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Facebook owner Meta will contest EU antitrust charges at a closed hearing on Friday in a bid to stave off a possible hefty fine after regulators charged it with tying its classified advertisements service to its social network, people familiar with the matter said.The European Commission sent a charge sheet to the world's most popular social network last December, singling out two practices that showed that Meta abused its market power.It said Meta's tying of its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace with its…

A jury is to determine which of two handwritten wills found at Aretha Franklin’s home in Detroit, Michigan, is the late musician’s valid last testament, as disputed by her sons.One was found in a cabinet, dated June 2010, which Ted White II, Franklin’s third son, claims is her true will and lists him as co-executor. Kecalf Franklin and Edward Franklin, her second and fourth sons, say a will discovered in a spiral notebook under a cushion, dated March 2014, is in fact the primary will. In the latter, Kecalf is the…

Gov. Gavin Newsom will not challenge a California appellate court’s decision to allow parole for Leslie Van Houten, moving the former follower of Charles Manson closer to release following more than 50 years behind bars. “The governor is disappointed by the Court of Appeal’s decision to release Ms. Van Houten, but will not pursue further action as efforts to further appeal are unlikely to succeed,” Newsom’s communications director, Erin Mellon, said in a statement Friday. Van Houten, 73, is serving a life sentence for…

Is Lilith up to no good? It took a bit longer than I expected, but the Diablo 4 hardcore contest has come to an end. Blizzard revealed on Twitter that 1000 qualifying players have hit level 100 on hardcore mode and will have their names carved into history. Unfortunately, the contest has been plagued by drama before it even began, and then some. Shortly after revealing the list of 1000 winners, the tweet became flooded by players claiming they should be on the list but aren’t. Please look into some of the people who's…

The FIRST place goes to Firebase Played Us! by @sipping. In the SECOND place, we have Debugging User Interface (UI) Issues in Mobile Apps: A Comprehensive Guide by @induction. The THIRD place goes to How to Not Deal With Errors in Frontend Apps by @playerony. Last but not least, the MOST READ award goes to Beginner Intro to Real-Time Debugging for Mobile Apps: Tools and Techniques @lonewolf.Read All The FIRST place goes to Firebase Played Us! by @sipping. In the SECOND place, we have Debugging User Interface (UI)…

Too Long; Didn't ReadHackerNoon and IONOS are hosting a premium writing contest for web devs. This is your chance to showcase your expertise in web app development and win form $6,000 prize pool. You can write on any topic relevant to web development - we highly appreciate expert knowledge on web app development stories. The contest consists of 3 rounds and will run for three months. Too Long; Didn't ReadHackerNoon and IONOS are hosting a premium writing contest for web devs. This is your chance to showcase your…

The winner #crypto story with 4000+ reads and the highest number of votes is The Making of the $Turbo Meme Coin With ChatGPT: The Joke That Became a Reality by @ani-alexander. Read All The winner #crypto story with 4000+ reads and the highest number of votes is The Making of the $Turbo Meme Coin With ChatGPT: The Joke That Became a Reality by @ani-alexander. Read All FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s…

The book cover for M.V. Prindle’s Bob the Wizard shows a coiffed man in sunglasses, smoke dancing from his mouth as a gray, ominous sky swirls behind him. A small fairy-like creature flutters nearby, and the folds and shadows of Bob’s jacket and beard fade into one while a bright green key hangs around his neck. The book tells the story of a “shotgun-wielding ex-garbage man” on the hunt for his family’s killer, the chase winding through a mystical world.Bob the Wizard’s cover was a hit. In May, it won the Self-Published…

And the winner of this year’s Tiny Desk Contest is ... Little Moon.NPR announced on Monday that the Utah band — consisting of singer Emma Hardyman, bassist Nathan Hardyman, keyboardist Bly Wallentine, harpist Bridget Jackson, drummer Chris Shemwell and guitarist Grace Johnson — has finally won the media organization’s annual star search after four attempts.More than 6,000 acts entered the contest this year in hopes of getting featured in NPR Music’s Tiny Desk concert series — which has boosted the careers of Harry…

Sweden has won the 67th Eurovision song contest in a helter skelter show that spanned chintzy Europop, anti-war protest and a continent’s support for Ukraine.The Swedish singer-songwriter Loreen started the night as runaway favourite but faced a late challenge from Finland’s wildly popular Käärijä, a fan favourite inside the raucous Liverpool Arena.Her win means Sweden equals Ireland’s record seven Eurovision wins. Loreen, 39, becomes the first woman to win the contest twice, after her anthemic 2012 hit Euphoria.One of…