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Juxtaposed next to dance videos and trends fuelled by narcissism that saturate the short-form video platform, thousands of TikTok users came across Linda Dong, better known as @yoleendadong, on their For You page for the first time in August 2020. Commencing her videos with a simple (and now iconic) greeting—“Hello, my friend!”—followed by a facetiously blunt criticism […]
After more than 25 years, Microsoft announced this week that it will retire the Internet Explorer web browser on June 15, 2022. Launched in 1995, Internet Explorer was the dominant browser on Windows PCs for years until options such as Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers came along. “We are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer […]
On Friday, Apple CEO Tim Cook testified in front of court as the company’s ongoing legal battle with Fortnite creators Epic Games continues to unfold. Per Deadline, Cook defended the iOS App store during a testimony after Epic Games accused the company of being a “monopolist” in the drawn-out antitrust trial. Aside from Epic’s disagreement on how much […]
Fresh off releasing his sixth studio album, The Off-Season, and making his professional basketball debut, J. Cole is joining superproducers Timbaland, Mike Will Made It, Mike Dean, and Scott Storch at Beatclub, a soon-to-launch marketplace for beats and loops where licensing and terms are negotiated. “We are proud to have J. Cole join Beatclub,” Timbaland said in […]
As controversy continues to swirl around the environmental impact of NFTs, the form has taken another headlines-garnering turn with the sale of a 3D animation of a Hermès Birkin bag. The piece from artists Mason Rothschild and Eric Ramirez, titled “Baby Birkin,” was designed as an “ironic nod” to the highly coveted (and always pricey) accessory. […]
Bill Gates has transferred somewhere between $3 billion and $4 billion in shares to his former wife Melinda, according the Wall Street Journal. The shares, of which $850 million are of Deere & Co. (a 7 percent stake in the equipment company), were most recently transferred to Melinda on Thursday. The transfers were recorded Friday by Gates and his […]
The winners for the 25th Annual Webby Awards were announced on Tuesday. The 2021 ceremony, hosted by Jameela Jamil, was dedicated to those who found innovative ways to use the internet to help people stay connected amid a grueling pandemic year. In that spirit, it’s no surprise the Webby Person of the Year distinction went […]
Fox announced at its upfront presentation Monday that the upcoming animated series Krapopolis will become “the first-ever animated series curated entirely on the Blockchain,” per Deadline. The network will attempt to capitalize on the ever-growing popularity of NFTs with the launch of Blockchain Creative Labs, which will be responsible for creating a marketplace to sell one-of-a-kind minted digital goods, “ranging from […]
According to Variety, Amazon has spent weeks negotiating a deal to acquire MGM for somewhere around the $9 billion mark. The outlet adds that rumors that Amazon/other tech companies were interested in acquiring MGM had circulated for awhile, but that this new development goes beyond mere gossip. Names attached to the move include Amazon Studios and Prime […]
Elon Musk impersonators have made over $2 million in cryptocurrency scams in recent years, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC announced the news Monday via a report as it shared that people have lost over $80 million total in such investment scams since October of last year, receiving 7,000 complaints since October with the median […]
