Meta confirmed that its services were down on Wednesday just before 2 p.m., with the mass outage affecting most of its products, including Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads, and Facebook Messenger.We’re aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and apologize for any inconvenience.— Meta (@Meta) December 11, 2024Instagram users reported issues on DownDetector starting around 12:30 p.m., and Meta followed up on X that services were 99% back.Related: I Have Over 214,000 Followers on TikTok. Here’s What I’m Doing Right Now In…
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Saharan dust storms like this one in Athens, Greece (above), are becoming more commonReuters/Louisa Gouliamaki It won’t be confirmed until January, but it is now almost certain that 2024 will surpass 2023 as the hottest year on record. Even more significantly, the global average temperature is set to show that the planet has warmed by more than 1.5°C since the 19th century – the limit countries agreed to pursue under the Paris Agreement. But average temperatures are just one way of assessing the rapid changes taking place in the planet’s climate in response to our greenhouse gas emissions. From… Source…
Three men accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape and sexual assault in separate lawsuits filed Thursday that allege the rap impresario plied them with doctored drinks and then attacked them while they were unconscious.The lawsuits, filed anonymously in New York state Supreme Court by lawyer Thomas Giuffra, involve incidents that happened from 2019 to 2022. All allege that Combs raped and sexually assaulted them.One of the men was a longtime employee of Combs and told NBC News that he was raped in a New York hotel where he met Combs to discuss a “substantial amount of money” he was owed…
Chatbot platform Character.ai is overhauling the way it works for teenagers, promising it will become a “safe” space with added controls for parents.The site is facing two lawsuits in the US – one over the death of a teenager – and has been branded a “clear and present danger” to young people.It says safety will now be “infused” in all it does through new features which will tell parents how their child is using the platform – including how much time they’re spending talking to chatbots and the ones they speak to the most.The platform – which allows users to…
COMMENT: Thank you for your independent work. Nobody predicted the 2024 election would be a landslide other than you. But absolutely nobody has even thought about the Democratic Party collapsing. You have proven that a computer can predict the future impartially and you make it obvious that you always separate your personal opinion from the computer. It’s not hard to see why the government wanted you silenced. It would be best if you were on Rogan and Tucker. I understand mainstream media, but they should be beating down your door. Your work will live on. DF ANSWER: As a trader,…
Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons The liberal media’s crusade against Donald Trump backfired spectacularly. Twice. Their attacks didn’t just fail but helped elect the man they despised most. It wasn’t simply bias that did them in, but their wholesale abandonment of their founding principles. Back in 2016, Trump cracked their code. He’d say something outrageous enough to dominate coverage, yet not so crazy it would offend his base. The media couldn’t resist. They gave him more airtime than all his primary opponents combined, thinking they’d destroy him. Instead, they made him president. But that was just the opening act. In…
The actress, who is currently expecting her first child with Kelly, is said to have ended their relationship after discovering he was speaking to other women “behind her back.”Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly have had an on-off relationship over the years, but a source recently shared that their split is “final” because she grew tired of their “high school relationship.”Article continues below advertisementMegan Fox ‘Found Texts’ On Machine Gun Kelly’s PhoneMEGAFox called it quits on her romance with Machine Gun Kelly, and reports suggest the issue was based on his alleged infidelity.The pair had traveled to Vail, Colorado, for…
DAMASCUS: Rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa’s militant group is stamping its authority on Syria’s state with the same lightning speed that it seized the country, deploying police, installing an interim government and meeting foreign envoys – raising concerns over how inclusive Damascus’ new rulers intend to be. Since Sharaa’s Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group swept Bashar al-Assad from power on Sunday (Dec 8) at the head of a rebel alliance, its bureaucrats – who until last week were running an Islamist administration in a remote corner of Syria’s northwest – have moved into government headquarters in Damascus. The appointment of Mohammed…
Two-pronged diplomatic push sees Blinken covering Jordan, Turkiye, while Sullivan holds talks in Israel, Qatar and Egypt.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Jordan, launching a crisis tour of the Middle East following the removal of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The outgoing US diplomat, who is calling for an “inclusive” process to form Syria’s next government that protects minorities, touched down in the Red Sea city of Aqaba on Thursday, heading straight to a meeting with King Abdullah II before a trip to Turkiye later in the day. Blinken’s trip comes days after opposition forces launched a lightning…
Last season, eight NFL head coaches were fired — including Belichick in New England — but only one franchise (Falcons) interviewed the six-time Super Bowl winner.They spurned Belichick for Raheem Morris, who has a career record of 27-45, including 6-7 this year. The Panthers, Raiders and Titans hired Dave Canales, Antonio Pierce and Brian Callahan to their first head-coaching gigs. Their combined record is 8-31.Hirings in Los Angeles, Seattle and Washington have been more successful, so they’re excused.As for the Patriots, are we sure Belichick couldn’t do better than Jerod Mayo’s 3-10 record? Teams with 2025 openings will be pressured to…