October, 10 2022

🍿 Carolina Panthers Fire Matt Rhule

The Carolina Panthers fired Matt Rhule, letting the coach go after the team's 1-4 start to the season. They will owe Rhule north of $40 million for terminating his $62 million, seven-year contract less than three years in.

⚖️ Nobel Prize in Economics Awarded

The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, and Philip Dybvig for their research on banks and financial crises.

🍿 Cautiously Optimistic About Griner

Bill Richardson, a UN ambassador and former governor of New Mexico, has said that he is cautiously optimistic about a possible deal to exchange WNBA player Brittney Griner for two Russian prisoners. Richardson has worked behind the scenes on other notable hostage exchanges, and he is reportedly working on Griner's behalf to secure her release.

💻 Cameras Off, Please

A Dutch Court ruled that forcing employees to turn on their webcams is a human rights violation. The court ruled against a Florida-based company that hired a telemarketer in the Netherlands and then fired him for refusing to turn his camera on.

💻 Tech Responds to Kanye

After Meta blocked rapper Kanye West from posting after he shared violent and anti-semitic messages on Instagram, he briefly returned to Twitter. Elon Musk posted a message \"welcoming\" him before Kanye's account was blocked from posting after he posted another anti-semitic, threatening message.

⚖️ Christina Bobb Breaks the Trump Team Seal

Trump's lawyer, Christina Bobb, signed a document in June certifying that all the materials requested by the National Archives had been turned over. Now, she is reportedly cooperating with the Justice Department's investigation into Trump's effort to keep classified documents about national security in Mar-a-Lago.

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⚖️ Calls for Nury Martinez to Resign

Leaked audio from a meeting in October 2021 between Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez, L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera, Council members Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León revealed a conversation between the four where they make racist comments about fellow Black council members. In the audio posted to Reddit, they also make racist comments towards the two-year-old adopted son of a council member, Mike Bonin.

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💻 Time to BeReal

The newest social media darling is BeReal. The app sends a notification to users to post a photo of whatever they are doing, no filters allowed and is a favorite amongst Gen Z. The app topped 53 million installs, according to new research from Sensor Tower. The number of users has grown by 2,254% since the beginning of 2022.

💻 Streamers Injured

Several streamers were injured at Twitch Con this weekend after they jumped into a foam pit that was deceptively shallow hosted by Lenovo and Intel. Adriana Chechik broke her back in two places and will need surgery for her injuries, while another popular streamer dislocated their knee.

💻 Wrong Kind of Crash

The iPhone 14's new Crash Detection feature keeps sending alerts to Police when users are on a roller coaster. An estimated six calls have gone to law enforcement in Warren County at Kings Island alone since the iPhone 14 launched.

💻 Hackers Hit Airport Websites

Multiple US airport websites were knocked offline by Russian hackers this morning. No operational impacts have been reported from the hack. The hack was carried out by the Russian hacking group Killnet.

🍿 Rex Orange County Charged

The singer Alexander O'Connor, who performs under the name \"Rex Orange County,\" has been charged with six counts of sexual assault for attacking a woman in June of this year. He pled not guilty in court in the UK today after mysteriously canceling his tour due to \"personal reasons.\"

🍿 Art Laboe Passes Away

The beloved radio host who coined the phrase \"oldies but goodies\" and helped to end segregation in Southern California, Art Laboe, passed away on Friday at 97.

⚡️ Hurricane Julia Hits Central America

Nineteen people have been killed by Hurricane Julia, which made landfall in Central America today, hammering the region with heavy rain. The hurricane crossed over Central America, striking Nicaragua and passing over to the Pacific Ocean, where it became a tropical storm.

⚖️ JD Vance v. Tim Ryan

JD Vance, author of \"Hillbilly Elegy,\" and Representative Tim Ryan faced off in a debate tonight as the race between the two for the Ohio Senate seat escalates. The two sparred over Vance's fake nonprofit and Ryan's voting record in Congress.

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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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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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