Monday 13 June 2022

⚖️ Ginni Thomas In Ever Hotter Water

The wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, Virginia Thomas's emails imploring Arizona lawmakers to overturn the results of the 2020 election have been revealed to the public.

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💻 Is the AI Alive? One Google Engineer Thinks So

Google suspended the engineer who is convinced that Google's AI-based chatbot generator, LaMDA, has achieved sentience.

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🍿 Jennifer Hudson Gets the EGOT

Actress and singer Jennifer Hudson won a Tony Award this weekend, completing the elusive EGOT.

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🍿 Rebel Wilson Comes Out On Her Own-ish Terms

Actress Rebel Wilson revealed on Instagram that she'd found her Disney princess, but the story behind the post is causing controversy.

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💻 Celsius Hits the Freeze Button

Crypto lender Celsius announced they were freezing all account withdrawals due to market instability as crypto's value plummets.

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⚖️ The House Resumes Hearings for the Capitol Riots

Monday's hearings brought new allegations against Trump's campaign to overturn the 2020 election and featured testimony from fired Fox News Editor Chris Stirewalt and other members of Trump's team.

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🍿 James Patterson Makes the Internet Cross

Multi-millionaire author James Patterson gave an interview describing a new kind of "racism" facing older white men in the entertainment industry.

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🍿 Philip Baker Hall's Final Honor

Philip Baker Hall, star of "Secret Honor" and other classic films, passed away peacefully at age 90.

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💻 FAA Forces SpaceX to Adapt

The Federal Aviation Administration published its highly anticipated assessment of the SpaceX launch site and Starship program in South Texas.

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💻 Consider Microsoft's Neutral Mode Activated

Microsoft entered into a historic agreement with a union formed at their recent acquisition, Activision Blizzard, that may set the new gold standard within the gaming industry.

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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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