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  • Shehnaaz Gill Pauses Her Singing After Hearing ‘Azaan’ During Lokmat Awards 2023 as Mark of Respect, Wins Twitterati’s Hearts (Watch Video)

    Shehnaaz Gill Pauses Her Singing After Hearing ‘Azaan’ During Lokmat Awards 2023 as Mark of Respect, Wins Twitterati’s Hearts (Watch Video)

    Actress and singer Shehnaaz Gill has won the hearts of her fans once again. Recently, the actress attended Lokmat Awards 2023 in Mumbai and during the event, Shehnaaz was asked to sing, but she paused on hearing the azaan. In the video she can be seen standing quietly with her mic waiting for the azaan to finish. A video of the same is going crazy viral on internet, with many praising Shehnaaz for her respect towards the Islamic call to prayer. Bigg Boss 16 Winner MC Stan and Shehnaaz Gill Pose Together at an Awards Show in Mumbai (Watch Video).

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  • St Anthony Blesses Animals As People in Madrid Bring Their Pets to the Gathering To Mark St Anthony’s Day; Watch the Viral Video

    St Anthony Blesses Animals As People in Madrid Bring Their Pets to the Gathering To Mark St Anthony’s Day; Watch the Viral Video

    St Anthony the Abbot, who is considered the patron saint of animals, was seen blessing several pets in Madrid, Spain, to mark St. Anthony’s Day. The video of the adorable animals getting in line to be blessed has gone viral, with people absolutely loving the heartwarming video. A Madrid resident in the video said that it’s an annual tradition, and he brings his dog to be blessed by St Anthony every year. Take a look at these adorable furry animals gathered for their blessings. Paw-Some Wedding! Tommy and Jaily Get hitched in UP’s Aligarh (Watch Video).

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  • Lina Khan-Led US FTC Grills Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Over Company’s Acquisition of Virtual Reality Firm ‘Within’

    Lina Khan-Led US FTC Grills Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Over Company’s Acquisition of Virtual Reality Firm ‘Within’

    Washington, December 21: Lina Khan-led US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) grilled Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in a hearing about the company’s acquisition of virtual reality (VR) company called Within that owns the popular fitness app ‘Supernatural’.

    Zuckerberg told FTC authorities during the hearing that fitness is not his priority in the VR space and he would rather focus on social, gaming and productivity use cases, reports TechCrunch. Mark Zuckerberg To Resign as Meta CEO Next Year? Facebook Parent Company Responds To Media Reports.

    In July, the FTC had sued Meta in an attempt to block the deal, saying it was an anti-competitive move. Meta is currently losing billions of dollars per quarter on its VR projects. “Instead of competing on the merits, Meta is trying to buy its way to the top,” according to John Newman, Deputy Director, FTC Bureau of Competition.

    “Meta already owns a best-selling virtual reality fitness app, and it had the capabilities to compete even more closely with Within’s popular Supernatural app. But Meta chose to buy market position instead of earning it on the merits,” he added. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says Apple App Store Policies Present ‘Conflict of Interest’.

    The FTC is seeking to block virtual reality giant Meta and Zuckerberg from acquiring Within as Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is already a key player at each level of the VR sector.

    The agency alleged that Meta and Zuckerberg are planning to expand Meta’s VR empire “with this attempt to illegally acquire a dedicated fitness app that proves the value of virtual reality to users.”

    Supernatural offers a variety of high-quality workouts set to music, including tracks from A-list artists like Katy Perry, Imagine Dragons, Lady Gaga, and Coldplay, and virtually located in striking, photorealistic locales, like the Galapagos Islands. The agency said that according to Within’s co-founder and CEO, “Fitness is the killer use case for VR.”

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 21, 2022 11:44 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg Brings Digital Avatars to WhatsApp Users

    Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg Brings Digital Avatars to WhatsApp Users

    New Delhi, December 7: Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced the company is bringing digital avatars to WhatsApp. On WhatsApp, people can now use their personalised avatars as profile photos or choose from one of 36 custom stickers reflecting many different emotions and actions.

