Mandy Moore, beloved actress and singer, has found herself at the center of a heated online debate after sharing a GoFundMe campaign to support her brother-in-law’s family, who lost their home in the devastating California wildfires.While many sympathized with the cause and praised Moore for stepping up during a time of need, others criticized the star, questioning why a millionaire would turn to the public for donations. The backlash intensified on social media, with some labeling her plea as “tone-deaf” and accusing her of being out of touch with the struggles of everyday people.Despite the criticism, Mandy Moore has stood…
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Zuckerberg doubled down in an interview Friday with podcaster Joe Rogan, comparing the fact-checking program with “something out of 1984”, in a reference to George Orwell’s dystopian novel. He added that the program, which began in 2016, was “destroying so much trust, especially in the United States”. Zuckerberg also expressed regret for giving “too much deference” to the traditional media, criticising it for pushing the narrative that social media misinformation had swung the 2016 election in favour of Trump. “CONSEQUENCES” Zuckerberg stunned many when he said on Tuesday that fact-checkers were “too politically biased” and added that the program had…
Karen State, Myanmar – Thaw Hti was a tiny speck amid a march of hundreds of thousands that snaked its way through the streets of Yangon in 2021, demanding a return to democracy after the Myanmar military seized power. “We had signboards and they had guns,” she said, recounting with bitterness the events of March 2021. In the intervening four years, much has changed for Thaw Hti and her generation in Myanmar. After the military slaughtered hundreds in bloody crackdowns on those pro-democracy protests, young people fled to territory controlled by ethnic armed groups in Myanmar’s border regions with Thailand,…
Ohio State running back TreVeyon Henderson made up for an early blunder in a major way at the end of the first half of the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Cotton Bowl against Texas. The senior running back scored a 75-yard touchdown on a screen pass from quarterback Will Howard with 13 seconds left in the second quarter to give Ohio State (12-2) a 14-7 lead.With a win, the Buckeyes will play Notre Dame (14-1) in the CFP national championship game on Jan. 20. His score came on the first offensive play from scrimmage after Texas (13-2) tied the…
I am utterly devastated by the Los Angeles wildfires, shaking with rage and grief. The Altadena community near Pasadena, where the Eaton fire has damaged or destroyed at least 5,000 structures, was my home for 14 years.I moved my family away two years ago because, as California’s climate kept growing drier, hotter and more fiery, I feared that our neighborhood would burn. But even I didn’t think fires of this scale and severity would raze it and other large areas of the city this soon. And yet images of Altadena this week show a hellscape, like a landscape out of…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. As intelligent machines evolve from novelties to necessities, entrepreneurs face a stark choice: Leverage these powerful tools or be eclipsed by them.In this video, I recommend the top five AI books that every entrepreneur needs to read in 2025. These are not just books about AI — they are also strategic guides to leveraging artificial intelligence for a competitive advantage, with a particular focus on helping your business to thrive in the next phase of AI.From demystifying complex concepts for beginners to revealing the playbook used by the top 1%, these artificial…
A transmission electron micrograph of a section through pancreas tissue, showing cells that produce insulinSTEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Alamy The first human trial of insulin-producing cells that have been gene-edited to evade immune attack is a success so far. The cells have survived and produced insulin for a month after being injected into a 42-year-old man with type 1 diabetes early in December. As a precaution, only a small number of insulin-producing beta cells were injected into a forearm muscle in this initial test, so the man still needs insulin injections. It also remains to be seen how long the… Source…
President Joe Biden on Friday slammed Meta’s decision to end its fact-checking program, calling it “really shameful.”While answering questions from reporters following remarks about the economy, Biden said the move would allow “things that are simply not true” to be read by millions of people.“It’s just completely contrary to everything America is about. We want to tell the truth. We haven’t always done it as a nation. We want to tell the truth,” Biden said.“The idea that, you know, a billionaire can buy something and say, ‘By the way, we’re not gonna fact check anything,’ and you know, you have…
Mark Zuckerberg kept the circle of people who knew his thinking small.Last month, Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, tapped a handful of top policy and communications executives and others to discuss the company’s approach to online speech. He had decided to make sweeping changes after visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump at Mar-a-Lago over Thanksgiving. Now he needed his employees to turn those changes into policy.Over the next few weeks, Mr. Zuckerberg and his handpicked team discussed how to do that in Zoom meetings, conference calls and late-night group chats. Some subordinates stole away from family dinners and holiday…
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today: • NIKKEI 225 decreased 414.69 points or -1.05% to 39,190.40 • Shanghai decreased 42.87 points or -1.33% to 3,168.52 • Hang Seng decreased 176.60 points or -0.92% to 19,064.29 • ASX 200 decreased 35.10 points or -0.42% to 8,294.10 • SENSEX decreased 241.30 points or -0.31% to 77,378.91 • Nifty50 decreased 95.00 points or -0.40% to 23,431.50 The major Asian currency markets had a mixed day today: • AUDUSD decreased 0.00527 or -0.85% to 0.61428 • NZDUSD decreased 0.00428 or -0.76% to 0.55547 • USDJPY decreased 0.202 or -0.13%…