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Metaverse Land Just Sold For $7,190 (2 ETH) In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $7,190, which is 1.50x the current floor price of 1.67 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga

This Plot Of Digital Land Just Sold For $6,831 In ETH In The SandBox

What happened: Virtual land tokenized as an NFT just sold for $6,831, which is 1.43x the current floor price of 1.67 Ether (CRYPTO: ETH). The estate consists of 166,464 plots of land –– each plot is 2,500 square feet in the metaverse.

Benzinga

The Guardian view on Twitter: when free speech costs a bomb

Editorial: Elon Musk claims to be a ‘free speech absolutist’. As the platform’s new boss, he may find that principle hard to enact

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2 GOP secretary of state candidates in Idaho say Biden lost 2020 election

BOISE, Idaho — In a testy debate centered on election security, two of the three Republican candidates for Idaho secretary of state avowed their false belief that Joe Biden lost the 2020 presidential election.

Tribune News Service

Google to pay $100 million class-action settlement in Illinois biometric privacy lawsuit

Illinois residents who have appeared in a photograph on the Google Photos app within the last seven years may be eligible for a cut of a $100 million class-action privacy settlement reached by Google this month.

Chicago Tribune

If You Invested $1,000 In Facebook's Stock When It Announced Meta Name Change, Here's How Much You'd Have Now

The world's largest social media company announced a rebrand back in October. Here's a look at how shares have performed since the announcement.

Benzinga

"It's reached fever pitch": Nightmare roadworks clash causes 'total traffic chaos'

An MP has called for 'urgent action' to deal with the issue

Manchester Evening News

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Elon Musk buying Twitter creates a new type of problem for SpaceX and Tesla — here's why

How will owning Twitter affect Elon Musk's other billion-dollar companies? Here's how the deal could create problems for Tesla and SpaceX.

Inverse

Charlotte Diocese retains ‘Hobby Lobby’ lawyers to appeal ruling in firing of gay teacher

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Catholic leaders in Charlotte have appealed a federal judge’s decision that they violated federal law when they fired a gay substitute teacher after he put his same-sex wedding plans on Facebook.

Tribune News Service

Left-leaning users leave Twitter in protest at Musk takeover

Progressive figures shed thousands of followers while accounts of more rightwing voices gain popularity

The Guardian - UK

Woman warned of 'huge red flag' as partner of eight years deletes her from Facebook

A woman has been left feeling upset after her partner, who she has been in a relationship with since 2014, has refused to accept her friend request on Facebook

Daily Mirror

Facebook Has No Clue Where Its User Data Ends Up: Report

Meta Platforms Inc’s (NASDAQ: FB) Facebook social media platform has no idea about where its users’ data ends up, according to a new report.

Benzinga

Social media regulation: why we must ensure it is democratic and inclusive

News that the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is buying Twitter has sent the world into a spin, dividing those who advocate for unfettered free speech – like Musk – and those who believe that some platforms wield too much power and influence. But the ultimate outcome for Twitter may…

The Conversation

7 metre tall sculpture in south Dublin park gets mixed reaction as it is dubbed 'modern mobile mast'

The structure is said to "enhance the reflective and meditative environment" of the duck pond which it over looks

Dublin Live

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Los Angeles Times

Twitter was at the forefront of content moderation. What comes next?

In 2015, a man wearing a skull mask posted a video outlining his plans to murder Brianna Wu. The skull video was only one of many such disturbing and bizarre posts targeting Wu and other women online as part of a harassment campaign dubbed GamerGate.

The Independent UK

Lush is giving away 100,000 free bath bombs today - here’s how to get one

The beauty retailer aims to encourage people to make time for bathing and relaxation

France 24

Malaysian authorities start 'witch hunt' for Rohingyas fleeing migrant detention centre

Nearly 500 Rohingya refugees fled a detention centre where they were being held in Malaysia on April 20. Dozens of videos show them running along the highways, panicked. Most were later arrested by police. However, on April 26, Malaysian authorities called on the local population to find the 61 Rohingya…

The Conversation

Elon Musk and the oligarchs of the 'Second Gilded Age' can not only sway the public -- they can exploit their data, too

During the Gilded Age of the late 19th century, and the early decades of the 20th century, U.S. captains of industry such as William Randolph Hearst and Jay Gould used their massive wealth to dominate facets of the economy, including the news media. They were, in many ways, prototype oligarchs…

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Irish Mirror

Big Fat Gypsy Weddings star Paddy Doherty in hospital after heart attack as he vows to quit drinking

Updating fans online, he said he was “getting there” after suffering a heart attack, which he shared in another video on Facebook

The Guardian - UK

TechScape: 25 tweet-long takes on Twitter’s future under Elon Musk

Why did the richest man in the world buy a social media site? What will he do with it? Here’s our best guess, in 25 tweet-length takes

Daily Mirror

'I kicked my mum out of my wedding after she posted photos of the dress on Facebook'

A groom was left fuming after his mother broke the one rule his wife-to-be had firmly stipulated - to not share photos of her wedding gown ahead of the ceremony

Axios

Experts warn about rising extremism in gaming

"Social hooks" in games create opportunities for recruitment and organizing by far-right extremists.

Glasgow Live

Mrs Hinch fans share seven things the shaving foam hack can clean

A cleaning hack has taken over homes across the UK with people using shaving foam to clean items around the house. While the trends started with just a chair, the shaving foam is finding its way to nearly every corner of the house.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Here's the danger for Twitter in Elon Musk's view of free speech absolutism

There seem to be almost as many opinions about whether Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter will be good for the platform or bad as there are Twitter users (about 206 million, at last count).

The Conversation

The 'digital town square'? What does it mean when billionaires own the online spaces where we gather?

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, seems set to purchase the social media platform Twitter for around US$44 billion. He says he’s not doing it to make money (which is good, because Twitter has rarely turned a profit), but rather because, among other things, he believes in free speech.

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