Every week, Cynthia George connects with her granddaughter and great-grandson on video calls. The 71-year-old retiree reads the news on her MSN homepage and googles how to fight the bugs coming from her drain in Florida’s summer heat. She hunts for grocery deals on her Publix app so that her food stamps stretch just a … Read more
Image: Marvel Studios Since 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie has popped up as former pilot (and Steve’s ever reliable bestie) Sam Wilson. Last we saw Sam, he’d finally accepted his role as the new Captain America in The Falcon & the Winter Soldier, which was all the way back in 2021. Were There … Read more
Play video content TMZ.com Sen. Bernie Sanders recently introduced the “Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act” … and he explained to us exactly why he thinks it should become the new norm in America. The federal lawmaker made his case on “TMZ Live” Wednesday … telling us that working 5 days straight — the way we all … Read more
RuPaul’s Drag Race is a powerhouse! The series has introduced us to well over a hundred contestants (more, if counting international editions!) in its run since premiering in 2009. And thanks to the global platform that the show provides its queens, some of the show’s most notable contestants over the years have been able to … Read more
Surasak Suwanmake | Moment | Getty Images The European Union Parliament on Wednesday endorsed the world’s first major set of regulatory ground rules to govern the mediatized artificial intelligence at the forefront of tech investment. The EU brokered provisional political consensus in early December, and it was then endorsed in the Parliament’s Wednesday session, with … Read more
Bumble has lost a third of its Texas workforce in the months since the state passed the controversial abortion SB 8 (Senate Bill 8), also known as the Texas Heartbeat Act, over a year ago. This new data point was shared by Bumble’s Interim General Counsel, Elizabeth Monteleone, speaking on a panel this afternoon at … Read more
Citizens of the European Union live in an internet built and ruled by foreign powers. Most people in the EU use an American search engine, shop on an American ecommerce site, thumb American phones, and scroll through American social media feeds. That fact has triggered increasing alarm in the corridors of Brussels, as the EU … Read more
You might be more familiar with Ecobee as the company that makes smart thermostats and mesh routers, but it actually does a lot more than just that. Ecobee offers a wide range of great home accessories you can grab, and it offers a solid ecosystem if you integrate them together. So if you already have … Read more
It’s been six years since fans were first given hope that there would be a third installment in the classic Sister Act franchise, and lots has been said about the threequel’s development since. Filmmaker Tyler Perry and Whoopi Goldberg have been the main voices pushing to get the project into production. Although there’s no production start date or release date on … Read more
To give AI-focused women academics and others their well-deserved — and overdue — time in the spotlight, TechCrunch is launching a series of interviews focusing on remarkable women who’ve contributed to the AI revolution. We’ll publish several pieces throughout the year as the AI boom continues, highlighting key work that often goes unrecognized. Read more … Read more