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California, 17 other states sue Trump administration to defend Obama-era climate rules for vehicles
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Facebook announces new dating service 'for serious relationships, not hookups'
May 1, 2018One is the loneliest number, which is probably why Facebook is taking steps to connect the people on its network who aren’t in a relationship.
At it’s annual F8 developer conference Tuesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company will soon add a dating service to the main app.
“This is going to be for building real long-term relationships, not hookups,” Zuckerberg said during the announcement.
Zuckerberg did not elaborate much on what the feature will look like or how it will work, but Facebook posted more details shortly after on its company blog:
It should be no surprise why Facebook wants to get into the online dating industry. A recent Pew study found that 15 percent of American adults have used online dating sites or apps in their lifetime, and another recent estimate suggests that the online dating industry generates approximately $3 billion in revenue every year. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Facebook announces new dating service 'for serious relationships, not hookups'
Mark Zuckerberg is not well known for his speaking skills.
Last month, when the Facebook CEO spoke in front of Congress, he was viciously meme’d for his robotic demeanor, something he’s always gotten a lot flack for. But during his keynote at F8 on Tuesday, Facebook’s annual developer conference, Zuckerberg didn’t sound like himself. But he did sound familiar.
Fresh off the tails of the Cambridge Analytica data controversy, Zuckerberg took the stage to open the conference. While bellowing to the hall, his cadence, hand movements, vocal pitch, and demeanor seemed an awful lot like notably inspiring speaker and former president Barack Obama. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Mark Zuckerberg sounds exactly like Barack Obama in his F8 keynote
If you’ve been feeling stressed lately, you’ve got plenty of company. A study by the American Psychological Association found that about 63 percent of U.S. adults reported experiencing stress, thanks to anything from the state of the nation’s economy and healthcare system to national violence and crime rates … among other things.
Of course, some stress is absolutely normal, perhaps even vital. But living with prolonged stress can be psychologically and mentally debilitating. Now, we aren’t doctors here — if you’re very concerned about your stress levels, we recommend seeking medical help. But if you’re dealing with lower levels of stress, there are some handy ways to manage it. Read more…
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A few migrants start asylum requests, but most of the caravan is still in tents
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Facebook’s annual developer conference, F8, is underway, and it’s all eyes on Zuck.
The Facebook CEO opened the conference with a keynote address on Tuesday. He squared off with the elephant in the room right away: what Facebook plans to do to rebuild the user trust that was destroyed by the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
That’s why Zuckerberg spent the first several minutes of his keynote detailing changes Facebook is implementing — some old and some new in the wake of the controversy. Notably, it seems Facebook is finally admitting that its users have not had the control they should over the data Facebook collects on them — something Zuckerberg stopped just short saying in Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony. Read more…
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Source: Mashable | Everything Mark Zuckerberg had to say about data privacy at F8
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