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Apple blames iOS 17 bugs and apps like Instagram for making iPhone 15s run hot

Apple has acknowledged user complaints that iPhone 15 and 15 Pro phones are overheating, reports Forbes, but said that contrary to speculation, it has nothing to do with the phone’s hardware design. Forbes noted an update to Instagram has already rolled out with version 302, released September 27th, to address some of the issues.

Bloomberg notes an unnamed Apple spokesperson specifically mentioning Instagram, Uber, and the game Asphalt 9 as examples of apps that could cause the devices to “run warmer than normal.”

Apple also says there is no safety risk in the thermal issues but that other factors, like USB-C power adapters with more-than-20W charging and background processing that occurs shortly after a phone is restored, can make a phone warmer than an iPhone user might be accustomed to.

The company further told Forbes that the fix, which should come with iOS 17.1, won’t result in throttled performance, which some, like Apple supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, have said was a possibility.

Source : https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/30/23897273/apple-iphone-15-overheating-ios-17-1-bug-fix

Meghan Markle plotting ‘$1 million-a-post’ Instagram comeback: report

Meghan Markle is expected to make $1 million per social media post should she return to Instagram, experts claim.
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Meghan Markle’s infamous “Montecito Mafia” will reportedly extend beyond her swanky California fortress very soon.

The Duchess of Sussex — who is “coming back” to Instagram after a three-year hiatus as exclusively reported by Page Six — is estimated to rake in $1 million per post, one expert claims.

At first glance, @meghan is unassuming — the profile photo is merely a stock pic of peonies, which is said to be 42-year-old Markle’s favorite flower.

The account currently boasts a modest 82,600 followers.

However, social media expert Eric Schiffer, who has advised some of Hollywood’s hottest, told the Daily Mail the ostracized royal’s return is hardly a “surprise,” especially since she’s allegedly acquired a new talent manager.

Armed with what’s expected to be a massive following, he predicts MM will forge shrewd brand partnerships to rake in big bucks.

“I would expect her to quickly become one of the most followed accounts on Instagram,” Schiffer, 55, said. “You have celebrities like the Kardashians who can command $1 million and up for a single post promoting a product. There is no reason Meghan couldn’t be earning those sorts of fees.”

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/08/26/meghan-markles-1-million-a-post-instagram-comeback-report/

Threads is All The Worst Parts of Twitter And Instagram in One Very Bad App

The Facebook company’s new social platform is like Twitter, but for celebrities, brands, and annoying people.

It’s no secret that Twitter has been imploding ever since being taken over by billionaire cringeposter Elon Musk. So it should be no surprise that Facebook parent company Meta is now launching its own Twitter clone, Threads, which promises to suck in slightly different ways than the blue bird site.

The myriad problems with Twitter have been well documented, and the launch of Threads is proof that Meta smells blood in the water. The app is a direct response to the mass-exodus of advertisers under Musk, whose increasingly blatant transphobia and racist conspiracy-peddling has left many users of the dying platform pining for a social app that is not overrun with Nazis and QAnon conspiracists.

Meta’s sales pitch for Threads seems to be simply that it’s not Twitter. It’s a text-based social network that is not actively falling apart, created by a monopolistic tech company known for privacy abuses and run by the second worst guy on earth. Even by these extremely low standards, it is not good.

To understand Threads, just imagine all the worst parts of Instagram and Twitter. The interface looks and feels like Instagram’s comments section, and there is no way to view posts chronologically on the timeline—or even to limit your feed to posts from accounts you follow. Instead, users see text posts based on what an invisible algorithm determines is most likely to make them engage and stay on the app, so they will see more ads.

Source : https://www.vice.com/en/article/epvp8j/threads-is-all-the-worst-parts-of-twitter-and-instagram-in-one-very-bad-app

Saira Banu makes Instagram debut, pens emotional note on Dilip Kumar’s death anniversary

Late actor Dilip Kumar’s wife Saira Banu made her Instagram debut on July 7 which marks the legendary actor’s second death anniversary. Saira took to her handle to share some rare photos and penned a long emotional note.

