November, 02 2022

🍿 Dan Snyder Gears Up to Sell Commanders

The embattled owner of the Washington Commanders, Dan Snyder, hired Bank of America Securities to explore the sale of the Washington Commanders.

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💻 Sony Releases Teaser of PSVR 2

Sony announced that the PlayStation VR2 would launch in February. The virtual reality headset will cost $549.99.

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⚖️ Cheney Stumps for Slotkin

Republican Representative Liz Cheney endorsed Democrat Elissa Slotkin for Congress. Slotkin, a former Pentagon official and CIA analyst, is running to represent Michigan's 7th Congressional District.

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⚡️ North Korea Fires Missiles

North Korea fired 23 missiles today, the most they have ever launched in one day, causing residents of one island in South Korea to take shelter as one landed in the surrounding ocean.

⚖️ Fed Raises Rates

The Fed approved a fourth straight 0.75-point rate hike today to keep fighting inflation. In the announcement, Jerome Powell hinted that the Fed could reevaluate and slow the hikes if inflation slows.

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⚖️ Eastman's Emails

A Southern California judge ruled that emails from Trump's lawyer, John Eastman, must be released to the Jan 6th committee. The contents of the emails were inadvertently released today after House General Counsel Douglas Letter filed the messages, including a link with the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which Eastman's team forgot to deactivate. The emails show that Trump's lawyers thought their best bet to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election was to leverage Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

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🍿 New Avatar Trailer

The trailer for the long-awaited, highly-anticipated sequel to \"Avatar\" dropped today, featuring stunning visuals and an epic war for the fate of Pandora. The \"Avatar: The Way of Water\" trailer features the return of Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, and Sigourney Weaver.

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💻 OpenSea Tries to Tackle Scammers

OpenSea is enacting new policies to try and prevent scammers from flipping stolen NFTs.

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💻 Panasonic Breaks Ground

Panasonic has broken ground on its new $4 billion Electric Vehicle battery plant in Kansas.

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🍿 New Hercules Announced

The Russo Brothers will take on a live-action adaptation of the Disney classic, \"Hercules,\" which take the form of a modern musical inspired by TikTok.

💻 Opendoor Layoffs

Opendoor announced it laid off about 550 employees, about 18% of its workforce.

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🍿 Tapper's Out

Jake Tapper will no longer host his primetime show and will return to hosting \"The Lead\" after the midterms. His departure from the primetime show signals more behind-the-scenes changes enacted by the new president of CNN, Chris Licht.

⚖️ Union Station Speech

President Biden delivered a speech from Union Station in Washington, D.C., emphasizing the importance of protecting democracy.

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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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