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Facebook is officially changing its Name.

Facebook has made it official, they are rebranding themselves as Meta. It clearly states their ambition on being the world's largest social network by building the "Metaverse". The logo has also been changed from its thumbs-up "like" logo to a blue infinity shape. https://twitter.com/fintwit_news/status/1453785540722110466?s=20 Mark Zuckerberg spoke at the company's live-streamed virtual and augmented reality conference. He explained that the new name reflected its focus on building this virtu

Alec Baldwin Makes First Statement After Fatal 'Rust' Set Shooting

On the set of Alec Baldwin's new film Rust, a horrific incident happened that stunned the entertainment industry. Yesterday, Thursday, 10/21, at 1:50 p.m. MT, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office fielded a call from the Rust film set. While on location, at the Bonanza Creek Ranch, a prop gun that was used for the film. It was "discharged" by Alec Baldwin, one of the principle actors, who is also one of the producers on the film. The Horrific Incident Reports came in from news sources around th

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Oct 22, 2021 — 4 min read

Dave Chapelle Inducts Jay-Z into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

The 2021 Hall of Fame Class inducted Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z. Even with all of the controversy around Dave Chapelle, he seemed like the perfect person to introduce Jay-Z into the iconic organization immortalizing him in music for the rest of eternity. Chapelle generated loads of controversy with his jokes about people who identify themselves as trans during his Netflix special. On this particular night, Chapelle wasn't cancelled. Dave Chapelle received a massive ovation from the crowd when h

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Oct 21, 2021 — 5 min read

The US Army is planning a massive experiment with robot tanks

Robot tanks will be tested in a simulated battle initiated by the U.S. Army in 2022. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The results from the experiment will help refine the vehicles' hardware and software to enable them to one day take to the field. https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1450673383012802566?s=20 “We have a system integration lab that's a combination of both software virtual environments as well as the hardware that represents those systems. We'll do it in a virtual world... then apply it to the actual vehicle sys

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Oct 21, 2021 — 1 min read

Netflix Employees Walk out over Dave Chapelle Special

Dave Chapelle released his final comedy special with Netflix and it wasn't without controversy. In his stand up Chapelle made jokes about Transgender Women as well giving a heartfelt story about a transgender friend of his that passed away. The calls for Netflix to remove the special have continued to grow and expand as more and more people became aware of the special. In the heart of the controversy is whether or not Dave Chapelle or any comedian should be allowed to make jokes about transge

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Oct 21, 2021 — 1 min read

Colin Powell dies at the age of 84

Colin Powell , who served as the first black Secretary of State for the United States of America has died at the age of 84. Powell was a mainstay in several Republican administrations and his work shaped US Foreign policy for decades. Powell had been battling Blood Cancer, but it is reported that he died of complications to Covid-19 despite being fully vaccinated. More to come later.

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Oct 18, 2021 — 1 min read

The Wedding Singer - Kanye West performs "Runaway" at wedding in Rome

Kanye West hit the road this weekend for a performance. It wasn't the typical festival, concert tour or an award show. Nope. It was Kanye West the Wedding Singer. Kanye was in Italy for the wedding of D'Estree founder Geraldine Guiotte and Tiffany & Co EVP Alexander Arnault. Kanye wasn't the only Roc Nation family member in attendance as both Beyonce and Jay-Z were there for the wedding. You might have to take our word for it because Kanye didn't take his mask off during the performance, bu

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Oct 17, 2021 — 1 min read

Jussie Smollett's Trail Set to Finally Start

One of the forgotten men in the chaos of the last couple of years is Jussie Smollett. Jussie took the media and internet by storm when he claimed to be assaulted by MAGA supporters in Chicago while shooting for his show "Empire". According to Smollett, these white MAGA supporters approached him with a noose and said the traditional words you would expect from 1960s Mississippi. Quite a story. The main part of the story is that the Chicago Police Department is saying that he made this entire