November, 14 2022

⚖️ Shooting at UVA

Three students were shot and killed at the University of Virginia last night. Students and the campus were on lockdown until this morning, when the suspect was arrested.

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🍿 John Aniston Passes Away

The star of \"Days of Our Lives\" and father to actress Jennifer Aniston, John Aniston, passed away at 89 today.

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💻 Bezos Plunges Into Philanthropy

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has pledged to donate the majority of his $124 billion net worth to fight climate change and to people working to bridge modern society's divides.

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💻 Amazon Layoffs Impending

Amazon reportedly plans to lay off approximately 10,000 employees this week.

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⚖️ Push to Delay Party Leadership Elections

A group of 59 influential conservatives, including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas's wife, Ginni Thomas, penned an open letter urging the Republican party to delay formal leadership elections until after the senate runoff election in December in Georgia.

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⚖️ Court Blocks Flight Challenge

A Florida judge dismissed a challenge filed by state Sen. Jason Pizzo against governor Ron DeSantis for using Florida budget money to fly immigrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard.

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💻 Google Gets Fined Again

Google will pay a fine of $391.5 million to settle a suit with 40 states over their location tracking practices.

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🍿 Black Panther Sequel Soars

\"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever\" reaffirmed Marvel's box-office mojo, making a $181 million debut in North America. The movie has made $331 million since its debut, making it one of the year's biggest debuts.

🍿 Haggis Fined

Paul Haggis has been fined an additional $2.5 million, on top of the already decided $7.5 million for punitive damages after a jury found him guilty of assaulting film publicist Haleigh Breest. The jury unanimously found Haggis guilty of three counts of rape and sexual assault.

💻 Crypto Damage Control Campaign

The CEOs of the crypto exchanges, Binance and Crypto.com, hosted live question sessions today, asking investors or customers to ask them \"anything\" as the fallout over the collapse of FTX continues. Both emphasized that they will not collapse alongside FTX and that their assets are self-contained.

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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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