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All Mark Rittman wanted was a cup of tea. Little did he know he would have to spend 11 hours waiting for his new hi-tech kettle to boil the water. Rittman, a data specialist who lives in Hove, England, set about trying to make a cup of tea around 9am. But thanks to his Wi-Fi…
close story-meta Photo Melania Trump at the second presidential debate on Sunday. Credit Rick Wilking/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images It was a relief to see Melania Trump at the St. Louis debate. I was worried that the svelte Slovenian had gone into witness protection. Or that she was cloistered at a spa in the Swiss…
State Of BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH. By Meredith Borders Oct. 11, 2016 I’m sure many of you have heard that Devin has stepped down as Editor-in-Chief of Birth.Movies.Death. I’m here to assure you that the site and magazine will continue, with a team of smart, passionate writers dedicated to bringing you the best in pop culture news and conversation…
FCC proposals stun advertising trade organizations with broadening definition of ‘sensitive data’ The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has unveiled a privacy plan that threatens to disrupt the current way consumers and advertisers reach each other, with increasing concern on behalf of the ANA, 4A’s and other trade groups on the definition of ‘sensitive data.’ Federal…
Huffington Post executive editor Liz Heron to resign if this is a ‘universal’ story then the story-tag will be ‘story’ By Kelsey Sutton 10/11/16 04:46 PM EDT Huffington Post executive editor Liz Heron is about to announce her resignation from the news site, multiple sources familiar with the matter told POLITICO. Heron joined The Huffington…
Updated | I am Sidney Blumenthal. At least, that is what Vladimir Putin—and, somehow, Donald Trump—seem to believe. And that should raise concerns about not only Moscow’s attempts to manipulate this election but also how Trump came to push Russian disinformation to American voters. An email from Blumenthal—a confidant of Hillary Clinton and a man, second…
(Kacper Pempel/Reuters) A powerful surveillance program that police used for tracking racially charged protests in Baltimore and Ferguson, Mo., relied on special feeds of user data provided by Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, according to an ACLU blog post published Tuesday. The companies reportedly provided the data — often including the locations of users — to…
Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Oct 11, 2016 Luke Cage reimagined as a 90s sitcom. I made this video entirely out of clips from the Netflix show Luke Cage and the song from the Family Matters intro song…
“Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose.” — “Me and Bobby McGee” What did Donald Trump have left to lose Sunday night? His dignity? Please. His campaign’s theme? His Cleveland convention was a mini-Nuremberg rally for Republicans whose three-word recipe for making America great again was the shriek “Lock her up!” This presaged…
At a pivotal moment when Asian Americans are fighting for visibility and facing gross misrepresentation in mainstream media, New York City’s Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) is seeking funding for its first-ever cultural exhibition, Chow: The Making of Chinese American Cuisine, which explores the history of a cuisine 170 years in the making as…