How the OJ trial foreshadowed internet culture
www.mashable.com In June 1994, when the late OJ Simpson was charged with murdering his ex-wife and her lover Ron Goldman, the World Wide Web was in its infancy. Still, with hindsight, it’s easy to realize that modern internet culture was all around us. Not literally, of course. The Netscape browser
Space Force tees up new ‘responsive space’ mission from Rocket Lab and True Anomaly
www.techcrunch.com Each company will design and build a satellite capable of rendezvousing with other spacecraft in orbit at close proximity, as well as command and control centers for the mission. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. … Read More
Meta tests tools to protect teen users from sextortion and unwanted nudes
www.mashable.com Meta is testing new tools and features to protect young people from unwanted nudity and sextortion scams, including Nudity Protection in DMs, a feature that automatically blurs nude images. Part of this crackdown is because Meta says it’s seeing a trend of financial sextortion, in which someone gets nude
Internal pre-Starlink SpaceX financials show big spending on moonshot bets
www.techcrunch.com Confidential financial statements from SpaceX for 2018 and 2019 capture an early glimpse at the degree to which the company is likely dependent on its Starlink business unit, and bringing the Starship rocket online, to become cash flow positive. … Read More
Caitlyn Jenner’s 2-Word Send-Off To O.J. Simpson Is Pure Ice
www.huffpost.com The football star died of cancer at the age of 76.… Read More
'Lousy Carter' star David Krumholtz on finding the joy in playing a curmudgeon
www.mashable.com David Krumholtz introduces us to the layered lovable curmudgeon that is Lousy Carter. Lousy Carter is now streaming. … Read More
Ice Spice To Make Hollywood Acting Debut — With Denzel Washington
www.huffpost.com The Grammy-nominated rapper has reportedly already started filming her scenes for Spike Lee’s upcoming movie.… Read More
TechCrunch Minute: TikTok and Meta’s latest moves signal a more commodified internet
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3 Samsung Galaxy S24 travel features that'll make iPhone users envious
www.mashable.com I didn’t realize my Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra — hair flip — would elicit so much envy from my fellow travel companion. He proudly owns an iPhone 15 Pro, finding every chance he can get to tell me why his iOS device is better than my “Android trash.” However,
DuckDuckGo launches a new subscription to bundle VPN and identity theft protection
www.techcrunch.com Privacy-focused consumer tech company DuckDuckGo launched a new Privacy Pro subscription on Thursday that bundles a VPN service, personal information removal, and identity theft restoration. … Read More
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Upon migration to Medina, the direction of the Qibla continued to be Jerusalem, although it was then physically impossible for one to also face the Ka’ba, as Medina is north of Makkah.
