European Union officials are nearing agreement on a sweeping new law aimed at protecting internet users by forcing big tech companies like Google and Facebook to step up their efforts to curb the spread of hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content.

A livestreamed fatal stabbing of a woman on social media led police to her body in an office building parking lot in Louisiana’s capital.

More than 400 Detroit families came to Faith Xperience Church to watch 10,000 eggs drop from a helicopter!

Meta Platforms Inc., the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, plans to celebrate Earth Day by expanding its offering of fundraising tools and making them more easily available to more than 1.5 million nonprofits on its Facebook and Instagram platforms, including those involved in fighting climate change.

A constable had quite a bizarre find when they pulled over a vehicle for a traffic stop in the Denver Harbor area. It wasn’t just a case of the vehicle allegedly being stolen, but rather what was inside. Not drugs or guns, but dozens of animals, ranging from house pets, to armadillos and some species many of us have never heard of before.

The nonprofit that distributed most of the $350 million in donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to election offices in 2020 says it won’t disburse similar donations this year.