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Beetlejuice vs Gary the Retard
November 11, 2023 20:57 - 8 minutes - 11.1 MBBeetlejuice vs Gary the Retard
International Nurses Day 2021: Nurses, the caring change agents of our society
May 12, 2021 07:49 - 4 minutes - 4.05 MBInternational Nurses Day 2021: Nurses, the caring change agents of our society the roles of nurses have changed with great responsibilities and with a lot of challenges. A typical day in the life of a nurse on the COVID war front is filled with great uncertainty and a constant marathon. Every single shift has the potential to be momentous, exhilarating, exhausting, energizing, or all of the above. On any given day, nurses can see people at their weakest and most vulnerable, or at their stron...
Oscar-winning ‘Moonstruck’ actress Olympia Dukakis dies at 89
May 02, 2021 04:51 - 8 minutes - 8.06 MBHer banter with Cher was among the film’s highlights, including a scene in which Dukakis scolded her daughter during a kitchen dissection of her love life. “Your life’s going down the toilet,” Dukakis said in her throaty voice. At another point, she tells Cher it is good she did not love her fiance. “When you love them, they drive you crazy because they know they can.” “Moonstruck,” considered one of Hollywood’s great romantic comedies, won three Academy Awards, including Cher as best actr...
Kim Kardashian is rumored to be dating CNN’s Van Jones
April 27, 2021 11:42 - 3 minutes - 3.27 MBKim Kardashian is rumored to be dating CNN’s Van Jones Are they or aren’t they? Rumors of Kim Kardashian possibly dating CNN’s Van Jones have been circulating since the announcement of her split with Kanye West this year. 52-year old Jones is a bestselling author and nonprofit founder as well as a commentator. He was first publicly seen with Kim Kardaashian in 2018, at Rolling Stone’s Criminal Justice Reform Summit. As keynote speakers, the pair discussed the need for prison reform in the ...
Dream & MrBeast Burger is the crossover you never knew you needed
April 27, 2021 11:35 - 5 minutes - 5.39 MBDream & MrBeast Burger is the crossover you never knew you needed MrBeast has truly taken his YouTube fame to new heights. As if his impressive cash giveaways and incredible charity work weren’t enough, he created his very own restaurant in December 2020, aptly dubbed “MrBeast Burger.” The chain is very much your usual fast food joint; boasting juicy cheeseburgers, crispy chicken sandwiches, and even loaded “Beast Style Fries,” the YouTube star has successfully opened over 600 locations acros...
N.C. COUNTY WILL BLUR FACES BEFORE ANDREW BROWN JR.'S...
April 27, 2021 06:24 - 10 minutes - 9.62 MBLETS RAISE OUR VOICE ..............Brown died one day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd — a case that inflamed nationwide protests against police brutality and racial injustice. The Elizabeth City mayor is calling for North Carolina to change its laws to streamline the release of footage from officer-worn cameras, saying a delay of up to 48 hours should be sufficient. Initial details about Brown's ...
Oscars 2021: Chloé Zhao, 'Nomadland' make history at wobbly Academy Awards
April 26, 2021 10:07 - 4 minutes - 4.61 MBOscars 2021: Chloé Zhao, 'Nomadland' make history at wobbly Academy Awards The producers of the 93rd Academy Awards were handed an unenviable assignment. They were tasked with putting on a lively show that resurrected both the rarefied glamor of vintage Hollywood and the comforting normalcy of life before the pandemic — all while abiding by a laundry list of Covid-19 safety protocols. If they succeeded, the thinking went, they just might be able to stave off a record-low ratings disaster and...
UFC 261 Fight Companion: Usman vs. Masvidal 2, Zhang vs. Namajunas, Shevchenko vs. Andrade
April 25, 2021 14:14 - 3 minutes - 3.21 MBUFC 261 Fight Companion: Usman vs. Masvidal 2, Zhang vs. Namajunas, Shevchenko vs. Andrade Join Matthew Wells and Ant Walker as we watch Kamaru Usman vs. Jorge Masvidal, Zhang Weili vs. Rose Namajunas, Valentina Shevchenko vs. Jessica Andrade, Uriah Hall vs. Chris Weidman, and Anthony Smith vs. Jim Crute.
