August, 25 2022

💻 Sony Ups the PlayStation Ante

Sony announced that they are immediately raising the price of a PlayStation 5 by up to 20% in most markets outside the U.S., including the U.K., China, Australia, Mexico, and Canada. The price increase will take effect in Japan in September.

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⚖️ One Step Closer to a Released Affidavit

The Justice Department filed a proposal for redactions and deletions on the affidavit they used to obtain authorization to raid Mar-a-Lago. The redactions will likely hide the names of investigators on the case and other highly classified information from the public if the affidavit is, in fact released.

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🍿 Pesci Returns to the Screen

Joe Pesci will play comedian Pete Davidson's grandfather in an upcoming Peacock comedy about Davidson's life. Edie Falco will play his mother in the half-hour live-action comedy.

💻 Twitter Loses VP of Engineering

Sandeep Pandey, the VP of engineering at Twitter, is leaving for Meta. The departure of Pandey, along with three other senior executives, is yet another blow to Twitter. Twitter has been in the hot seat recently after Elon Musk backed out of a deal to buy the platform and a whistleblower published a report about egregious security deficiencies at the company.

💻 Another Hit for Twilio Hackers

DoorDash has confirmed a data breach that exposed customers' personal information linked to the same hackers who breached Twilio earlier this year. The company did not disclose when it discovered the breach, but it did say that it took time to investigate fully before alerting customers. DoorDash told customers that hackers accessed the names, delivery addresses, and in some cases, partial credit card information before they shut down the hack.

⚖️ Project Return Ashley Biden's Diary

The two Florida residents who stole Ashely Biden's, the daughter of President Biden, diary, which she kept while recovering from addiction, were convicted of stealing and handing the diary to the conservative group Project Veritas. Aimee Harris and Robert Kurlander admitted they gave the diary to Project Veritas with the intent to provide the group with fodder before the 2020 presidential elections.

⚖️ Trump Influenced by Tom Fitton

Former President Donald Trump allegedly spoke with conservative activist Tom Fitton before the raid on Mar-a-Lago. Fitton encouraged Trump to keep classified documents from the National Archives, which resulted in the decision by the Trump team to withhold some documents from NARA in June, triggering the August 8th raid.

💻 Google's New Labels

In a letter to Senator Mark Warner and Representative Elissa Slotkin, Google's vice president for government affairs and public policy Mark Isakowitz revealed that Google will begin to label whether clinics provide abortions clearly. The new labeling will help women evaluate search results and advertisements in order to get the reproductive care they are seeking.

⚖️ Biden Gets a Boost

President Biden's approval rating has been on the rise after a series of legislative wins and a steady decline in gas prices. The latest Gallup poll showed that 44% of Americans approve of the way Biden is handling the presidency. The new poll is his highest approval rating in a year.

⚖️ Dominion Tackles Fox

Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Lou Dobbs are expected to be deposed by lawyers representing Dominion voting machines for their claims that the company helped to steal the 2020 presidential election from Trump. The CEO of Fox News, Suzanne Scott, will also face a deposition in the coming weeks.

🍿 From Fan Fiction to the Big Screen

Michael Showalter will direct Anne Hathaway in the adaptation of the fan-fiction book inspired by Harry Styles, the \"Idea of You,\" for Amazon Prime.

🍿 Has DC Found What Its Looking For?

The executive-turned-producer Dan Lin is in talks to take on the role of DC chief from Walter Hamada. Lin has produced hits like The Lego Movie and the live-action Aladdin. If Lin takes the role, he will be tasked with bringing the DC universe into the new multiverse era to compete with Marvel.

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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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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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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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