February, 06 2023

⚖️ Deadly Earthquake In Turkey and Syria

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey and Syria early this morning. Two thousand three hundred people were killed during the quake. President Biden announced that he authorized an immediate U.S. response to provide aid to the countries.

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🍿 AMC Switches Up Ticket Pricing Strategy

AMC Theatres is adopting a new ticket pricing strategy where they will adjust ticket prices based on the location of the seat in the theater.

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💻 FTX Asks For Donations Back

The bankrupt cryptocurrency giant FTX, once valued at $32 billion, and its affiliated debtors reportedly asked politicians and PACs to return donations in an effort to return capital to investors in the firm as the company goes through bankruptcy filings. The requests were made via letter and gave the parties who received money from FTX until February 28th to return the donations.

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💻 Good News for the Good Twitter Bots

After announcing last week that the Twitter API will start costing money to access on February 9th, CEO Elon Musk said today that the Twitter API would be provided to bots who write \"good\" content for free.

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🍿 Brady's Burgeoning Broadcast Career Begins

Recently re-retired Tom Brady announced that he will begin his broadcast career with Fox in the fall of 2024.

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💻 Google Releases Bard

Google released a demonstration of its AI assistant and ChatGPT competitor called Bard. The demonstration showed Bard, which relies on Google's own Language Model for Dialogue Applications, to answer questions in a conversational way after drawing on information from the web.

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⚡️ Death Toll Rises in Syria and Turkey

The death toll from the powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Syria and Southeastern Turkey early this morning has risen to 3,400 people. As of writing, more than 9,600 search and rescue personnel have been deployed to search for survivors as more than 55 minor earthquakes struck the region in the last 24 hours.

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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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