baseball
MLB star Shohei Ohtani announces marriage, keeps bride’s name secret
Shohei Ohtani surprises fans with a marriage announcement, revealing his new chapter off the field.
Ali Khamenei
Meta Eliminates Iran’s Supreme Leader From Facebook And Instagram After Calling To ‘Wipe Israel Off The Map’
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s Facebook and Instagram accounts have been restricted by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta due to ongoing violations of policies targeting potentially dangerous individuals and groups.
Academy of Country Music
Toby Keith dies at age 62
U.S. country music star Toby Keith died 18 months after it was announced that he had stomach cancer.
Europe
Threads Officially Launches Platform In Europe
Meta has announced that their social media platform Threads is now available in Europe.
AI
Meta to introduce watermarking feature for some AI products
Meta Platforms will add invisible watermarking to its text-to-image generation product imagine with Meta AI chatbot in the coming weeks to enhance transparency.
Denny Laine
Denny Laine, Moody Blues Singer And Wings Guitarist, Dies At 79
Denny Laine, the leader of the Moody Blues and member of the Wings with legend Paul McCartney, has died at the age of 79.
crime
DOJ Uncovers Cross-Country Fentanyl Distribution Network
The Department of Justice has charged nearly two dozen people in a large-scale fentanyl trafficking conspiracy.
Ad copy
Meta to require disclosures for AI-created, altered political ads
Meta said in a blog post it would require advertisers to disclose if their altered or created ads.
Abril Elfi
YouTube, Facebook And Instagram Censors Alleged Nashville Shooter Manifesto
A popular conservative podcaster and commentator, Steven Crowder, who posted the purported Nashville school shooter manifesto, has been recently censored by major platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram.
digital services act
Facebook, Instagram Launch Paid Ad-Free Subscriptions In EU
In compliance with European Union (EU) regulations, Facebook and Instagram users in Europe can now choose to subscribe to ad-free versions of the social networking platform.