The Suicide Squad’: The First Trailer Is Wild, And NSFW
March 27, 2021 13:33 - 4 minutes - 3.87 MBThe Suicide Squad’: The First Trailer Is Wild, And NSFW At long last, the trailer to James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad has finally been released. As we knew from the initial casting announcements, there aren’t many characters in common with the original film from 2016: Viola Davis is back as Amanda Waller, the government agent who helps assemble the team. Also is Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, who starred in her own film, 2020’s Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)...
‘Women Belong In The Kitchen’: Burger King’s International Women’s Day Tweet Goes Down In Flames
March 09, 2021 13:36 - 4 minutes - 4.16 MB‘Women Belong In The Kitchen’: Burger King’s International Women’s Day Tweet Goes Down In Flames Women belong in the kitchen.” For Burger King’s United Kingdom division, those five words tweeted on International Women's Day prompted a day of flame-grilled outrage from social media users. The tweet was meant to be a humorous tease for a campaign promoting a cooking scholarship for female employees, but it fell flat. Follow-up tweets put the first tweet in context: “If they want to, of course...
Elon Musk trolls GM, Chrysler on Twitter. Ford CEO responds with 1 word.
March 06, 2021 06:21 - 7 minutes - 6.88 MBElon Musk trolls GM, Chrysler on Twitter. Ford CEO responds with 1 word. Just one word. That's all Ford CEO Jim Farley used to respond to Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday. "Tesla & Ford are the only American carmakers not to have gone bankrupt out of 1000’s of car startups. Prototypes are easy, production is hard & being cash flow positive is excruciating," Musk tweeted Thursday. Farley retweeted Musk early Friday saying only, "Respect." Reaction on Twitter has been swift with likes, retweet...
Sony patents tech that turns ‘bananas’into a PlayStation controller
March 05, 2021 15:46 - 5 minutes - 4.88 MBSony patents tech that turns ‘bananas’into a PlayStation controller The patent is essentially a method that turns a “non-luminous passive object being held by a user” into a controller, superimposing virtual buttons on top of it, with a banana being described as the example. A camera could detect the objects so they could be used as controllers, or a camera could “detect a user’s finger in the obtained images” to coincide “with the location of the virtual button”. The idea is to use any physi...
Coming to America 2’ review
March 05, 2021 15:23 - 10 minutes - 9.63 MBComing to America 2’ review The 33-years-later sequel “Coming 2 America” starts poorly but gets funnier and more likable as it goes, and it’s stolen by a newcomer to this particular nostalgia tour: Wesley Snipes, fopping it up as the military
Powerful earthquakes force thousands to evacuate in New Zealand; tsunami threat passes
March 05, 2021 10:57 - 8 minutes - 7.9 MBPowerful earthquakes force thousands to evacuate in New Zealand; tsunami threat passes WELLINGTON, New Zealand — One of the biggest earthquakes to hit the South Pacific in modern history forced thousands of people in New Zealand to evacuate and triggered tsunami warnings across the world Friday, but it did not appear to cause injuries or major damage because it struck in remote ocean. The magnitude 8.1 quake was the largest in a series of tremors that hit the region over several hours, inclu...
Symphyotrichum novi-belgii, the New York aster,
March 02, 2021 15:48 - 1 minute - 1.64 MBSymphyotrichum novi-belgii, the New York aster,
Lakers vs. Suns, Three Things to Know: March 2, 2021
March 02, 2021 13:35 - 7 minutes - 6.85 MBLakers vs. Suns, Three Things to Know: March 2, 2021 SUNS NOTES: Via Lakers.com’s Joey Ramirez: - Have won 14 of their last 17 games. - 4th in defensive rating (108.5) and 8th in offensive rating (114.4). One of two teams in the top 10 for both (UTA). - 2nd-slowest pace (97.8 possessions), next to NYK (96.8). - 3rd in point differential (+5.9; tied LAC), behind UTA (+9.7) and MIL (+7.5). - 2nd in FT% (83.3), behind LAC (84.0); but last in FTA (18.3) and 3rd-fewest FTM (15.3). - Holding ...
J.J. Watt agrees to two-year contract with Arizona Cardinals
March 02, 2021 13:11 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBJ.J. Watt agrees to two-year contract with Arizona Cardinals TEMPE, Ariz. -- Free-agent pass-rusher J.J. Watt has agreed to a two-year contract with the Arizona Cardinals, the team announced Monday. Terms were not disclosed, but a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter the deal is worth $31 million and includes $23 million guaranteed. Before the Cardinals announced the agreement, Watt broke the news by sharing a photo on Twitter: Watt later indicated he and his wife, Kealia, were traveling to Ari...
