Spotify is pulling 11 original podcasts from the platform, which will impact studios Parcast and Gimlet and involve less than 5% layoffs, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to TechCrunch. Spotify will also reassign some staff to other podcasts, we understand. Reached for comment, Spotify said it does not comment publicly on staffing changes….
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Nintendo shared the first trailer for the anticipated “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” an animated adventure featuring some deeply meme-worthy casting. With Chris Pratt as Mario and Jack Black as Bowser, fans were excited to see just how unhinged this film would be. Over 600,000 viewers tuned into the premiere on Nintendo of America’s YouTube…
Google is saving terrible photographers (like me) from ourselves. I got to try out the new Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, and Pixel Watch devices shortly after the Made By Google 2022 event. While there’s still a ton that I can’t judge about these new devices based on some brief testing with display units (like…
Creating fake social media accounts to trick people is hardly a new tactic, but there’s something sinister about this new campaign that makes it stand out from the crowd. An in-depth analysis posted to the KrebsOnSecurity blog claims cybercriminals have been using artificial intelligence (AI) to create profile pictures of non-existent people, and pairing that…
The first trailer for Nintendo’s animated Mario movie has finally arrived – and it comes packaged with the flick’s official title. Oh, and Chris Pratt’s poor attempt at sounding Italian. Revealed during a Mario movie-specific Nintendo Direct on October 6, the teaser gives us our best look yet at the joint Nintendo-Universal animated flick ahead of…
Russian President Vladimir Putin points while visiting the exhibition after riding a train across the bridge linking Russia and Crimean Peninsula at Taman railways station on December 23, 2019 near Anapa, Russia Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Two Russians sailed hundreds of miles to a remote Alaskan island, local and federal officials said. According to a media…
Reuters / Brendan McDermid Stocks slipped Thursday as bond yields jumped ahead of the highly anticipated September jobs report on Friday. Early signs point to cooling in the labor market, with jobless claims rising more than expected and layoff notices up 46% in September. Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said central bankers are “quite a…
Twitter A photo of Elon Musk and Ghislaine Maxwell was tagged on Twitter with a context note. It’s part of a new Twitter feature rollout called Birdwatch intended to curb misinformation. The photo was widely shared earlier this year after Musk offered to buy Twitter. Twitter just rolled out a new feature in the US…
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a campaign stop in Erie, Pa., Thursday, September 29, 2022. David Dermer/AP Dr. Oz is fighting his Istanbul-based sister over the rental income from two Manhattan apartments. The TV doctor-turned-Senate candidate is making a ‘money grab,’ his sister’s lawyer said Thursday. The…