January, 13 2023

🍿 Remembering Lisa Marie Presley

The only daughter of Priscilla and Elvis Presley, Lisa Marie Presley, passed away last night at 54 after being hospitalized for cardiac arrest.

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⚖️ Trump Organization Fined $1.6 million

The Trump Organization has been hit with a $1.6 million fine for evading taxes after top executives at the company were convicted on 17 counts of tax fraud by a New York court.

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💻 Tesla Cutting Prices in the US and Europe

Tesla is cutting the prices of its models by up to 20% in Europe and the US. The price of Model Y has been cut in Europe and the US, while Models X and S have been cut in the US.

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⚖️ Yellen Says US Will Hit Debt Ceiling on Jan 19th

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned lawmakers that the US is projected to hit its debt ceiling on January 19th. The government will exceed its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit if action is not taken to either raise the debt ceiling or reduce government debt.

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💻 Pentagon Releases 2022 UFO Report

The Pentagon released the 2022 UFO report. The report reveals that the Pentagon received more than 350 reports of UFO sightings in 2022. The majority of sightings came from Navy and Air Force aviators and operators, and about 20 of the reports were attributed to drones to weather balloons.

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⚡️ Aftermath of Storms in the Southeast

At least nine people were killed after tornados tore through Alabama and Georgia yesterday. A tornado caused heavy damage in Selma, Alabama. Tens of thousands of homes and businesses are still without power as crews work to clear debris and restore power.

💻 Woman Ordered to Pay Up For Stolen Time

A Canadian accountant has been ordered to repay her former employer over $2,000 after time-tracking software installed on her laptop showed she misrepresented 50 hours of work.

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⚖️ US Renames Sites with Names Using Racist Slurs For Native Women

The US Department of the Interior announced that it had renamed five places with names that previously contained a racist term referring to Native American women. The sites are in California, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas.

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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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