She wrote, “This is the day, ‘7th of July’ at ‘7 am’ when time stood still and my loved one slid into a deep slumber. I pleaded with the Almighty that, ‘Sahib’, as I always called him, should react to one of his favourite couplets.”

She further added, “Till this day, I feel he is with me and no matter what, we will still walk the path of life together, hand in hand, one in our thoughts and being until the end of time.

Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu tied the knot on October 11, 1966. Saira had proposed to Kumar. She was 22 at the time while he was 44.

Source : https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/saira-banu-makes-instagram-debut-pens-emotional-note-on-dilip-kumars-death-anniversary-59684.html

Influencers from Web2 Need to Join Web3 as Early Adopters

Changes are coming to the internet, as they always have. This time, as you’ve likely heard, the buzz is around web3, which is set to overtake the current internet. It’s not a question of ‘if’ as ‘when.’ Which is why now is the time for creators of all stripes to think about how their current skills will transfer into the next phase of online life.

Just as MySpace gave way to Facebook and Facebook ceded relevancy to Instagram and TikTok, the shift to web3 brings with it new rules, new ways of communicating and new opportunities.

It’s hard to predict all the ways that web3 will change how we go online – that’s what makes it all the more exciting.

Influencers and Innovators

This April, Amethyst debuted as a community where digital artists can reinvent themselves as web3 innovators. Jumping into web3 has been intimidating, no doubt. It’s tech-heavy and run by programmers. But the idea behind Amethyst is simple – to connect creators with programmers to enable new and reimagined NFTs and other work.

While we don’t know all the ways the internet will adapt in the next few years, we predict that web3 collaborations will be a mix of tech, art and social innovation. Amethyst is centered around the premise of connecting creators and fostering a new era of digital partnerships.

As part of our debut and to demonstrate where we think this space is heading, Amethyst teamed up with the estate of Marilyn Monroe, in partnership with Authentic Brands Group (ABG), owner of her estate. This was to create a re-imagined, CGI version of the fashion icon in contemporary looks from major fashion houses including Fendi, Thom Browne, David Koma, Miu Miu, Saint Laurent and Balenciaga.

Amethyst worked with Monroe’s estate for eight months, and tapped image production team Now Open to recreate her likeness via CGI. The NFTs are a collaboration between Amethyst, ABG and Now Open.

This project illustrates how web3 allows the evolution of existing imagery (the Marilyn Monroe likeness) into an entirely new medium (NFTs). Tech’s newest trends (interconnectedness, decentralization, blockchain) will push social media, inevitably, into the web3 space.

Influencers and their audiences

How will social media change when influencers bring their boundary-breaking smarts over to a new medium? What’s in store for influencers who carry their massive audiences over to web3? All that is yet to be written. But given that web3 will feature a mix of tech-social-arts talents, we foresee a space where creators get to amplify their followings. This is by virtue of working with and broadcasting to people outside of their typical niche.

There is still some skepticism around web3, as people try to figure out what it all means. That answer will be a little different for everyone. What we can predict, based on history, is that the early adopters are usually among those that benefit from coming waves.

Put another way: because the rules are still being written, it’s still early enough to enter the web3 fray, figure out what it means and maybe even make a name for yourself before everyone else does.

One promising way in which web3 will differ from web2 is an evolving definition of ownership. Right now, influencers are posting their work online but don’t always necessarily own it or can profit off it outside of traditional sponsorship deals. In the current economy of web2 social media, artists are used as tools in service of the platform, whether it’s TikTok or Instagram.

Source: https://beincrypto.com/influencers-from-web-2-need-to-join-web3-as-early-adopters/

Govt to close toll booths within 60 km of national highways; I-T dept conducts raids at Hiranandani group; Russia bans Facebook, Instagram

The Income Tax department conducted raids at Hiranandani group at 24 locations across Chennai, Bengaluru, and Mumbai in the foreign assets case. In Lok Sabha, Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari said that all toll collecting points which are within 60 kilometre of each other on the national highways will be closed in the next three months. Meanwhile, a Russian court banned Meta-controlled Facebook and Instagram in the country on March 21, calling its parent company “extremist.”

