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Instagram has grown to 3 billion monthly active users, according to announcements by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram Head Adam Mosseri. This is a notable milestone for the Meta-owned platform, ...

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A March lawsuit against the University alleging that Penn Medicine’s Black Doctors Directory was racially discriminatory has been settled, with the directory renamed as part of the resolution. Do No ...