Zaha Hadid Architects releases visuals of amorphous OPPO Shenzhen headquarters
March 01, 2021 14:52 - 7 minutes - 7.38 MBZaha Hadid Architects releases visuals of amorphous OPPO Shenzhen headquarters Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed its proposal for four interconnected towers in Shenzhen, China, which will contain the open-plan headquarters for OPPO. Set to break ground later this year, the amorphous OPPO headquarters is designed by Zaha Hadid Architects to accommodate the continual growth of the company dubbed as China's leading smartphone manufacturer. The headquarters will measure 185,000-square-metres, ...
CPAC 2021: Here are the lies Donald Trump told
March 01, 2021 14:21 - 10 minutes - 9.59 MBCPAC 2021: Here are the lies Donald Trump told Donald Trump clung to his core election falsehoods in his first post-presidential speech, wrongly blamed wind power for the catastrophic power failures in Texas and revived a variety of the baseless claims that saturated his time in office, on immigration, the economy and more. A look at Trump’s remarks Sunday at the Conservative Political Action Conference: TRUMP: “We built the strongest economy in the history of the world.” THE FACTS: No, th...
Golden Globes 2021: Complete list of winners and nominees
March 01, 2021 14:08 - 4 minutes - 4.49 MBGolden Globes 2021: Complete list of winners and nominees The 78th Golden Globe Awards kicked off Sunday night after being delayed for nearly two months by the coronavirus pandemic. "Nomadland" won the award for best drama film and "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" won best comedy film. Andra Day won best actress in a drama for "The United States vs. Billie Holiday" and Chadwick Boseman posthumously received the award for best actor in a drama for what became his final movie role in "Ma Rainey's B...
Chinese mum pays over US$150,000 to have ‘perfect’ seven kids, bucking country’s children trend
February 28, 2021 13:32 - 8 minutes - 7.73 MBChinese mum pays over US$150,000 to have ‘perfect’ seven kids, bucking country’s Zhang’s family has paid more than 1 million yuan (US$155,000) in “social support fees” – effectively fines – to the local government for the privilege of giving birth to more than the permitted number of children. Until six years ago, most women in China could only bear one child. Get the latest insights and analysis from our Global Impact newsletter on the big stories originating in China. Without paying the f...
This hidden iPhone feature just went viral on TikTok
February 28, 2021 03:13 - 4 minutes - 3.9 MBThis hidden iPhone feature just went viral on TikTok Interestingly, this is not a new feature. It was first shown off during the iOS 11 beta back in 2017. We're now currently on iOS 14, with the 14.5 public beta happening right now. But after a decade of iPhone software development, many handy features have slipped through without the majority of users noticing. For example, with the latest iPhone, there are 10 iPhone 12 features users should enable right away. This includes managing 5G dat...
Rachel Lindsay deletes Instagram account following harassment from 'Bachelor' fans
February 28, 2021 03:06 - 3 minutes - 3.43 MBRachel Lindsay deletes Instagram account following harassment from 'Bachelor' fans Media personality Rachel Lindsay, who was "The Bachelor" franchise's first-ever Black lead in 2017, has deleted her Instagram account due to harassment and hate she has received from fans of the show. The online harassment follows Lindsay's "Extra" interview with "The Bachelor" host Chris Harrison, during which he defended current contestant Rachael Kirkconnell, who has been under fire for resurfaced photos of...
Canelo Alvarez vs. Avni Yildirim odds
February 28, 2021 02:52 - 7 minutes - 7.01 MBCanelo Alvarez vs. Avni Yildirim odds picks, predictions: Boxing insider who's 32-8 unveils best bets, props Since turning pro in 2005, Alvarez has compiled a 54-1-2 all-time record, with his only loss coming at the hands of Floyd Mayweather Jr. in September 2013. William Hill Sportsbook pegs Alvarez as a -4000 favorite (risk $4,000 to win $100) in the latest Alvarez vs. Yildirim odds, with the Turkish fighter getting +1500 (risk $100 to win $1,500) as the underdog. Before making any Alvarez ...
