Jennifer Hudson Gives Stunning Performance In First Clip Of Aretha Franklin Biopic
www.huffpost.com The actor/singer portrays the late Queen of Soul in the film that is set to hit theaters in August. … Read More
Twitter issues cash bounty challenge for undoing 'racist' photo cropping
www.mashable.com Twitter just issued a new challenge that will pays people to actually do some good. As part of the hacker conference DEF CON beginning Aug. 5, Twitter has announced a challenge to the hacking/coding community to help the company make the algorithm that crops the platform’s photos less (apparently) racist. Tweet may have been…
Ellen Pompeo Says ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Love Scenes Were Initially Hard For Her Husband
www.huffpost.com The actor said her spouse, Chris Ivery, “had no idea what he was getting into.” … Read More
Covid-19 surge in unvaccinated is only beginning, experts warn
www.cnn.com Covid-19 surge in unvaccinated is only beginning, experts warn… Read More
Reminder: Banned content of all kinds is still thriving on social platforms
www.mashable.com It’s a tale as old as the internet. Social platforms like Facebook and YouTube continue rolling out content moderation tools meant to keep harmful content like hate speech, misinformation, and incitements to violence off their platforms. Reports show that users keep successfully posting terrible stuff anyway. The latest example concerns anti-semitic content. There is…
DaBaby Tries To Brush Off Questlove By Claiming He Doesn’t Know Him. It Backfires.
www.huffpost.com The rapper didn’t appreciate the hip-hop legend calling out his recent homophobic and sexist remarks, but didn’t have the comeback he thought he did. … Read More
Tensions in the House boil over after Capitol riot hearing and mask rule
www.cnn.com Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut did not want to lose his cool, but he said this week he couldn’t help it.… Read More
Unicorns are ready for a haircut
www.techcrunch.com The digitization of your haircut may not have been on your 2020 bucket list, but 2021 has an even more surprising line item: Tech-powered barbershops are now a business proposition valued at nearly a billion dollars. … Read More
The pandemic effect is slowing
www.techcrunch.com Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by what the weekday Exchange column digs into, but free, and made for your weekend reading. Want it in your inbox every Saturday? Sign up here. … Read More
5 lessons from Duolingo’s bellwether edtech IPO of the year
www.techcrunch.com Duolingo landed onto the public markets this week, rallying excitement and attention for the edtech sector and its founder cohort. The language learning business’ stock price soared when it began to trade, even after the unicorn raised its IPO price range, and priced above the raised interval. … Read More