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Facebook Live Shopping events appear to be another casualty of Meta’s shift to short-form video. According to an on the company’s website, live shopping events on Facebook will retire on October 1st. The let Facebook Business owners showcase their products in live videos to their followers — sort of like a personal Home Shopping Network. Merchants could notify their Page followers of upcoming live shopping sessions and take payments through Messenger. In lieu of such sessions, Meta is asking merchants to consider…

Getty/Maria TanAsynchronous, remote and hybrid workstyles are rising in popularity, and can even enable a more accessible cost of living, reports Slack, the workplace-messaging app. A survey of 1,000 UK workers by Slack found that almost nine in 10 respondents (86%) would prefer to work longer hours over fewer days, by shortening the typical working week from five days to four.Asynchronous options – workstyles that allow workers to work when they want, as well as where they want – are also popular among those…

Shoppers are trading down to cheap beer brands and discount cigarettes as they feel more pressure on their pocketbooks.Consumer prices in the U.S. rose at a 9.1% annual rate in June, the fastest pace in nearly 41 years, as strong consumer demand has collided with persistent supply shortages. In a survey released this month by the National Retail Federation, nearly half of consumers said that because of rising prices on everyday necessities, they were switching to cheaper alternatives. Vincent Jarbou, co-owner…

Back in May last year, Google introduced a new Data Safety section for apps published on the Play Store. A feature that started appearing on actual app listings in April this year and one that will be mandatory for all apps to have soon (July 20). Now Data Safety info sections have started popping up on actual live app listings on the store, and there is something a bit concerning. Namely that the new info window seems to be taking the place of the app permission overview that all apps on the Play Store used to have.…

By Indranil Banik, Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Astrophysics, University of St Andrews July 10, 2022Dark matter was proposed to explain why stars at a galaxy’s far edge were able to move much faster than predicted with Newton. An alternative theory of gravity might be a better explanation.Using Newton’s laws of physics, we can model the motions of planets in the Solar System quite accurately. However, in the early 1970s, scientists discovered that this didn’t work for disc galaxies – stars at their outer edges, far…

It’s no secret that Samsung sees foldables as the future of smartphones. The Korean firm, which has long been the world’s largest smartphone vendor, is betting big on foldable devices. It holds a lion’s share in this segment and is now gearing up to take things up a notch with its fourth-gen offerings next month. To ensure that the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 foldables get enough marketing focus, the company is reportedly willing lower its sales target for Galaxy S and Galaxy A series devices.This…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In Europe, far-right parties have emerged as the most vocal defenders of restricting welfare benefits to citizens only. Why do voters find such a…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Opinion remains divided regarding how guns should factor into American society, especially those weapons designed for military warfare. But what do…

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: Snapshot: 54% of ApeCoin owners vote in favor of remaining on Ethereum, after Yuga Labs floated creating its own blockchain after its huge metaverse land sale — ApeCoin owners have decided to keep the token, which is expected to be key to snagging exclusive metaverse game items and deals … Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: Snapshot: 54% of ApeCoin owners vote in favor of remaining on Ethereum, after Yuga Labs floated creating its own blockchain after its huge metaverse land…

The jury in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial has ruled in favor of Johnny Depp, finding that a Washington Post editorial which she wrote defamed her former husband.The jurors’ unanimous decision on Wednesday capped a seven-week trial in a Virginia courtroom which featured dozens of witnesses and experts weighing in on whether Depp was abusive to Heard – or vice versa – during their 15-month marriage.Heard won on one count of her countersuit, in which she demanded $100m and argued she was defamed by a Depp…