James Charles denies accusations of 'grooming' a 16-year-old fan
February 27, 2021 13:55 - 9 minutes - 8.37 MBJames Charles denies accusations of 'grooming' a 16-year-old fan James Charles, a beauty YouTuber with over 25 million subscribers, denied "grooming" a minor. On Friday, a TikTok user who says he's 16 posted censored nude photos he says Charles sent him. In a statement, Charles said he would ask for ID from men he pursues in the future.
Tom and Jerry new 2021
February 27, 2021 13:41 - 10 minutes - 9.53 MBYou know you’re in for trouble right at the start, when the pigeons begin rapping. Tim Story’s Tom and Jerry opens to the strains of A Tribe Called Quest’s classic “Can I Kick It?” as the camera swoops over the New York City skyline and finds Tom relaxing between subway cars and Jerry looking at rental properties with a shady rat real-estate agent. (“Wait till you see the next place. It just screams ‘Mouse House.’ Wait, can I say that?”) Ignore the anachronism of lyrics like “Mr. Dinkins, wil...
Pokémon Legends: Arceus is an open-world RPG coming to the Switch
February 27, 2021 13:28 - 4 minutes - 4.19 MBPokémon Legends: Arceus is an open-world RPG coming to the Switch a special live-streamed event today, The Pokémon Company revealed something fans having been waiting a long time for: an open-world Pokémon adventure. The next major entry in the franchise will be called Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and it looks to be a huge evolution of the long-running RPG formula. The developers describe it as a “pre-make,” which offers “a new challenge and a new frontier for the Pokémon world.” The story takes...
The Rolls-Royce Phantom Tempus is inspired by time
February 27, 2021 13:14 - 5 minutes - 4.93 MBThe Rolls-Royce Phantom Tempus is inspired by time We’re all used to seeing the Rolls-Royce Starlight Headliner by now, aren’t we? Well, in pictures at least. Anyway, check out what Rolls has done to it in this new time-inspired Phantom Tempus Collection… Apparently, this is now a Pulsar Headliner, with fibre-optic lighting and intricate embroidery combining to recreate the rare astronomical phenomenon. For those (like us) who are wondering how that relates to time, Pulsars are dense stars f...
Instagram launches Instagram Lite, Here’s a look at the top features
February 27, 2021 13:08 - 3 minutes - 3.25 MBInstagram launches Instagram Lite, Here’s a look at the top features Instagram Lite fulfils their promise of bringing an all-new Instagram Lite app with new features. They had pulled the older version of the app earlier this year. Here's a look at the new features! Instagram Lite needs just 2 MB data to be downloadedReels and IGTV get omitted from the app Regional language support will make the app reach remote users who may not have premium smartphones
Affordable House Can Be 3D Printed for $4,000
February 26, 2021 13:57 - 6 minutes - 5.93 MBAffordable House Can Be 3D Printed for $4,000 These 3D printed structures not only reduce labour costs, construction time and material wastage, they are also quite durable and more disaster-resistant, says Ballard: There are fundamental problems with conventional stick-building that 3D printing solves, besides affordability. You get a high thermal mass, thermal envelope, which makes it far more energy-efficient. It’s far more resilient. The team plans to use the 3D printed demonstration mode...
Elon Musk believes Bill Gates had a big short position on Tesla (TSLA) and lost a lot of money
February 26, 2021 13:45 - 4 minutes - 4.17 MBElon Musk believes Bill Gates had a big short position on Tesla (TSLA) and lost a lot of money Billionaires Musk and Gates don’t always have good words to say about each other, but they do appear to share similar concerns about climate change. However, Gates made some strange comments about electrification last year, including that electric trucks, like the Tesla Semi, and electric airplanes will “probably never” work. In a new interview on the Joe Rogan Experience, Musk was asked about tho...
YouTube’s ‘supervised experiences’help parents choose what content their kids can see
February 26, 2021 13:36 - 4 minutes - 4.03 MBhelp parents choose what content their kids can see YouTube is announcing “supervised experiences,” a new set of restrictions that allows parents to better control what content their children can access on the streaming video platform. According to a blog post, YouTube hopes the filters will help parents slowly introduce their older children to age-appropriate content and features outside of the YouTube Kids app. The program will launch first with an early beta, with a wider beta rolling out...
