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Over a dozen high-profile Twitter accounts were successfully hacked as part of a massive Bitcoin scam. On Wednesday afternoon, accounts belonging to figures like Kanye West, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mike Bloomberg, and Joe Biden began sending out tweets that asked followers to send money to specific crypto addresses. All of the posts used […]
The debate over wearing masks in public is getting deadly. Not just because people with masks are less likely to transmit COVID-19, but they are also less likely to pull out guns because of them. One man in Florida pulled out a handgun on a man with his daughter after getting into a dispute over face masks. […]
After extensive testing, a team of scientists at the University of Toronto have confirmed that a new face mask can actually “deactivate” the virus SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19. You now have even more good reason to tell the anti-maskers on your Facebook feed to put a (antimicrobial) lid on it. The TrioMed Active mask, created by Quebec-based manufacturer i3 […]
A 43-year-old Michigan man responded by carrying out a stabbing when he was asked by a fellow customer to wear a mask. The man, identified as Ernest Ruis, had been told he would not receive service and was asked to leave the place of business prior to carrying out the stabbing. Later, he wielded his […]
Studies of a potential coronavirus vaccine has yielded promising results, U.S. researchers announced Tuesday. According to the Associated Press, the experimental vaccine produced high levels of neutralizing antibodies in all 45 volunteers who received it during the phase 1 trial. Researchers say this immune response was found across all patients who were administered various doses; however, the vaccine requires two doses about a month apart […]
Rihanna, Jay-Z, and Pharrell Williams are among the high-profile celebrities who are demanding justice for Danroy “DJ” Henry, a Black college student who was killed by a white officer nearly a decade ago. The stars sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice this week, asking authorities to reopen the investigation into Henry’s fatal shooting. According to People […]
In the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd, several powers that be in the entertainment industry reacted by scrubbing long-since completed projects (or providing contextual disclaimers) for scenes/depictions that some viewers might find racist. A couple choice examples include: NBC Universal yanking 30 Rock episodes with characters in blackface, The Office taking out […]
Nick Cannon is addressing the mess he made on his recently released episode of Cannon’s Class. In an exclusive interview with Fast Company, Cannon responded to backlash from his podcast discussion with Public Enemy member Richard “Professor Griff” Griffin. During the conversation, which reportedly took place last year but wasn’t released until June 30, the […]
The same administration whose fumbling of COVID-19 containment efforts ultimately worsened the ensuing jobs crisis would now like to shame you into finding “something new” to do for a living, even as the virus continues to bag an alarmingly high number of new cases around the country. An ad campaign backed by the White House focuses on […]
During a press conference on Monday afternoon the Director for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield, continued with the theme of pleading with Americans to put on a mask to stymie the spread of COVID-19. He said that, if everyone complied with said pleading, then “over the next six weeks we could […]
