Daily Crunch: Spotify packs its 2021 year-end recap with new sharing, social features
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EU chief calls for discussion on mandatory vaccinations for the bloc
www.cnn.com EU chief calls for discussion on mandatory vaccinations for the bloc… Read More
Ahead of public market debut, Better.com lays off 9% of its staff
www.techcrunch.com One day after announcing an amendment to its SPAC agreement, digital mortgage lender Better.com confirmed today that it is laying off roughly 9% of its nearly 10,000 person staff. … Read More
Jennifer Aniston, Gabrielle Union Among Stars Cast For 'The Facts Of Life' Special
www.huffpost.com The live TV event will also re-create an episode of “Diff’rent Strokes.”… Read More
Who is writing Spotify Wrapped's cringe copy? I just want to talk.
www.mashable.com There’s a lesson I learned in eighth grade, back when I thought buying aggressively colorful, collared shirts from Aéropostale was going to make me cool. That lesson? There are very few things less cool than trying to being cool. That’s what comes to mind when I look at Spotify’s latest campaign for its annual…
Hilaria Baldwin Reveals 'Heart-Wrenching' Talks With Her Kids After 'Rust' Shooting
www.huffpost.com Her husband, Alec Baldwin, accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the movie set in October.… Read More
Omicron was in Europe long before travel bans on southern Africa
www.cnn.com Omicron was in Europe long before travel bans on southern Africa… Read More
AI proves a dab hand at pure mathematics and protein hallucination
www.techcrunch.com One of the reasons artificial intelligence is such an interesting field is that pretty much no one knows what it might turn out to be good at. Two papers by leading labs published in the journal Nature today show that machine learning can be applied to tasks as technically demanding as protein generation and…
Ben Affleck Finally Talks About Rekindling Bennifer: 'It’s Definitely Beautiful To Me'
www.huffpost.com “It is a good story,” the actor said of reconnecting with Jennifer Lopez. “It’s a great story. And, you know, maybe one day I’ll tell it.”… Read More
Reddit's new update makes upvotes more dynamic
www.mashable.com Reddit is changing how it displays votes and comments, making them more dynamic to encourage user interaction and make the platform feel more “lively.” Previously, Reddit’s vote and comment counts were displayed as static numbers which would only update when users refreshed their page. Now, vote and comment counts will be animated, with redditors…