Instagram No Longer Accessible in Russia Amid War With Ukraine

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Instagram is no longer accessible in Russia, news agency AFP reported earlier today. The development was inevitable as users of the platform in the country were notified of the upcoming situation. Instagram had said that its services in Russia amid the war with Ukraine would be shut post midnight. The platform’s head, Adam Mosseri, had said that the decision would cut 80 million users in Vladamir Putin-governed Russia, where the platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok also remain highly popular.

The development comes days after Reuters claimed that Meta is seemingly changing its security practices to allow “Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion.” The report stated that Meta-owned platforms like Instagram would allow some posts to call for Russian President Vladamir Putin’s death. The Russian administration, as expected, did not welcome the changes and even decided to deem Meta as an “extremist organisation”.

Source: https://www.news18.com/news/tech/instagram-no-longer-accessible-in-russia-amid-war-with-ukraine-4872563.html

Russia will ban Instagram in the country from March 14, citing ‘calls for violence against Russians’ on the platform

Vladimir Putin’s government is clamping down on social media use in Russia.Mikhail Klimentyev/AP, Jenny Kane/AP

Russia’s communications agency Roskomnadzor announced that it will ban Instagram in the country from March 14, according to a statement on the agency’s website.

The statement, which was released on Friday, reads: “Roskomnadzor decided to complete the procedure for imposing restrictions on access to Instagram at 00:00 on March 14, providing users with an additional 48 hours of transition period.”

The announcement comes a week after Russia blocked access to Facebook. The communications agency said that decision was a result of Meta making “an unprecedented decision by allowing the posting of information containing calls for violence against Russian citizens.”

Meta did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment made outside of normal working hours.

Source : https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/russia-will-ban-instagram-in-the-country-from-march-14-citing-calls-for-violence-against-russians-on-the-platform/articleshow/90169705.cms?utm_source=social_Whatsapp&utm_medium=social_sharing&utm_campaign=Click_through_social_share

Facebook temporarily allows posts on Ukraine war calling for violence against invading Russians or Putin’s death

Meta Platforms (FB.O) will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians and Russian soldiers in the context of the Ukraine invasion, according to internal emails seen by Reuters on Thursday, in a temporary change to its hate speech policy.

The social media company is also temporarily allowing some posts that call for death to Russian President Vladimir Putin or Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko in countries including Russia, Ukraine and Poland, according to internal emails to its content moderators.

“As a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine we have temporarily made allowances for forms of political expression that would normally violate our rules like violent speech such as ‘death to the Russian invaders.’ We still won’t allow credible calls for violence against Russian civilians,” a Meta spokesperson said in a statement.

The calls for the leaders’ deaths will be allowed unless they contain other targets or have two indicators of credibility, such as the location or method, one email said, in a recent change to the company’s rules on violence and incitement.

The temporary policy changes on calls for violence to Russian soldiers apply to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine, according to one email.

In the email recently sent to moderators, Meta highlighted a change in its hate speech policy pertaining both to Russian soldiers and to Russians in the context of the invasion.

“We are issuing a spirit-of-the-policy allowance to allow T1 violent speech that would otherwise be removed under the Hate Speech policy when: (a) targeting Russian soldiers, EXCEPT prisoners of war, or (b) targeting Russians where it’s clear that the context is the Russian invasion of Ukraine (e.g., content mentions the invasion, self-defense, etc.),” it said in the email.

“We are doing this because we have observed that in this specific context, ‘Russian soldiers’ is being used as a proxy for the Russian military. The Hate Speech policy continues to prohibit attacks on Russians,” the email stated.

Last week, Russia said it was banning Facebook in the country in response to what it said were restrictions of access to Russian media on the platform. Moscow has cracked down on tech companies, including Twitter (TWTR.N), which said it is restricted in the country, during its invasion of Ukraine, which it calls a “special operation.”

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-facebook-instagram-temporarily-allow-calls-violence-against-russians-2022-03-10/