Threads, Meta’s Twitter-like service and competitor to X, may be distancing itself from politics, but that doesn’t mean it won’t try to tackle the misinformation that spreads across social media — particularly in the lead-up to national elections. Following user reports of fact-checks spotted on the network, the company confirmed it’s engaged with fact-checking organizations […]
Kalen DeBoer replaces Nick Saban: Will Alabama maintain elite program status?
Washington’s Kalen DeBoer was named Alabama’s coach on Friday. That means DeBoer is officially the “guy after the guy.” Legendary coach Nick Saban, who won six national championships at Alabama through a dominant 17-year reign, retired Wednesday. DeBoer, 49, led Washington to the College Football Playoff championship in 2023. The Huskies lost 34-13 to No. […]
Meta aims to brings its fact-checking program to Threads next year
With two large-scale elections in the U.S. in India next year, Threads aims to introduce a fact-checking checking program to the social network. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that the social platform currently matches ratings from Facebook or Instagram to similar content. But next year fact-checkers will have tools to review posts. “We currently match […]
Hoo’s First Stage of Token-Repurchase Program Completed With Over 400,000 HOO Token Added to Its AMM Liquidity Pool
press release PRESS RELEASE. On February 17th, 2022, Hoo announced the completion of the first-stage token-repurchase plan on HOO Token with a cumulative total of 423,982.18 HOO repurchased from the secondary market. From January 2022, Hoo had imposed the strategic plan on generating 30% of the income revenue from spot trading (Spot Zone + Innovation […]
Novi Launches Whatsapp Integration Pilot Program for Selected Users in the U.S.
Novi, the remittance and payments initiative of Meta (formerly Facebook), has launched a Whatsapp pilot test for customers in the U.S. This means that a small number of Whatsapp users will be able to send and receive payments, as well as purchase digital dollars directly from the interface of the messaging service. This is an […]