October, 12 2022

⚖️ Treasury Department Checks DeSantis

The Treasury Department inspector general will audit Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for spending state funds on flying immigrants from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha's Vineyard.

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⚖️ Biden's National Security Strategy

President Biden released his National Security Strategy today, and the report focuses on limiting the global power of Russia and China, building a stronger relationship with India, and strengthening democracy at home.

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🍿 MacArthur Genius Grant Winners

The MacArthur Genius Grant winners were announced today. Amongst the 25 winners are musicians, artists, mathematicians, writers, and academics. This year's class is comprised of fifteen women and ten men.

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🍿 Cartoon Network Consolidates

Warner Bros announced a new consolidation effort within its television division and new layoffs of about 26% of staff.

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💻 Microsoft Buys into DALL-E2

At Microsoft Ignite today, the company announced they are bringing the image generator tool DALL-E 2 to the masses with integration into Designer and Image Creator.

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💻 Shein Owner Pays Up

The owner of Shein, Zoetop, will pay New York state $1.9 million for a data breach that affected millions of customers.

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💻 Apple and Microsoft Ignite Collab

Apple is adding more of its products, like iCloud and Apple Music, to Microsoft Platforms.

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⚖️ Alex Jones's Massive Ledger

Conservative talk show host and Infowars CEO Alex Jones has been ordered by a Connecticut court to pay $965 million in damages to eight families of Sandy Hook shooting victims after the defamation trial between the families and Jones.

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💻 Truth Social on Google Play

Former President Donald Trump's Twitter-knockoff, social media app Truth Social is now available on the Google Play Store.

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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.
Entertainment
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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