Xbox Live was down for more than five hours
February 26, 2021 12:02 - 3 minutes - 3.21 MBXbox Live was down for more than five hours
Former USA Gymnastics Coach Charged With Abuse Dies By Suicide
February 26, 2021 11:57 - 7 minutes - 6.79 MBFormer USA Gymnastics Coach Charged With Abuse Dies By Suicide A former USA Gymnastics coach charged Thursday morning with two dozen criminal charges died by suicide hours later, Michigan's state attorney general has confirmed. 14 counts of human trafficking — forced labor resulting in injury, a 15-year felony six counts of human trafficking of a minor for forced labor, a 20-year felony one count of continuing criminal enterprise, a 20-year felony one count of first-degree criminal sexual con...
Lady Gaga’s Dogs Are Stolen and Dog Walker Is Shot
February 26, 2021 02:02 - 4 minutes - 4.57 MBLady Gaga’s Dogs Are Stolen and Dog Walker Is Shot man was shot while he was walking two French bulldogs in Los Angeles on Wednesday night and the dogs were stolen, the police said. The dogs belonged to the singer Lady Gaga, according to a representative. The shooting took place around 9:40 p.m. local time as the man, whom police did not identify, was walking north on Sierra Bonita Avenue in Hollywood, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. It was not clear why the man was shot. Th...
HBO Max vs Netflix: Which streaming service is best for you?
February 25, 2021 13:45 - 8 minutes - 7.79 MBHBO Max vs Netflix: Which streaming service is best for you? With HBO Max now live, you may be weighing the differences between HBO Max vs Netflix. The streaming service landscape is getting very crowded now and subscribing to all of them isn't possible for everybody. HBO Max is the new platform from WarnerMedia that aggregates content from that company's iconic brands, including HBO, DC and Warner Bros. film and television. Netflix, of course, is a pioneer in the streaming space. It's buil...
Ex-Aide Details Sexual Harassment Claims Against Gov. Cuomo
February 25, 2021 11:20 - 10 minutes - 9.8 MBEx-Aide Details Sexual Harassment Claims Against Gov. Cuomo Look, I fought for and I believe a woman has the right to come forward and express her opinion and express issues and concerns that she has,” Mr. Cuomo said during a news conference last year. “But it’s just not true.” On Wednesday, The New York Times spoke to three people who worked in the governor’s office during Ms. Boylan’s time there. The people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that while they could not corroborat...
GameStop (GME) is on the rise once again
February 25, 2021 11:06 - 3 minutes - 3.14 MBGameStop (GME) is on the rise once again
WhatsApp will stop working if you do not agree to its new terms and privacy policies
February 24, 2021 15:41 - 6 minutes - 6.21 MBWhatsApp will stop working if you do not agree to its new terms and privacy policies WhatsApp is updating its terms of service and privacy policy on February 8, 2021. Users who do not agree to the new policies will not be able to use the app. The new policies include information about how WhatsApp manages user data and how it shares information with Facebook companies. Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has started sending an in-app notification to its users, informing them that it is upda...
First 'Spider-Man 3' Images Revealed by Cast, Alongside Wild Joke Titles
February 24, 2021 15:28 - 6 minutes - 5.95 MBFirst 'Spider-Man 3' Images Revealed by Cast, Alongside Wild Joke Titles Okay, I'm just going to be upfront with you: The following are not the real titles for the upcoming Spider-Man 3, the next chapter in Tom Holland's MCU take on the webslinging superhero. I'm telling you this because when I recently looked at Holland and fellow castmate Jacob Batalon and Zendaya's social media accounts and saw their "title announcements," and took them at face value, I nearly fainted at how silly they wer...
spacex satellite internet speed will be double
February 24, 2021 06:47 - 10 minutes - 9.71 MBspacex satellite internet speed will be double Musk confirmed the speed boost in a tweet responding to a user who tapped Netflix's broadband speed test site fast.com after installing the Starlink dish and reported a speed of 130 Mbps. "Speed will double to ~300Mb/s & latency will drop to ~20ms later this year," Musk replied.
Here are 3 reasons why the stock market can survive rising bond yields in 2021
February 24, 2021 02:58 - 7 minutes - 7.28 MBHere are 3 reasons why the stock market can survive rising bond yields in 2021 Rising Treasury yields have contributed to a selloff by the stock market’s pandemic high-fliers, but probably won’t be enough to spoil the appeal of stocks over bonds in 2021, according to one analyst. U.S. equity investors “have become focused on the recent increase in 10-year Treasury yields over the past week, which are all the way back to mid-February 2020 levels,” wrote Lori Calvasina, head of U.S. equity str...