    “We’re bringing avatars to WhatsApp! Now you can use your avatar as a sticker in chats. More styles coming soon across all our apps,” said Zuckerberg. Your avatar is a digital version of you that can be created from billions of combinations of diverse hair styles, facial features, and outfits. Walmart Layoffs: Retail Giant Lays Off 200 Corporate Employees Amid Rising Inflation.

    “Sending an avatar is a fast and fun way to share feelings with friends and family. It can also be a great way to represent yourself without using your real photo so it feels more private,” said WhatsApp. Zomato Layoffs: Food Delivery App Sacks Nearly 100 Employees Across Functions, 4% Cut in Workforce Likely, Says Report.

    The company said that it will continue to deliver style enhancements including lighting, shading, hair style textures, and more that will make avatars even better over time. Zuckerberg looks forward to “seeing people explore and build immersive worlds, and to bringing this to more countries soon”.

    “We want everyone to have control over their experience in Horizon Worlds, so we’re always working to add more tools and features that let people customise their own experiences,” Meta had said in a blog post. Meta has also announced to add legs to its virtual avatars which are not yet on its VR platform Horizon Worlds, and may arrive early next year.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 07, 2022 04:22 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Meta Employees, Sacked in November, Claim They Didn’t Get Severance as Promised by CEO Mark Zuckerberg

    Meta Employees, Sacked in November, Claim They Didn’t Get Severance as Promised by CEO Mark Zuckerberg

    New Delhi, December 6: Several Meta employees, sacked by the company last month, have claimed they did not get the severance package as promised by Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In one of the worst lay-offs ever in the tech industry, Zuckerberg sacked more than 11,000 employees — about 13 per cent of the global workforce — and extended hiring freeze through Q1 2023.

    According to a CNBC report, employees who joined Meta via a corporate training programme claim “they are receiving inferior severance packages compared to other workers who were recently laid off”. The employees are members of Meta’s Sourcer Development Programme, which, in turn, is part of the company’s Pathways programme. Facebook Parent Meta Planning To Lay Off ‘Thousands’ of Employees This Week: Reports.

    The laid off members of Meta’s Sourcer Development Programme said they were not contract workers and were categorised as short-term employees and received all the benefits of full-time employees, including insurance and retirement funds but not corporate stock packages. Zuckerberg had promised severance of 16 weeks of base pay plus two additional weeks for every year of service, with no cap. Meta Warns Its Employees Not to Discuss ‘Abortion’ at Workplace.

    “We’ll cover the cost of healthcare for people and their families for six months,” said Zuckerberg, adding that the company will “provide three months of career support with an external vendor, including early access to unpublished job leads”.

    However, members of the Sourcer Development Programme said they only received “8 weeks of base pay and three months of Continuation of Health Coverage (COBRA). The affected workers sent a letter to Zuckerberg and other Meta executives, asking for help to resolve the issue. However, they have not received any replies from Meta so far.

    Meta did not comment on the report. The company had also promised to pay for all remaining paid time off (PTO) time and everyone impacted will receive their November 15, 2022 vesting of shares.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 06, 2022 03:38 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says Apple App Store Policies Present ‘Conflict of Interest’

    Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Says Apple App Store Policies Present ‘Conflict of Interest’

    San Francisco, December 1: Amid the ongoing Elon Musk and Apple tussle, Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has once again slammed the iPhone maker for its App Store content moderation policies that present “a conflict of interest”.

    Addressing the New York Times DealBook conference, Zuckerberg said that “it is problematic for one company to be able to control what app experiences end up on a device”.

    He said that the “vast majority of profits in the mobile ecosystem go toward Apple”. On Musk being the new Twitter owner, the Meta CEO said “it’ll be very interesting to see how this plays out”. Meta Removes 32 Million Pieces of Bad Content From Facebook, Instagram in India in October 2022.

    After his meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook, Musk on Thursday said that they have “resolved” misunderstandings over the micro-blogging platform possibly being removed from the App Store.

    Apple and Meta (formerly Facebook) are at the loggerheads over privacy changes in iOS and App Store. Facebook is struggling to patch its ad-tracking systems after Apple brought tough privacy changes in its App Store.

    Apple introduced the “Ask App not to Track” prompt as part of iOS 14.5 in 2021 which has had a significant impact on various companies, including Meta which said that Apple iOS privacy changes will cost it a whopping $10 billion in 2022.

