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Movies

Sundance Winner ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Looks So Damn Charming

If there’s anyone who knows how to get a bar mitzvah started, it’s the Jig Conductor. Have you met him? His real name of him is actually Andrew, and he’s played by Cooper Raiff in the trailer for Sundance darling Cha Cha Real Smooth. Fresh out of college, Andrew feels like any recent grad would: […]

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Music

Diddy Is ‘Uncanceling’ Travis Scott 30 Years After His Own Similar Tragedy

This week, Sean “Diddy” Combs says he demanded that Travis Scott would have an opportunity to perform at the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, which Diddy is executive producing. It would be Travis’ first major performance since the 2021 Astroworld Festival tragedy. “I’m uncanceling the canceled,” Diddy said, referring to the backlash against Travis as the […]

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Economy

Russians are using semiconductors from kitchen appliances in military equipment, says US commerce secretary

US sanctions and export controls imposed at the outset of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and aimed at crippling its economy are starting to have an impact on Russian battlefield operations. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondi in a pair of congressional hearings this week told lawmakers that Russia has been using semiconductors from dishwashers and refrigerators for […]

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Markets

‘Crypto markets have mostly stabilized’

It’s been a brutal week for the cryptocurrency market. In the last 24 hours, more than $200 billion of wealth was wiped from the market. Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $30,000, sinking to $26,597, as the TerraUSD (UST) stablecoin crashed far below its $1 peg, applying more downward pressure on the overall market. But fear not: […]

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Personal Finance

Personal finance education is gaining momentum across the US

Nine-year-old student Roberto Nieves Fernandez studies personal finance topics on his laptop using online resource center SmartPath. SMARTPATH More states are requiring students to take personal finance education courses before they graduate high school. There are currently 23 states that mandate a personal finance course for students, according to the 2022 Survey of the States […]

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Business

Jim Cramer says investors shouldn’t allow a tumultuous market to prevent them from finding ‘better opportunities’

CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said that while investors should tread carefully as the stock market continues to be stormy, they also shouldn’t be afraid to make moves to strengthen their portfolios. “We want to be very careful to buy stocks with stories that can handle a slowdown. … A good portfolio manager never sells […]

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Entertainment

My Chemical Romance returns with new music, ‘The Foundations of Decay’

After an eight year wait, My Chemical Romance is finally back with a new song, “The Foundations of Decay”. It’s a classic MCR blast: a sprawling six-minute epic that melds emo rock to the rafters with clever twists and turns into hardcore and prog. The arrival of “The Foundation of Decay” comes as My Chemical […]

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Sports

Detroit Lions sign draft picks Jameson Williams, Kerby Joseph

The Detroit Lions signed three more members of their 2022 draft class Thursday, first-round pick Jameson Williams, third-rounder Kerby Joseph and fifth-rounder James Mitchell. Joseph’s agent, Louis Bing, announced his client’s signing on Instagram. Joseph became the first compensatory draft pick to receive maximum compensation under the current collective bargaining agreement, Bing wrote. INSIDE THE […]

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Technology

Nvidia takes first step toward open source Linux GPU drivers

Enlarge / The RTX 3080 Ti. Sam Machkovech After years of hinting, Nvidia announced yesterday that it would be open-sourcing part of its Linux GPU driver, as both Intel and AMD have done for years now. Previously, Linux users who wanted to avoid Nvidia’s proprietary driver had to rely on reverse-engineered software like the Nouveau […]

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Mobile

Google TV app to add casting as Android TV ecosystem grows to 110M monthly active devices – TechCrunch

Following last year’s makeover of the Google TV app, which added features like movie and TV recommendations, critics’ scores and more, the company today announced at its Google I/O developer conference that, later this year, users will be able to cast TV shows and movies directly from their Android phone or tablet to their TV. […]