January, 26 2023

💻 GitHub Hits 100 Million Users

The code-hosting platform GitHub says it now has 100 million active users.

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💻 Trump Allowed Back on Meta

Former President Trump was allowed back onto Facebook and Instagram by Meta. The former president was banned when his supporters stormed the Capitol building on January 6th, 2021.

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🍿 Peacock Reaches 20 Million Subscribers

NBC's streaming service Peacock topped 20 million subscribers, but they saw quarterly losses widen to $978 million and management expects a $3 billion peak loss in 2023.

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🍿 2022's Most Streamed Show Was Stranger Things

\"Stranger Things\" is officially 2022's most streamed show, according to Nielsen’s year-end streaming rankings.

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⚖️ Memphis Police Officers Deemed Responsible For Death of Tyre Nichols

The Memphis police chief announced today that officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith were “directly responsible” for the physical abuse and death of Tyre Nichols. Nichols was beaten after fleeing a traffic stop in Detroit in early January. He died three days later after being transferred to a hospital.

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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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