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The Red Devils will square off against the League Two side at Huish Park on the weekend of January 27-28 having seen off Derby County in the third round. Tottenham also drew League Two opposition, being matched up with Welsh side Newport County. Meanwhile league leaders Manchester City will have to travel to face either Cardiff City or Mansfield Town while after defeating Everton in the third round, Liverpool will again be paired up with Premier League opposition as they face West Brom at Anfield....

A long running investigation by the newspaper was printed this week, which resulted in Sam Allardyce being sacked as England manager and eight current and former Premier League managers accused of receiving ‘bungs’, or illicit payments, for player transfers. Southampton assistant manager Eric Black was named in the newspaper investigation, though he has denied the allegations, while Barnsley assistant Tommy Wright, who also denied any wrongdoing, was sacked by his club....

Defensive midfielder Fabinho has been absent since the end of November after sustaining ankle ligament damage in the 1-1 Champions League draw against Napoli. Centre-back Lovren was enjoying a run in the team but has been out for a month due to a muscular issue, with Joe Gomez having impressed alongside Virgil van Dijk at the back for the unbeaten Premier League leaders. However, both players are closing on a return that could come as soon as next weekend’s clash with fierce rivals Manchester United....

U.S. mask sales have been rising in general over the past few weeks as the coronavirus, particularly the highly contagious Delta variant, surges throughout the country. Grocery delivery company Instacart reported mask sales on its platform changed course after the Fourth of July weekend after seeing a steady decline since April, the Associated Press reported. Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail said “masks were really fading out” before the recent uptick, but even the recent surge in sales isn’t likely to raise the mask industry back to its height earlier in the pandemic....

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended cloth facials coverings and bandanas in early April, an opinion article published in JAMA later that month suggests plastic face shields are a safer and easier alternative. Advantages of Face Shields The authors of the JAMA opinion article list several advantages of face shields over other types of facial coverings: Durability: Plastic face shields can be reused indefinitely as long as they’re cleaned with soap and water....

On opening the Gmail account the users were greeted with “502” error message and there were also complaints about chrome crashing down. According to The Next Web, both these issues could be most probably be related and might be caused by a bug. On Monday Facebook went away for 15-20 minutes, which led to a pouring of complaints on various social networking sites such as Twitter and My space. Facebook blamed a DNS infrastructure for the error on the website....

The 2022 safety index, which marks the second annual scoring on social media safety from the LGBTQ advocacy group, evaluated Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube on 12 measures at a time when hundreds of anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced by politicians around the country. “After reviewing the platforms on measures like explicit protections from hate and harassment for LGBTQ users, offering gender pronoun options on profiles, and prohibiting advertising that could be harmful and/or discriminatory to LGBTQ people, all platforms scored under a 50 out of a possible 100,” GLAAD said in a Wednesday news release....

Facebook Gaming Partnership Comes to 15 More Countries To be eligible to apply for Facebook Gaming Partner, you must already be a Level Up program member. The latter basically requires you to be a part of Facebook Gaming and regularly stream valuable content to your community. There are some other Level Up requirements, including having a minimum of 100 followers, being active for at least 30 days, and more. If you meet all the eligibility requirements, you should see an application module to apply for becoming a partner over at Facebook creator studio....

The feature is part of Facebook’s membership of the Data Transfer Project with Apple, Google, Microsoft and Twitter. Announced back in December, it has been slowly rolling out and is now available worldwide. The announcement filtered out online via Facebook’s EMEA tech comms manager Alexandru Voica, who posted the five step process on how to get it done. Much like requesting all of your historical Facebook data, it’s hidden away in a sub-menu....

Facebook News Makes Paywalls Less Annoying Facebook News is a feed containing stories from thousands of different news outlets. It’s personalized to your interests, and although it’s currently only available for users in the US, Facebook News will soon be available in more countries. Now, Facebook News is testing out a feature that will make it easier for news subscribers to bypass paywalls. If Facebook recognizes that you subscribe to a publication, it’ll prompt you to link your subscription....

