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LONDON AP 鈥?Facebook said it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform that promises to connect people virtually but could raise concern stanley cup s about privacy and the social platform gaining more control over people online lives.The company said in a blog post Sunday that those high-skilled workers will help build the metaverse, a futuristic notion for connecting online that uses augmented and virtual reality.Facebook executives have been touting the metaverse as the next big thing after the mobile internet, though their track record is spotty on predicting future trends. Expectations that CEO Mark Zuckerberg made four years ago of taking virtual vacations with faraway loved ones via a headset or using a smartphone camera to improve an apartment virtually have not materialized so far.WATCH: Choices being made inside Facebook are disastrous, whistleblower saysThe company also is contending with antitrust crackdowns, the testimony of whistleblowing former employees and concerns about how it handles vaccine-related and political misinformation.As we begin the journey of bringing the metaverse to life, the need for highly specialized engineers is one of Facebook most pressing priorities, acc stanley cup ording to the blog post from Nick Clegg, vice president of global affairs, and Javier Olivan, vice pres stanley cup ident of central products. Facebook recruiters are targeting Germany, Fran Elix Minnesota Senate GOP aim to block most policing overhaul plans
DAKAR, Senegal AP 鈥?Senegals parliament voted Monday to delay the West African nations presidential election until Dec. 15 in a chaotic voting process that took place after opposition lawmakers were forcefully removed from the chambers as they debated President Macky Sall ; stanley cup s聽earlier decision聽to delay the crucial election.Security forces stormed the legislative building and forcefully removed several opposition lawmakers who were trying to block the voting process on the unprecedented delay of the presidential election initially scheduled for Feb. 25. The adopted bill extends Salls tenure 鈥?which w adidas og as due to end on April 2 鈥?until a new election.Authorities on Monday restricted mobile internet access amid growing protests by opposition supporters against the delay.As th stanley cup e lawmakers debated the bill, security forces fired tear gas at protesters gathered outside the legislative building. Many of the protesters were arrested as they poured into the streets of the capital, Dakar, burning tires and criticizing the country leader.On Monday, two opposition parties filed a court petition challenging the election delay. It was not clear what would become of their request for Senegals Constitutional Council to direct the continuation of the electoral process. Analysts say the crisis in Senegal is putting one of Africas most stable democracies to the test at a time when the region is struggling with聽a recent surge in coups.Sall 鈥?who in July said he would not聽seek a third t