August, 11 2022

🍿 James White Retires

Three-time Super Bowl winner and NFL superstar James White announced he is retiring today. The running back played all eight seasons of his career with the New England Patriots.

⚖️ Beto Bites Back

Beto O'Rourke, who is running for Governor of Texas against incumbent Greg Abbott, called out a heckler during a campaign stop who was laughing as O'Rourke spoke about the Uvalde Shooting.

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🍿 Ready for New Music from Megan Thee Stallion

Megan Thee Stallion released the track list for her newest album, Traumazine, which releases on August 12th. The album features collaborations with Jhene Aiko, Latto, Dua Lipa, and Future.

⚡️ Break-in in Cincinnati

A gunman tried to enter the FBI building in Cincinnati early this morning. He was confronted by agents and fled the scene. Police have shut down Interstate 71. He was later identified as Ricky Shiffer and was shot and killed by police officers after a standoff.

🍿 The Ezra Miller Dilemma

The increasingly erratic behavior of The Flash's star, Ezra Miller, is reportedly causing Warner Bros. to reconsider the film's fate.

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⚖️ Merrick Garland Takes the Mike

Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke for the first time today about the decision to raid Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago. Garland said that he signed off on the search and has moved to unseal the search and seizure warrant and publicize the list of items taken in the raid.

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💻 Google Green-lights Campaign Emails

The Federal Election Commission will allow Gmail to spam-proof campaign emails from politicians.

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💻 Meta Waves Goodbye to Teens

A new study from the Pew Research Center shows that teens are abandoning Facebook and spending most of their time on Youtube, Tik Tok, and Instagram.

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💻 Cuban's Rocky Voyage on the SS Crypto

A group of investors in the crypto platform Voyager have sued Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks. The investors alleged that Cuban and the Mavericks participated in a Ponzi scheme by promoting the coin. Voyager filed for bankruptcy, which caused 3.5 million investors to lose $5 million collectively.

⚡️ CDC Changes Quarantine Guidelines

The CDC has dropped the five-day quarantine requirement for people exposed to Covid-19. The new rules state that exposed individuals wear a mask around others and test after five days instead of isolating. Schools will also no longer need to test exposed individuals without symptoms.

💻 Rivian Reports Further Loses

Rivian reported a net loss of $1.71 billion and a revenue of $364 million during their Q2. The electric truck maker has taken recent measures to cut costs, including laying off staff and restructuring the company. Rivian is slowly showing signs of improvement as the number of trucks the company is manufacturing is starting to increase.

💻 Look Out for Proof-of-Stake

Ethereum will switch to a proof-of-stake model in mid-September after conducting its last test of the new protocol before rollout today. The new protocol is less energy-intensive than requiring proof of work to claim ownership of new coins.

⚖️ State Department Offers Reward

The State Department is offering $10 million as a reward for information about four Russian hackers who use the aliases, Target,” “Reshaev,” “Professor,” “Tramp,” and “Dandis. The hackers are associated with the Conti ransomware group.

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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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