August, 10 2022

⚖️ Trump Pleads the Fifth

Former President Donald Trump invoked the right to remain silent in his deposition with the New York Attorney General, Letitia James, today.

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🍿 Hard Day to be Armie Hammer

The story of Armie Hammer's very public fall from grace after allegations of abusive behavior broke will debut Dicovery+ as a three-part docuseries. In the trailer released today, Hammer's victims detail the disturbing messages they received from the actor. The producers also promise to unveil the twisted history of Hammer's family.

💻 Disney's Earnings Beat Expectations

Disney announced their Q3 results today, and they blew past experts' predictions with massive subscriber growth and higher-than-expected top and bottom line earnings. They also announced their intention to launch an ad-supported subscription in December.

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🍿 You Can Be Groot Too

\"I Am Groot\" is now available to stream on Disney+. The movie follows the beloved Marvel character through five shorts as the sassy sapling takes on challenges like his first steps or painting a family portrait of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

💻 Major Blow to Starlink Expansion

Starlink applied for $885 million in subsidies from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to provide internet to rural America, which the FCC approved in 2020. But today, the FCC rejected their application because Starlink failed to demonstrate its ability to provide the service.

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💻 Palm Readers at Whole Foods

Amazon announced that they are rolling out a feature that allows shoppers at 65 Whole Foods locations to scan their palms to check out their groceries. The palm scanning tech, named Amazon One, uses the customer's unique palm print as an identifier which is then linked to a stored payment method.

⚖️ Bolton and Pompeo Targeted in Assassination Plot

The Department of Justice unsealed records today that revealed that former national security advisor John Bolton and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo were the targets of an assassination plot by a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Shahram Poursafi.

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🍿 Goodbye Breakfast Club

The radio personality, Angela Yee, is leaving the show, The Breakfast Club with Charlamagne Tha God. She is leaving to host her own daily radio show, Way Up With Angela Yee.

⚖️ China Concludes Drills

China has concluded the military drills which have hammered the island of Taiwan's airspace and ocean borders for the last week. The exercises started after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. China said they would continue to monitor the Taiwan strait and prepare for conflict from their side of the strait.

⚖️ Biden Signs the PACT Act

President Biden signed the PACT Act, which expands healthcare coverage for veterans impacted by toxic burn pits or chemical exposures while in service into law today. The signing ceremony was emotional, as the widow and daughter of a veteran who died from cancer stemming from his exposure to burn pits presented the bill. Biden also spoke about his son Beau, who died of brain cancer after serving in the military.

🍿 Jeanette McCurdy's Book Sells Out

The former actress who starred in iCarly, Jeanette McCurdy, released a memoir about her experience with parental abuse by her mother and the treatment she received at Nickelodeon as a child star. \"I'm Glad My Mother Died\" sold out on Amazon the day after its release and sparked conversations about child stars' treatment.

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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.
Technology
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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