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Meta launches paid verification subscription service in US
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, launched a paid subscription service in the U.S., allowing users on both platforms to pay for verification.
‘I Was Powerless’: Serbian Women Detail Devastating Impact of Revenge Porn
Confiding in her sister and a friend, the three of them composed an email to the porn site asking for the video to be taken down. Pornhub, which has over 130 million visits per day, obliged. But days later the video was back under a different heading.
Apple to launch app dedicated to classical music
Apple on March 9 said it will start streaming classical music from a stand-alone app on March 28 as it seeks to distinguish itself from rivals Spotify and specialist platforms.
The iPhone giant said Apple Music Classical will offer "the world's largest classical music catalog," with exclusive albums and an advanced search functionality not seen on other apps.
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‘Play bus’ put into service for quake survivor children
In a bid to bring smiles to the faces of quake-stricken children and help them cope with the trauma they are dealing with, the Osmaniye Municipality in the country's south has put a bus full of toys and games for children into service.
‘Sometimes things break’: Twitter outages are on the rise
After Elon Musk bought Twitter last year and eliminated thousands of its employees, many users were so alarmed by the cuts that #RIPTwitter and #GoodbyeTwitter began trending.
The social media service remains operational today. But its outages, bugs and other glitches are increasingly piling up.
The VoiCEE podcast: What Petr Pavel’s election means for the Czech Republic and the region
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Meta reports fall in sales, but beats expectations
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta on Feb. 1 reported its first annual sales drop since the company went public in 2012, but the fall was less brutal than expected, sending its share price soaring.
The social media giant said sales dropped one percent to $116.6 billion in 2022, while it also announced that the number of daily users on Facebook hit two billion for the first time.
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Spotify passes 200 million paying users
Music streaming giant Spotify on Jan. 31 reported a total of 205 million paying subscribers at the end of 2022, beating expectations, but its losses deepened.
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Five stars, zero clue: Fighting the ‘scourge’ of fake online reviews
Oobah Butler knew it was wrong to write fake online reviews for restaurants where he had never dined.
Reports About Greek Police Ties With Mafia Face Investigation
Greek Police, Athens, Photo: EPA-EFE/GEORGE VITSARAS
It follows reports in the media on Sunday, January 29, of secret conversations between police officers and people involved with the fuel mafia.