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Of course buying organic sends a market signal that leads growers to use fewer pesticides and other agricultural chemicals, not to mention keeps carcinogens and neurotoxins out of your diet. But according to the most comprehensive comparison to date of the nutrient content of organic vs. conventional fruits, vegetables and grains, organics contain higher levels of eight out of 11 important nutrients. Among them: polyphenols (linked to lower risk of lung cancer and heart disease, as well as to greater longevity) and antioxidants (ditto)....

Users who opt in will receive notifications from Sporting News relevant to interests they choose at signup. MORE: Download Notify and follow Sporting News’ stations Notify, which is a standalone app from other Facebook products, breaks each provider into stations and then substations specific to each station. Sporting News’ four stations are as follows: — Trending: See the stories your friends will be sharing. — Breaking News: The latest news that will rock the sports world....

Also Read: Google Experimental AI Tool To Convert Webpages Into Videos Facebook has not really received much love for Libra, which has changed in its goals and scope since the association publicly launched in mid-2019.The Libra Association had earlier intended to launch with some of the currencies in the proposed librakitty, like “librausd or USD, libraeur orEUR, libragbp or GBP, librasgd or SGD). However, the Financial Times reported, “The association would now initially just launch a single coin backed one-for-one by the dollar....

Introducing a New Way to Translate Text In an About Facebook blog post, the platform detailed its new multilingual machine translation (MMT) model, also known as M2M-100. Impressively enough, this open-source machine learning model “can translate between any pair of 100 languages without relying on English data.” While this is still a research project, it shows a lot of promise. Angela Fan, a research assistant at Facebook, noted that “typical” machine translation models utilize different models for every language, making them incredibly inefficient for large platforms like Facebook....

Allardyce left his post after just 67 days this week, having been secretly filmed by undercover reporters allegedly offering advice on circumventing FA rules governing the transfer of players under third-party ownership. England’s Under-21 coach Gareth Southgate has taken charge of the senior team for the next four matches as a long-term successor to Allardyce is sought. Wenger, who this month celebrated his 20th anniversary as Gunners boss, is out of contract at the end of the season and has been put forward by some as a possible solution....

Howard, 46, is unquestionably prepared to be a head coach. He spent three years as an elite college player, 19 playing professionally in the NBA and six years as an assistant coach with the Miami Heat. The only reason his coaching resume isn’t more extensive is he was able to play effectively for so long, all the way to age 39, and that allowed him to claim NBA championships in his final two seasons, 2012 and 2013....

It’s somewhat unfortunate timing, but a key player in Facebook’s advertising strategy has just stepped down. Facebook Loses Its Top Ad Executive Carolyn Everson, now former vice president of Facebook’s Global Business Group, has posted to her Facebook page saying that she has left the company. Everson worked at Facebook for more than ten years, and thus is no doubt largely responsible for turning it into the advertising giant it is today....

The announcement was made onstage at MIPCOM in Cannes and will see The Real World reimagined in several different locations across the world. “The Real World made history as the world’s first original reality show and trailblazing social experiment – and we’re thrilled to reboot the show for today’s audiences – representing and amplifying the real life, real people, real places and real social tensions of each country,” said Matthew Henick, Facebook’s head of content planning and strategy....

View Tags was initially rolled out as a private move but now the company is letting more advertisers use this feature on its site. It works in a slightly different manner than the previously uncovered tracking tool which allowed advertisers’ sites to detect the Facebook user ID of a converted lead, which could then be cross-checked by Facebook against the list of users who saw ads to establish attribution....

Facebook can be a murky hellscape at times. You never know what sort of post that one guy from middle school is about to lay on you. But these newly announced features give you increased control over the algorithm to limit the kinds of posts that appear in your feed. At the heart of this update are ‘Show more’ and ‘Show less’ buttons, which are new displayed on certain posts....

Right now, Live Audio Rooms are only rolling out to certain people on the social media platform. Any verified public figure or creator can host one; Facebook Groups can create them as well. Facebook says it’s also testing the feature on Android and desktop, though Android users can’t create Live Audio Rooms, and desktop users can’t listen in at all. Facebook began testing the Live Audio Rooms feature in June....

Seguramente todos y todas habréis visto últimamente en Instagram y otras redes sociales fotos super realistas en las que hombres y mujeres ven transformado su aspecto para parecer “del otro género”. No voy a mentir, me he divertido viendo cómo sería Brad Pitt si “fuera chica” o a Rosalía “si fuera chico”, entre otras muchas celebrities. Incluso yo misma he jugado a modificar mi aspecto con esta aplicación para saber cómo sería si hubiera tenido un cuerpo normativamente masculino....

The companies are making amendments to their policies to handle the images depicting of self-harm and suicide. The changes are made in response to Molly Russell, who was a fourteen years old British teenager, who took her life away back in 2017. After her death, her family reported that her Instagram account was depicted with the distressing content of suicide and depression. According to Ian Russell (Molly’s father), Instagram is partly responsible for the death because her Insta account contained distressing material which can be one of the reasons for her actions....

Facebook has now promised that it will roll out end-to-end encryption for Messenger and Instagram Direct “in 2022 at the earliest.” Facebook Has Been Slow in Adding Default Chat Encryption Facebook first promised to add end-to-end encryption to Instagram Direct and Messenger in 2019. However, it has been taking its own sweet time for this, and it is even testing various Messenger features that won’t work with end-to-end encryption....

Mark Zuckerberg CEO, Facebook, announced that the company is rebranding itself as Meta. The announcement was made by Zuckerberg at company’s event. The name has been changed to represent the company’s vision of metaverse as the “next chapter”. The word “Meta” comes from the Greek word “beyond”. “To reflect who we are and what we hope to build I am proud to announce, starting today our company is now Meta,” Zuckerberg said....

It’s all part of its grand plans to build the metaverse – which is why the company will now call itself Meta. Facebook sees the metaverse as “the successor to the mobile internet”, where interacting with brands and technology moves beyond a 2D screen to a lived, virtual or mixed reality. At the core of delivering this experience is Facebook’s VR headsets and AR glasses, which currently includes the popular Oculus Quest 2 and the Instagram-enabled Ray-Ban Stories specs....

In an email sent to podcast hosts, reports The Verge, Facebook announced that its podcast support will be available to a limited number of pages next week. As The Verge notes, several podcasters have been receiving these emails, so the rollout may not be as limited, as originally was anticipated. Podcast hosts will be able to link the RSS feed for their show directly to their Facebook page, which will then show up in a “podcasts” tab in your Facebook menu....

Facebook-owned Instagram has shown a pop-up that says, “There’s a New Way to Message on Instagram”, which promises a new look, emoji reactions, swipe to reply to messages, and “Chat with friends who use Facebook”. The latter implies Messenger being integrated into Instagram’s Direct Message feature. When the app is updates, the normal DM paper plane icon changes to the Messenger logo, though reportedly at the time of writing the cross-platform aspect is not yet live despite the visual changes....

A Facebook spokesperson eventually came forward to say the company was “rolling back the test” of the app, and that you have the option to use the normal Instagram app in the meantime. Now, however, Instagram Lite is back. You Can Download Instagram Lite Again Android users can now download Instagram Lite via the Google Play Store in over 170 countries. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be signs yet of the app coming to iOS....

So, what does the social media giant have up its sleeves (or rather, resting on its nose)? Let’s find out. What Are Ray-Ban Stories? Ray-Ban released the above trailer to show off the new Ray-Ban Stories. These glasses were the result of the luxury sunglasses company teaming up with the tech giant Facebook. The idea behind the Ray-Ban Stories is that they can help you capture events going on around you without needing to reach for your phone....