TikTok Music has launched on Wednesday in Australia, Singapore and Mexico to a small group of users.Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesWhen Joe Biden joined TikTok on the eve of the Super Bowl last month, political scientist Maggie Macdonald was struck by what she called the “meta” nature of the president’s first post.In the video, Biden poked fun at a conspiracy theory that he rigged the Super Bowl — in favor of the Kansas City Chiefs — to somehow help his reelection efforts. “Yeah, I’m old, but I’m on TikTok, and I’m on this super online place talking about…
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The top holdings of many ESG funds may be surprisingly familiar.While these strategies consider a company’s environmental, social and governance factors, these funds still aim to invest in top performers across industry groups, DWS Group’s Arne Noack explained.”The idea isn’t to be super concentrated and only select a handful of stocks that do the best from an ESG or from a climate principle, but [to] still have a portfolio that largely resembles the economic makeup of the US economy,” the firm’s head of systematic investment solutions for the Americas told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” earlier this week. Noack’s firm manages the Xtrackers…
U.S. Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) speaks at a press conference on border security at the U.S. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesThe White House on Sunday slammed Sen. Katie Britt, R-Al., for misrepresenting her comments on sex trafficking to attack President Joe Biden’s border policy.”Instead of telling more debunked lies to justify opposing the toughest bipartisan border legislation in modern history, Senator Britt should stop choosing human smugglers and fentanyl traffickers over our national security and the Border Patrol Union,” White House Spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement.The White House joined a chorus of Britt critics. The Alabama senator has been…
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesPfizer is ready to move on from Covid. Now, the company is betting on cancer drugs to help it regain its footing after a rocky year marked by the rapid decline of its Covid business. It just might take a while before that bet pays off. Pfizer pitched its deeper push into oncology during a four-hour investor event last week. And it had a splashy 60-second Super Bowl ad that touted its initiative to “outdo cancer.” The shift comes at a crucial time for Pfizer. The pharmaceutical giant has been trying to shore up investor sentiment after its…
Ariana Grande was the musical guest on last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Josh Brolin. For her musical performances, she did Eternal Sunshine’s “We Can’t Be Friends (Wait for Your Love)†and “Imperfect for You.†The pop star also appeared in two sketches: First, she was in “People Pleaser Support Group,†and she came back to portray Nicole Kidman in a Moulin Rouge parody with Bowen Yang. Watch the performances, sketches, and Grande’s SNL promo video below.Grande released Eternal Sunshine—her Positions follow-up—on Friday, March 8. She shared only the single “Yes, And?†ahead of the LP’s full…
A Daft Punk fan has recreated ‘Face To Face’ using updated samples from the likes of Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem and more – listen to it below. Whilst the original ‘Face To Face’ uses samples sourced from 1968-1982, YouTube user Nickster decided to try and redo the song using samples from more contemporary albums. Along side Radiohead and LCD Soundsystem, listeners can also spot MGMT, Carly Rae Jepsen and System of a Down in the mix. In the description, Nickster wrote that the project was “mostly just something I did for funâ€, adding: “I wanted to see how close I could…
Nintendo packed a whole bunch of news into Mario Day this year, including the announcement of release dates for two classics that have been modernized for the Switch: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD. Both titles were announced last fall during Nintendo Direct. will drop first, on May 23, followed by on June 27, but both are available for pre-order now on the Nintendo Switch store for $60. was first released for the GameCube (deep breath) 20 years ago, and Nintendo says the new Switch version will have “revamped graphics, and a suite of additional changes that…
Long-form videos will soon be available on smart televisions, billionaire Elon Musk said, after Fortune magazine reported that social network X planned to launch next week a TV app for Amazon and Samsung users.The platform rolled out an early version of video and audio calling for some users last October, after Musk had said he planned to turn it into a super app offering services from messaging to peer-to-peer payments.”Coming soon,” Musk said in a brief response on X to a user’s posting that the platform’s long-form videos could be watched directly on smart TVs.Earlier, Fortune said the app could…
