Last week Meta and Rolling Stone partnered to bring the Creator House to SXSW. The two-day series brought multi-disciplinary creatives together for a series of product demos, performances and conversations that explored the future of the Creator Economy. If you weren’t able to join us in Austin be sure to check out the gallery below!
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 453 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 2,831,103 as of Monday, March 28. Officials reported 26 more deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total of 31,619 deaths since tracking began. There was 21 fewer hospitalization reported since Sunday, bringing the total
Will Smith has apologised to Chris Rock for slapping him at last night’s Oscars ceremony, saying: “I was out of line and I was wrong.” Writing on Instagram, the former Fresh Prince described his behaviour as “unacceptable and inexcusable”. He said the joke Rock made about his wife’s medical condition was “too much for me
The Metropolitan Police is to issue 20 fines to people who attended lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and Whitehall. But the force has not named the individuals facing the penalties or revealed which events they attended. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was among 100 people who were sent formal legal questionnaires relating to the investigation –
Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite couldn’t seem better suited to the long-in-coming stage-taking of real-life couple Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker. What better way for two actors who got their early starts in the theater – she as a young star of Annie, he in Simon’s Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues – than a
A group of academics has designed a new system known as “Privid” that enables video analytics in a privacy-preserving manner to combat concerns with invasive tracking. “We’re at a stage right now where cameras are practically ubiquitous. If there’s a camera on every street corner, every place you go, and if someone could actually process
George Strait… a living legend. Eric Church shared a hilariously awesome George Strait story with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe on his “At Home” podcast recently, and it’s one for the ages. Back on George’s farewell tour in 2014, Eric was opening a show for him in Omaha, Nebraska. Of course, Eric is a massive George
Play video content TMZ.com Will Smith is an adept face-slapper, even teaching youngsters the ropes on how to wind up and deliver. TMZ has obtained footage shot back in November showing Will and his “King Richard” costar, Aunjanue Ellis, on a junket. There was a Q&A and a little guy named Chris — yes, that
When the bookish world celebrates marginalized voices in literature, I rarely see disabled, chronically ill, d/Deaf, and neurodivergent writers highlighted by non-disabled related outlets. Or, if they are highlighted, their disabilities are erased from their stories. But disabled people, especially folks of marginalized genders, have long been at the forefront of social change. Non-disabled society’s
Redmi 10A has quietly been launched as the latest affordable phone in the Redmi 10 series. The new Redmi phone is the successor to the Redmi 9A that was launched back in 2020. The Redmi 10A has a list of similarities with the Redmi 9A. Those include the same MediaTek Helio G25 SoC as well
Babcock International Group, the FTSE-250 government contractor, is in talks to offload the bulk of its emergency aviation services division, which counts Britain’s Air Ambulance fleet among its operations. Sky News has learnt that Babcock is in advanced negotiations with Ancala Partners, a London-based infrastructure investor, about acquiring a substantial chunk of the business it
The Academy Awards have been around for nearly a century — and in that time they’ve evolved into an endlessly fascinating Petri dish of self-congratulatory pomposity and live-event chaos. Usually, the show goes off without a hitch. Yet not even the most seasoned, demanding television producer can stand firm against the combined forces of Hollywood
The self-empowerment and individual expression that web 3.0 technologies enable was a resounding theme at the Creator House, a joint project by Rolling Stone and Meta (formerly Facebook) that spanned two days at SXSW in Austin last week. Featuring discussions centered on how creatives can leverage the tools of emerging technologies, The Creator House aspired to the
As the trend of remote work continues to escalate, a growing number of businesses are casting a wider net in their search for talent. No longer hampered by the confines of geography, they have expanded their search to other cities, other states — and ultimately, other countries. Enter Wing Assistant. The Los Angeles-based company’s online
Teachers in Florida have been banned from giving lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity to children under the age of nine. Ron DeSantis, the state governor, signed the contentious “don’t say gay” bill into law on Monday. The bill has drawn intense national scrutiny from critics who argue that it marginalises LGBTQ people. It
Twenty fines could be issued to 20 people in the coming hours over events held in Downing Street and Whitehall during lockdown, Sky News understands. The fines will be issued by detectives investigating the “partygate” scandal. It is believed these punishments are only the first, and more are expected as more than 100 people were
SAG-AFTRA today condemned Will Smith’s assault of Oscar presenter Chris Rock at Sunday night’s ceremony, describing his behavior as “unacceptable” and suggesting that the matter is being looked at for disciplinary action. Smith, who would go on to win the Oscar for Best Actor, slapped Rock in the face after he made a joke about
A new email phishing campaign has been spotted leveraging the tactic of conversation hijacking to deliver the IceID info-stealing malware onto infected machines by making use of unpatched and publicly-exposed Microsoft Exchange servers. “The emails use a social engineering technique of conversation hijacking (also known as thread hijacking),” Israeli company Intezer said in a report
One of the hottest bands in Texas… The Shane Smith & The Saints frontman joins the podcast to discuss the Yellowstone Effect, going on tour with Whiskey Myers, the crazy story of how his dog and truck were stolen, recording in a desert storm near the Mexican border, “Pancho & Lefty,” and more. The podcast
Play video content TMZ.com Doug Ellin is ripping Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock over a Jada Pinkett Smith joke … saying it’s a classic case of supreme narcissism that screwed winners who were overlooked. The “Entourage” creator even suggested Will has some sort of mental health struggle, going rogue on the biggest night of