    Apple’s iOS 14.5 update, released in April 2021, came with an App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature that has affected digital advertising for tech giants. WhatsApp New Feature to Let Users Connect to Two Android Devices With Same Account.

    According to the WSJ report, Apple’s privacy move resulted in a “sharp business slump that has shaved approximately $600 billion from the company’s (Meta’s) market value in less than a year”.

    A Meta spokesman said that the company has “made significant changes over the past five years to protect people’s data while also allowing businesses of all sizes to grow”.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Dec 01, 2022 05:52 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • Mark Zuckerberg To Resign as Meta CEO Next Year? Facebook Parent Company Responds To Media Reports

    Mark Zuckerberg To Resign as Meta CEO Next Year? Facebook Parent Company Responds To Media Reports

    San Francisco, November 23: Meta (formerly Facebook) has denied reports that its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is resigning next year amid slow growth and massive layoffs at the social network. The Leak portal first reported, citing its source privy to plans at Meta, that “Zuckerberg is set to resign next year”.

    The report claimed that Zuckerberg has decided to step down himself and it will not “affect metaverse”, his multi-billion dollar project. Andy Stone, Meta’s Communications Director, refuted the report late on Tuesday, tweeting that “This is false”. Meta-Owned WhatsApp Announces New Features for Better End-to-End Commerce Experience for Users.

    Despite serious concerns raised by investors and industry experts, Zuckerberg is determined to aggressively push his Metaverse dream. Earlier this month, in one of the worst lay-offs ever in the tech industry, Zuckerberg sacked more than 11,000 employees — about 13 per cent of the global workforce — and extended hiring freeze through Q1 2023.

    The company posted another quarterly revenue decline as investors begin to lose faith in its loss-making, billion-dollars metaverse dream. In the third quarter (Q3), Meta’s revenue declined 4 per cent year over year to hit $27.7 billion. The company posted a net income of $4.395 billion, down from $9.194 billion year over year.

    This decline was due to Meta’s huge losses in Reality Labs, Meta’s virtual reality division, which lost $3.672 billion in Q3. “There’s still a long road ahead to build the next computing platform. But we’re clearly doing leading work here. This is a massive undertaking and it’s often going to take a few versions of each product before they become mainstream,” Zuckerberg had said. Zuckerberg Announces WhatsApp Business for Brazil, UK, Indonesia, Mexico, Colombia.

    Meta CFO David Wehner, however, said that some of the revenue decline is due to inflation. Meta investors have called on the company to reduce its workforce by at least 20 per cent and stop making investments in metaverse.

    In a sharp criticism of Zuckerberg, Altimeter Capital Chair and CEO Brad Gerstner had said that the social network needs to reduce more headcounts and stop spending too much on metaverse to get its “mojo back”.

    (The above story first appeared on Morning Tidings on Nov 23, 2022 10:42 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website morningtidings.com).

  • WhatsApp India Head Abhijit Bose, Meta Public Policy Chief Rajiv Aggarwal Resign Days After Mark Zuckerberg Announced Mass Layoffs

    WhatsApp India Head Abhijit Bose, Meta Public Policy Chief Rajiv Aggarwal Resign Days After Mark Zuckerberg Announced Mass Layoffs

    New Delhi, November 15: WhatsApp India head Abhijit Bose and Meta’s public policy head Rajiv Aggarwal have resigned from their positions, social media major Meta said on Tuesday. The development comes within a week of Meta announcing 11,000 lay-offs across the globe.

    The company has given charge of Meta India Public Policy to Shivnath Thukral who is currently serving as Director of WhatsApp Public Policy in India. Meta Layoffs: WhatsApp and Facebook Owner Mark Zuckerberg Sacks 11,000 Employees in Worst Tech Firings.

    “I want to thank Abhijit Bose for his tremendous contributions as our first head of WhatsApp in India. His entrepreneurial drive helped our team deliver new services that have benefited millions of people and businesses. There is so much more WhatsApp can do for India and we’re excited to continue helping advance India’s digital transformation,” Will Cathcart, Head of WhatsApp, said in a statement. Meta Layoffs: Massive Sacking by Mark Zuckerberg Hits India Team Across Verticals.