Six seasons and a movie — it’s finally happening! A Community movie is apparently in the works, with star Joel McHale stating the film will begin shooting in 2024. It’s been nine years since we last saw our favorite Greendale Human Beings, and we have a lot of questions about the upcoming film. Here’s everything we know so far about the Community movie. Community Movie Release Date There has been a lot of back and forth about whether a Community movie would ever be made. With the famous “six seasons and a movie” line from…
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump reacts to supporters as he arrives on stage during a Get Out the Vote Rally March 2, 2024 in Richmond, Virginia.Win Mcnamee | Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump on Saturday stood by his 2019 statement that writer E. Jean Carroll made a “totally false accusation” against him, despite similar claims resulting in him losing a defamation case in January. Campaigning at a rally in Rome, Georgia, Trump referenced the $91.6 million bond he posted on March 8, three days before his deadline to pay $83.3 million in damages to Carroll for defaming her…
WASHINGTON — Stratolaunch conducted the first powered flight of its Talon vehicle March 9, reaching “high supersonic†speeds in the uncrewed test. The Talon-A vehicle, designated TA-1, took off attached to the company’s Roc aircraft from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California at 10:17 a.m. Eastern according to flight tracking data. The plane flew west to a location in the Pacific off the central California coast, where it released TA-1 at an unspecified time. Roc returned to Mojave more than four hours after takeoff. Stratolaunch executives said in a call with reporters that they could not disclose the…
Snails have an unusual way of walking that has now been replicated in a robotZuzha/Shutterstock A mucus-excreting robot with a single large foot can effectively imitate the way snails crawl over surfaces – even steeply inclined ones. “I always say that snails are like Michael Jackson to me. You don’t see how they move, but somehow gliding is happening,†said Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu at the University of Southern Denmark during a presentation at the American Physical Society’s March Meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 4 March. Fascinated by the shelled molluscs, Saravana and his colleagues decided to build a version…
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If you’re starting to lose your beloved barnet (or simply have fine hair), you’re probably looking for ways to add some volume and fullness to your trim. And for those that have already tried new haircuts, shampoos, and treatments, you’ll understand just how difficult it is to find a winning formula. That’s not to mean you should give up. The trick is to invest in the products that actually allow you to work with what you’ve got. In other words, you need the best pomade for thin hair. But instead of frantically trying anything you can get your hands on,…
Spring is in the air and as much as I’m excited for longer evenings and a warm breeze, my real elation is rooted in the fact that it’s finally my shoe collections time to shine. Having had to resort to thick-soled black boots to get me across the puddle adorned streets of London, the new season offers respite from chilly rain and the promise of a little more styling versatility.As such, I’m taking the turn of the seasons as the opportunity to whip out my favourite pair of shoes. Putting some shine back on the cities streets, this season there’s…
American TV viewers haven’t seen Sharon Osbourne much since her contentious exit from The Talk in 2021, and now the former talk show cohost claims she’s persona non grata in the United States. “I got banned in America,†Osbourne told Celebrity Big Brother housemates Lauren Simon and Louis Walsh on Thursday’s episode of the British reality show, as seen in a Daily Mail video. Osbourne also agreed when Walsh, a music manager who judged the British X Factor, said that Osbourne was faultless. “I did nothing wrong,†she said, echoing Walsh’s words. And when Simon, a cast member of The…
Former President Donald Trump and his allies on the Republican National Committee want to convince Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to speak at the GOP convention in July, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.Republican leaders believe that giving Musk a speaking slot at the convention could lead to some of his fans boosting what has been the party’s historically lagging support among young adult voters on Election Day, said a source with knowledge of that belief.Trump is expected to be confirmed at the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, event as the Republican presidential nominee, setting up a rematch of his 2020…
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., March 7, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | ReutersPresident Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $460 billion spending bill into law, averting a partial government shutdown that would have taken effect this weekend.This partial budget deal covers funding for six major areas of government, which encompass military and veterans affairs departments, agriculture, commerce, justice, transportation, housing and urban development and energy.On Friday evening, the Senate had voted 75 to 22 to approve the package after…