The Oversight Board tweeted on Monday that they will reveal their decision on Trump’s suspensions this Wednesday, May 5. There is no information yet about whether he will be permitted to access his accounts again or if the ban will be extended. Trump was suspended from Facebook and Instagram, which Facebook owns, following the deadly Capitol riot on January 6. He was also banned from Twitter but there is no indication that site is considering reinstating him....

This new redesign has led some, like tech news site TechCrunch, to be skeptical about Facebook’s goals. TechCrunch pointed out that Facebook made a 2018 decision to make privacy tools easier to find by centralizing them into Privacy Shortcuts. The new direction makes it seem that Facebook has gone back on that earlier decision. The new location of the privacy settings is unknown, and TechCrunch points out that users will have to scour through the new settings menu to figure out how to configure privacy....

A spokesperson for the social media site told Newsweek: “This was a mistake and the event page is now available again” as of Tuesday. The removal of the Facebook event page served as a problem for Roberts and his event collaborator, filmmaker Jeremy Corbell, as it’s being used to advertise a safer version of the original event. Roberts first created the page as a joke, which encouraged viewers to “storm Area 51” to find proof of aliens....

The new AI-powered tool is called Conflict Alerts and is meant to help group administrators have more control over their communities. The AI tech will notify an admin if it spots “contentious or unhealthy conversations” so an admin can take needed action quicker. For the average Facebook user, this new tool means you’ll most likely see less bickering and arguments within posts of Groups you follow, so things will be less negative, overall....

When is F1 2017 coming out? F1 2017 UK release date: 25 August Codemasters released the game in August as it did last year: F1 2016 came out on 19 August 2016. However, it wasn’t possible to predict this since F1 2015 came out on July 10 2015 and F1 2014 on 2 October 2014. So you can battle for pole position (and the race wins) in the second half of the actual Formula 1 season starting from the Belgian Grand Prix....

New rules have changed the game in F1 this year but failed to break the stranglehold Mercedes have over the sport - Lewis Hamilton claiming his fourth title, as the Silver Arrows ruled the constructors’ battle for a fourth year in a row. Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas took the top step in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, at which point F1’s new look was revealed. You can judge the fresh appearance for yourself below!...

The draw for the semi-finals was held on Sunday, March 20, just before the last quarter-final to be played between Nottingham Forest and Liverpool. The semifinal draw was streamed live and former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler will do the honors of conducting the draw. Unlike the previous rounds of the competition, the semi-finals are both staged at Wembley Stadium in London, as has been the new tradition for the past several years....

Marcus Rashford won the spot-kick in the first half at Old Trafford, but the England Under-21 international appeared to go to ground without making contact with Fabianski. Rash dive can’t help Man Utd break top four And the Poland international was absolutely incensed, as his manager related after the game. “He was furious. He was furious," Clement told reporters in the post-match press conference. “He said: ‘I’ve gone down to get my hands on the ball, and I can see that now I can’t get it so I’ve come away from it and [Rashford has] gone down before the contact....

As ridiculous as it may sound, possessing that coin has massive appeal. In the grip of early-onset Dragon Age: Origins obsession, a friend of mine quipped that there needed to a new achievement called The Agonizer, which could only be earned if you took ten minutes or more before making one of the many plot-crucial moral decisions of the game. Providing players with a guilt-free crutch a la Two Face is a thoughtful touch, so well done, Lionhead....

Mourinho’s Ranieri tribute was all Jose Antonio Conte’s league leaders stretched their lead at the top of the table to 11 points, with Fabregas marking his landmark with a goal and an assist at Stamford Bridge. The Spain international reflected on his achievement, while recognising the role of managers past and present in Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho, Guus Hiddink and Conte. “To be honest, I feel humbled and very proud,” Fabregas told Chelsea’s official website....