July, 25 2022

⚡️ Active Shooter Reported at Dallas Love Field Airport

Police have responded to reports of an active shooter at Dallas Love Field Airport. The airport had put a ground stop in place.

🍿 A Tale of Two Billionaires

Elon Musk allegedly had an affair with Sergey Brin's (co-founder of Google) wife.

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⚡️ Woman Apprehended

The shooter at Dallas Love Field Airport has been identified as a 37-year-old woman who fired at the ceiling near a ticket counter earlier this morning. She was shot by police and taken into custody.

⚖️ Joe Manchin Tests Positive

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia announced today that he tested positive for Covid-19. He said he is experiencing mild symptoms but will continue working through them.

🍿 Joni Mitchell Is Back on Stage

Joni Mitchell performed at the Newport Folk Festival in a surprise performance on Sunday night. It was the first time she's performed since having a brain aneurysm in 2015 and her first full set in 20 years.

⚖️ Emmett Till's Birthday

The young boy whose brutal murder in 1955 catalyzed the Civil Rights Movement, Emmett Till, would have turned 81 today. The trailer for a biopic that follows his mother's fight for justice was released today on his birthday. The film stars Danielle Deadwyler.

🍿 David Warner Passes Away

David Warner, famous for playing villains in \"Tron\" and \"Time After Time,\" passed away at 80.

🍿 Looking Forward to Weekends with Adele

Adele announced that her Las Vegas residency has been rescheduled at long last. She canceled the show just 24 hours before the residency was scheduled to start due to production issues and half of her staff getting Covid-19. But now, she will take the stage from November 18 to March 23.

💻 Meta is Out of Tune

Meta is taking down its one-year-old app for couples, Tuned. Tuned was an app designed to let couples interact with a Spotify integration as well as specialized notes, messages, and challenges.

💻 Partners with All the Chips

Intel has struck a deal with Taiwan-based MediaTek. MediaTek will use Intel's Foundry Service to produce chips in an ongoing strategic partnership.

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💻 T-Mobile's Massive Settlement

T-Mobile agreed to a $350 million settlement with victims of a 2021 cyber attack where about 76.6 million users' data like data names, dates of birth, and even Social Security numbers were stolen from T-Mobile.

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🍿 RIP Paul Sorvino

Paul Sorvino passed away at the age of 83. The actor is beloved for portraying the sensitive gangster Paulie Cicero in \"Goodfellas.\"

⚖️ Hulu Versus Democrats

Hulu refused to run ads submitted by Democrats running in midterm elections that contained subjects like abortions, climate change, and gun safety. Hulu has not provided any reasoning for the decision.

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⚖️ Monkeypox May Be a National Emergency

Over the weekend, The World Health Organization declared the worsening Monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. The White House is expected to respond as global cases surpassed 16,500 in 74 countries.

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🍿 TBS Cancels Full Frontal with Samantha Bee

After seven seasons on the network, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee will not be returning to TBS. The talk show was the only late-night show hosted by a woman on the air.

⚖️ Marc Short Speaks

According to sources at ABC, the former chief-of-staff to Mike Pence testified before the January 6th committee last week.

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The producers of the film "Rust" named Bianca Cline as its cinematographer. The documentary will cover the death of the film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during production when a prop gun held by lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin misfired with a live round.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Rust Documentary Is Moving Full Speed Ahead

The producers of the film "Rust" named Bianca Cline as its cinematographer. The documentary will cover the death of the film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during production when a prop gun held by lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin misfired with a live round.
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Green light for Rust documentary

  • The producers of the film “Rust” announced that they had found a cinematographer to continue the production of the film after it was halted when the former cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed in an on-set accident.
  • The producers announced in October that the film would be completed in Hutchins’ honor and that a documentary would be made about the completion of the film.
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Meta is reportedly planning a new round of layoffs that are expected to happen sometime in March.
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Meta May Be Planning Further Layoffs

Meta is reportedly planning a new round of layoffs that are expected to happen sometime in March.
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Here we go again

  • Meta is preparing for a new round of job cuts that are expected to take place in March and will affect an unknown number of people.
  • In November, Meta laid off about 13% of its workforce.
  • Meta is one of the few tech companies to expand on earlier layoffs from 2022, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised that 2023 will be a year of "efficiency."
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January inflation was higher than expected, sparking fears that the Federal Reserve may enact further interest rate hikes.
January inflation was higher than expected, sparking fears that the Federal Reserve may enact further interest rate hikes.
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Higher than expected

  • Consumer prices rose 0.5% in January, according to the Labor Department’s consumer price index, which was higher than experts expected.
  • The Federal Reserve may issue a more aggressive hike in the coming months to slow inflation.
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