    Bose had joined WhatsApp as the first country head of the company in India in February 2019. In a social media post, Bose said that the week has been a tough one for all teams at WhatsApp.

    “Amidst all of this, I just shared some news with our WhatsApp and India teams. It has been planned for a while, but given the events last week, we wanted to hold this back so we could focus on supporting those impacted last week,” he said.

    Bose said that he will be joining “the entrepreneurial world” after a small break.

    Thukral will be responsible for public policy matters of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp in India.

    Meta said that it remains deeply committed to India as its priority. Meta, Director for Partnerships in India Manish Chopra said that Aggarwal has decided to step down from his role at Meta to pursue another opportunity.

    “Over the last year, he has played an important role in leading our policy-led initiatives in areas such as user-safety, privacy and scaling up programmes like GOAL to drive digital inclusion in the country. He has also been leading proactive engagement with critical policy and regulatory stakeholders. We are grateful for his contributions and wish him very best for the future,” Chopra said.

    He announced that Thukral has been appointed as Director, Public Policy for Meta in India. “Shivnath has been an integral part of our public policy team since 2017. In his new role, Shivnath will define and lead important policy development initiatives across our apps — Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — in India. We remain committed to our users in India and will continue to contribute meaningfully to the regulatory process that will enable everyone to harness the full potential of India’s digital economy,” Chopra said.

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  • Diwali 2022: Sudarsan Pattnaik Sculpts Goddess Kali Sand Art With Installation of 4,045 Diyas at Odisha’s Puri Beach To Mark the Deepavali Festival (View Pic)

    Bhubaneswar (Odisha), October 24: On the occasion of Diwali, renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a sand art of Goddess Kali by using 4,045 diyas with the message “let us burn out all the negativity,” at Puri beach in Odisha on Sunday. Sudarsan has created a 5 ft high sand sculpture of Goddess Kali with the installation of 4045 Diyas by using 6 tones of sand. He took 5 hours to complete the sculpture. Students of his sand art Institute joined hands with him.

    “This Diwali I want to appeal to people to keep our environment clean and pollution free Diwali,” said Sudarsan Pattnaik, Padmashree awarded Sand Artist. So far, Padma-awarded sand artist Sudarsan has participated in more than 60 International sand art championships and festivals around the world and won many prizes for our country. Sudarsan always tries to spread awareness through his sand art. His arts are appreciated by the UN Environment and WHO etc. Diwali 2022: PM Narendra Modi Wishes People, Says ‘Festival Associated With Brightness And Radiance’.

    Sudarsan Pattnaik’s Sand Art for Diwali 2022

    Earlier, Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a five feet sand sculpture with an installation of 1,213 mud tea cups on Odisha’s Puri beach to wish Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 72nd birthday. Pattnaik has created a 5-ft high sand sculpture of PM Modi with the message ‘Happy Birthday Modi Ji’ by installing 1,213 mud tea cups. He used about five tonnes of sand for the sculpture. Pattnaik had been creating different sand sculptures of PM Modi on his every birthday. Diwali 2022: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath To Celebrate Deepavali With Vantangiyas in Gorakhpur

    “We have used these mud tea glasses to show PM Modi’s journey from a tea seller to Prime Minister of the country. Here, I convey my best wishes to PM through my art,” Sudarsan said. Padma Shri Sudarsan has participated in more than 60 international sand art championships and festivals worldwide and won many prizes for the country. He always tries to spread a social message through his art form.

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  • Video: Alain Robert, ‘French Spiderman’ Climbs 48-Storey Skyscraper in Paris To Mark 60th Birthday

    On Saturday, Alain Robert, who is dubbed as the French spiderman climbed the 48-storey Tour TotalEnergies building in Paris to celebrate his 60th birthday. “I want to send people the message that being 60 years old is nothing. You can still do sport, be active, do fabulous things,” he said. As per a report in Reuters, Alain Robert who was dressed in red raised his arms aloft as he reached the top of the 187-metre (613-foot) Tour TotalEnergies building, which towers over the French capital’s La Defense business district.

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