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Meta Platforms Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg told employees on Thursday that WhatsApp and Messenger would drive the company's next wave of sales growth, as he sought to assuage concerns about Meta's finances after its first mass layoffs. Zuckerberg, addressing pointed questions at a company-wide meeting a week after Meta said it would lay off 11,000 workers, described the pair of messaging apps as being "very early in monetizing" compared to its advertising juggernauts Facebook and Instagram, according to remarks heard by Reuters. "We talk a lot about the very long-term opportunities like the metaverse , but the reality is that Business messaging is probably going to be the next major pillar of our Business as we work to monetize WhatsApp and Messenger more," he said. Meta enables some consumers to speak and transact with merchants through the chat apps, including a new feature announced Thursday in Brazil. The company did not immediate...

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT A Sydney taxi driver says he’s lucky to be alive after he was viciously attacked with an EFTPOS machine at Sydney Airport. New South Wales Police have charged a 25-year-year-old Uber driver over the incident, which happened on Friday morning at the taxi rank of the international terminal. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> WATCH VIDEO ABOVE: Taxi drive allegedly attacked with EFT machine. Police allege there was an earlier verbal altercation between the men. But the 25-year-old year-old victim, known as Maaz, said he doesn’t believe the brutal attack was justified. “I don’t know him. I was just going (about) a normal day. I was just trying to earn, make some money and pay my bills,” Maaz told 7NEWS. Maaz was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital for further assessment after the incident. Credit: Supplied Blood was splattered across Maaz’s car during the attack . Credit: Supplied Security video recorded from inside the ta...

A McDonald’s customer was left stunned after she spotted a miniature horse in the backseat of a car at the drive thru. In a video uploaded to TikTok, the customer reveals the moment she turned to her left at the drive thru only to see a miniature horse in the back seat of a black Honda, with his head out the window looking around. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Driver spots ‘hilarious’ Macca’s drive through act. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> “Only in Australia,” the video was captioned. In the footage the woman who is filming yells out “is that a horse?”, to which the woman in the Honda responds: ‘he’s excited for his ice cream”. The woman went on to reveal the horse’s name is Rocco, before calmly driving through to the next window. A McDonald’s customer was left stunned after she spotted a miniature horse in the backseat of a car at the drive thru.  Credit: TikTok/dondonthedon26 The video quickly gained a lot of attention on TikTok with nearly...