Lakers' LeBron James doesn't want to rest
February 24, 2021 02:49 - 11 minutes - 10.2 MBThe Los Angeles Lakers are waiving fifth-year guard Quinn Cook, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. Cook, a lifelong Lakers fan who won a championship with the team last season, struggled to find any minutes in a revamped rotation. The decision serves multiple purposes from a roster-building perspective. The decision to waive Cook will not cost the Lakers any money from a cap perspective. His contract was non-guaranteed, and the deadline to waive such deals before guaranteeing them ...
The legendary dance duo has called it quits 28 years after forming in Paris
February 23, 2021 12:03 - 5 minutes - 5.5 MBThe legendary dance duo has called it quits 28 years after forming in Paris Daft Punk, the Parisian duo responsible for some of the most popular dance and pop songs ever made, have split. They broke the news with an 8-minute video titled “Epilogue,” excerpted from their 2006 film Electroma. Asked if Daft Punk were no more, their longtime publicist Kathryn Frazier confirmed the news to Pitchfork but gave no reason for the breakup. Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo formed Daft ...
New YouTube TV Bundle Offers Discount on HBO Max
February 23, 2021 11:43 - 6 minutes - 5.99 MBNew YouTube TV Bundle Offers Discount on HBO Max Are you a YouTube TV subscriber who also enjoys the premium streaming options of services like HBO Max? The good news for you is that the popular live streaming TV service just unveiled a new “Entertainment Plus” bundle that may be worth exploring. Details on YouTube TV’s New “Entertainment Plus” Bundle YouTube TV users can now subscribe to three premium services for an additional $29.99 per month. HBO Max, Showtime and Starz Subscriptions I...
Feline lonely: Pet cat Fu Fu appears to 'cry' into security camera
February 23, 2021 11:34 - 5 minutes - 4.94 MBFeline lonely: Pet cat Fu Fu appears to 'cry' into security camera pet cat has gone viral in China after appearing to cry into a security camera while being left at home alone during a holiday. The two-year-old British Shorthair, Fu Fu, supposedly wept while hearing his owner calling his name through the home monitor, his owner said. The CCTV clip was filmed on the night of February 8 in eastern China's Xuzhou after Ms Meng had gone to her parents' home in a nearby town to celebrate the Luna...
'Obviously a mistake': Sen. Ted Cruz says he regrets going to Cancún while Texans froze
February 19, 2021 14:17 - 10 minutes - 9.47 MB'Obviously a mistake': Sen. Ted Cruz says he regrets going to Cancún while Texans froze WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told reporters Thursday his decision to go on a family vacation to Cancún, Mexico, as Texans suffer without heat, water and power because of a historic winter storm was "a mistake" that he now regrets. "It was obviously a mistake, and in hindsight I wouldn't have done it," Cruz said outside his home after having returned to Houston, where he was greeted by protesters c...
Waymo, Google's self-driving car spin-off
February 18, 2021 16:06 - 5 minutes - 5.06 MBWaymo, Google's self-driving car spin-off Waymo, Google's self-driving car spin-off, has been granted a patent for a design that would see its vehicles automatically soften if they collide with a pedestrian. The patent, granted last week, focuses on the car's exterior and the way it could "alter its rigidity" when it detects that it is about to hit a human. It would do this through mechanisms located across the car's surface, which Waymo calls "tension members". The car's motion sensors wou...
Apple’s Privacy Change Will Hit Facebook’s Core Ad Business here’s how
February 17, 2021 14:51 - 10 minutes - 9.61 MBFacebook Inc. will suffer damage to its core business when Apple Inc. implements new privacy changes, advertising industry experts say, as it becomes harder for the social-media company to gather user data and prove that ads on its platform work. Facebook Inc. will suffer damage to its core business when Apple Inc. implements new privacy changes, advertising industry experts say, as it becomes harder for the social-media company to gather user data and prove that ads on its platform work. Fac...
Billie Eilish history
February 17, 2021 14:27 - 7 minutes - 6.94 MBBillie Eilish history Born and raised in Los Angeles, Eilish grew up in a household of actors and musicians and was home-schooled along with her brother Finneas O'Connell (the Slightlys). At the age of eight, she joined the Los Angeles Children's Choir, developing the soulful vocals that would later appear on her early singles. After the release of the pop-leaning "Six Feet Under" and "Fingers Crossed," Eilish made her breakthrough with "Ocean Eyes," produced and co-written with her brother F...